This week, two local Rotary clubs unveiled a long-awaited project that they have been working on together: a partnership with statewide organization FODAC to help collect and redistribute medical equipment to those in need.
FODAC, which stands for Friends of Disabled Adults and Children, is an organization headquartered in Tucker, GA that collects and refurbishes medical equipment for adults and children with disabilities to help improve their mobility and overall quality of life.
“We collect, refurbish and then redistribute it to people who can’t afford to buy the equipment; we do that all across the state of Georgia,” FODAC Director of Program Development Christine Fleming said. “We give out millions of dollars worth of equipment throughout the year, and the requests for equipment far exceed what we collect, so we’re constantly trying to find new opportunities.”
Groups like Rotary clubs throughout the state hold drives and help collect donations for FODAC, and the organization then goes to those sites to pick up the donations. The difference with the new donation site in Dawson County, Fleming said, is that it can be completely self-contained.
“The cool thing with this project is that they’re able to collect, sanitize it and redistribute it quickly, and we’re just going to come collect the stuff that either they can’t clean or it needs seriously repaired,” Fleming said.
The new collection site is a partnership between the Rotary Club of Dawson County and the Rotary Club of Big Canoe. The groups have a storage container in Dawson County to store donations in, and several members of the clubs have been trained on the proper way to clean and sanitize the equipment before…
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