Project C.U.R.E

I had a really good night.  I went with a group of friends to volunteer for a group called Project C.U.R.E.  It was an interesting night. 

When I heard about it last week I didn't get much details but I wanted to get out and do something new.  Lately I've been trying to meet new people and put myself in new situations.  Project Cure is a group that collects donations of medical supplies and distributes them to hospitals in developing countries.  Its a very successful group.  I was impressed that they deliver $400K worth of medical supplies in each shipment for a cost of only around $20,000.  Much of what is donated would have otherwise just been thrown out. 

Our job tonight was to open boxes of unsorted medical items and sort them into different categories.  The items were completely random and often undecipherable.  I remember seeing boxes of sutures of all different sizes, crazy drill bits, and cranial surgery kits.  We had to look each item up in a binder but it was frustrating.  Its hard to know what to look up when the name of the item is complete gibberish. 

I don't know if I want to volunteer to sort supplies for them again as I'm not really good at it.  It was humbling and I treated as an excuse to laugh at myself.  So I did have a really good time.  I'll probably donate money as it seems to be a well run organization and a very worthy cause.