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I-CARE PROJECTS
All of I-CARE’s projects have the goal of delivering
desperately needed goods and services to impoverished
cancer victims in Nicaragua. I-CARE is currently
engaged in a second round of fundraising for its Hospitál Escuela Oscar
Danilo Rosales Project and is also engaged in Operation
HawkDrop.
Hospitál
Escuela
Danilo Rosales Project
This, I-CARE’s pilot project, was born out of a January
2005 visit to the Hospitál Escuela Danilo Rosales by two
of I-CARE’s directors. The directors, witnessed
first-hand the Hospital’s needy state. Nicaragua’s
rural poor come here from all corners of the county
seeking treatment. Limited funding means the clinic’s
cancer patients are treated at standards markedly below
those of the United States. For example, the single
chemotherapy treatment room has a broken-down bed, no
sink for sanitizing, and no air conditioning, in a city
where temperatures regularly top 100°.
This project will modernize the hospital chemotherapy
treatment room by installing plumbing for sanitary
services, installing air conditioning, fixing the
treatment bed, and giving a fresh coat of paint. In
short, the project seeks to give Nicaragua’s destitute
cancer victims a facility where they can recover with
the safety and dignity every human deserves.
Operation
HawkDrop
Lack of funds prevents many Nicaragua healthcare
facilities from obtaining sufficient bed linens and
towels. This means some patients must provide these on
their own. Thus, many poor patients from rural areas go
without.
Operation
HawkDrop will provide these necessities to the
Hospitál Escuela Oscar Danilo Rosales
and other similarly situated healthcare facilities.
I-CARE is currently collecting donations of used and new
linens and towels from hospitals, linen supply
companies, and individual donors. When sufficient
quantities are accumulated these will be shipped to
Nicaragua and distributed.
Operation
Christmas
During the 2005 holiday season, I-CARE partnered with the
Des Moines, Iowa law firm of Morain & Pugh to collect
vitamins and men’s and women’s clothing. These items
were sent to Nicaragua and distributed to the families
of impoverished cancer patients.
DU-CARE
EAT-A-THON
The DU-CARE EAT-A-THON is a fundraiser in conjunction
with the student organizational arm of I-CARE. The
EAT-A-THON features Drake University Law Students
competing to eat as many chicken wings as possible in a
20 minute period. The students take pledges on a
per-wing-eaten basis from family, friends, co-workers,
and fellow students. The EAT-A-THON takes place
annually at Third Base Sports Bar in West Des Moines,
Iowa. In 2006, 12 contestants ate over 500 wings
and raised over $6,500! In 2007, 12 new
contestants again gorged on over 500 wings and raised
over $10,000.
For more information, please see the
EAT-A-THON page.
Contact
I-CARE
to support any of these critical and worthwhile
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