Get Involved

Donate Equipment

In the United States, there’s a huge wealth of usable medical equipment and supplies that are no longer in use. Some may be in a local hospital, a physician or dentist office, a nursing home, a storage room, or even your own garage.

  • Equipment must be in working order
  • Include manuals with donated equipment
  • MESA cannot certify dollar values of donated items
  • Deliver items to the MESA warehouse when possible or schedule a pickup
  • No perishables, please

Medical/dental

  • ultrasound equipment
  • crank-type hospital beds
  • sphygmomanometers
  • anesthesia machines
  • dental hand instruments
  • stainless steel instruments,
  • examination tables
  • gurneys
  • dental chairs
  • compressors
  • rubber gloves
  • hospital gowns
  • bed linens
  • mattresses
  • blankets
  • diapers
  • dressings

Other humanitarian items:

  • Books (Spanish or English)
  • Computers (not too old)
  • Educational software 
  • Used clothing (any season)
  • Shoes (especially for kids)
  • Used school furniture 
  • Toothbrushes and toothpaste 
  • Baby receiving blankets 
  • Paper and writing materials
  • Wheelchairs and crutches

Provide Financial Support

Your financial contributions help cover the costs for shipping (approximately $7,000 – $12,000 per shipment) and the warehouse costs.

Volunteer at the Warehouse

Help at the warehouse (crew of 5-10):

  • Organizing and cataloging inventory
  • Preparing a shipment and loading a container
  • Receiving products being shipped to M.E.S.A.
  • Other tasks for managing & maintaining the M.E.S.A. warehouse

Participate in Rotary Tour for MESA

Each year riders tour one fourth of our Rotary District on a revolving basis for a five day ride. Riders can participate for one day or up to all five days. Rotarians and friends of MESA can participate by sponsoring a rider.

 

To learn more go to MESA’s homepage section on Rotary Tour for MESA and click on the Learn More button. There you will find more information including a Tour flyer, Rider Registration form and a MESA Donation Form to support a rider.

 

The Rotary Tour for MESA has been a major source of support for MESA for 20 years. The Tour supports MESA’s lifesaving mission mile by mile.

It really helps people all over the world and helps recycle medical equipment rather than being thrown away or discarded. It’s good environmentally, it’s good economically, and it’s good medically.”

Dr. David Weldy –
MESA volunteer and associate professor
University of Toledo, Department of Family Medicine