It took me a little longer than I planned, but now the 27 Heartbeats website is here! If you are a student wanting to start your own chapter of 27 Heartbeats at your school, please fill out the contact form. If you are a medical professional with items to donate, you can contact me directly or check the "How to Donate" page for instructions on mailing your donated items. Or, I encourage you to look for shelter and other locations in need in your own area to avoid shipping costs if you prefer. If you are an organization in need of donations and you'd like to partner with 27 Heartbeats to receive donations, please contact me through the contact form and we'll do our best to work together! 27 Heartbeats Goes to Thailand! 07/29/2017 Throughout the summer I collected a lot of medical supplies from Pediatric Associates of Durango, Durango Dermatology, and many other local medical facilities. After gathering all the supplies, I was finally able to pack it all up and fly to Thailand to see where the medical donations were being sent to. The trip to Thailand was an eye-opening experience. I was able to spend a week at the Elephant Nature Park, helping care for the animals at the reserve and help use my supplies to heal their wounds. The Elephant Nature Park is an inspiring organization, and they continuously rescue elephants, dogs, cats, and many other animals that have been abused and need a new home. Elephants around Thailand and in neighboring countries are tortured in order to be trained for shows and human entertainment. ENP has found a way to save these desperate animals from extinction, and it was an amazing experience to be able to help them with that journey. I also went to the Animal Rescue Kingdom, where most of my medical supplies was donated. The medical supplies has been used for many surgeries, and has helped many dogs that may have otherwise lost their lives. The dogs at ARK were amazing to work with, and I was inspired to see that a shelter that cares for almost 150 dogs started by only one person who had a desire to help. Overall, being in Thailand was an uplifting experience, for I was able to watch my project finally follow through. Thanks to everyone who donated and to all the 27 Heartbeats chapters who are working hard to support organizations like these with items that would otherwise be thrown away. (click on each photo to make it bigger) Thank you - Finalist and Notable MentionThank you to everyone who helped to vote for my photo in the GoAbroad Foundation contest. I was honored to be chosen as a finalist and to draw so much attention to the Elephant Nature Park, and all your votes helped me move to second place and receive a Notable Mention. The winning photo was truly amazing and the prize will go to support a great organization. Thank you!
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AuthorMy name is Amina, and I started 27 Heartbeats to help keep potentially life-saving medical waste out of landfills and, instead, send it to places where it can save the lives of animals and people in need. Archives
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