Posted by Tim Wills AG West Gippsland
KWR-LL Rotarians Bob Comber, President Sam Loughridge, Jan Kruizinga (on the truck), Graham Warry, Kyle Kruizinga, Hayden Giles, Michael Boraston, Geoff Barrett (KWR Health Service Maintenance Manager) and Rudy DeJong
 
A dozen hospital beds, three adjustable chairs and sundry other items were saved from landfill by KooWeeRup-Lang Lang Rotarians who loaded all the goods onto Rudy DeJong’s truck for transport to Rotary Donations-in-Kind (DIK), from where they will find themselves to somewhere in the world in real need of such items, probably Tonga but perhaps the Solomons.
 
This is the second time that Rudy has transported replaced beds from KooWeeRup Regional Health Service to DIK, with the first load of twenty two beds being delivered in December 2022. Those beds went to Zimbabwe in early February this year.
 
Due to the joint issues of freight costs and availability, DIK is very significantly stretched for storage space but, the opportunity to secure these hospital beds was one not to be dismissed. And so, a major clean-up and reorganisation in the Footscray facility recently enabled some space to be found to store them until they can be sent overseas.
 
When mutually convenient, Rudy’s son Andrew will drive down to Footscray and unload the beds at DIK. Another great example of ‘Rotary in Action’.
 
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