Local & Domestic

This may come as a surprise, but the most requested items from our 300+ local partners isn’t wheelchairs or canes or walkers. It’s hygiene products!

People who receive SNAP benefits cannot purchase non-food items like cleaning and hygiene products with their cards, so the demand for these items is pretty constant. Some are going to nonprofits who are supporting the needs in their neighborhoods, but recently most went to community back-to-school events, where they were put into backpacks given to students.

Do you ever wonder what happens to the unused/rescued medical supplies donated to MedWish Medworks? Most – roughly 60% – are packed up in large shipping containers, boxes, or suitcases and sent abroad. The rest are distributed through our 300+ nonprofit partners to benefit residents in our own community.

One of our longtime community partners is Cleveland’s Building Hope in the City. In Spring 2025, The Hope Center: for refugees and immigrants, a ministry of Building Hope in the City, started a four-month caregiver job training program. They reached out to several community partners to secure supplies and tools to make this happen.