HUB WORLDWIDE INC

IN APRIL 2020, THE HUB WORLDWIDE, INC. ("THE ORGANIZATION") LAUNCHED OUR ADOPT A CLINIC PROGRAM TO DISTRIBUTE HEALTHCARE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT TO THE CLINICS AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN UNDER-RESOURCED AREAS IN ALABAMA. IN 2021, THE ORGANIZATION EXPANDED SERVICES TO INCLUDE CLINICS LOCATED IN THE BLACK BELT OF ALABAMA. THE ORGANIZATION WAS ABLE TO DOUBLE ITS IMPACT THIS YEAR AND DISTRIBUTE OVER 72,000 WORTH OF HEALTHCARE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT TO UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES. IN ADDITION TO OUR LOCAL DONATIONS TO THE GREATER BIRMINGHAM HUMANE SOCIETY, OUR FOCUS THIS YEAR HAS BEEN ON THE COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ALABAMA, AND IN MARCH THE ORGANIZATION PARTNERED WITH RURAL HEALTH MEDICAL PROGRAM, INC.(RHMPI) AND AGREED TO HELP THEIR CLINICS THROUGH A GRANT FROM THE MIKE AND GILLIAN GOODRICH FOUNDATION AND A GRANT FROM CSX BEYOND OUR RAILS. RHMPI SERVES APPROXIMATELY 7,600 PATIENTS ANNUALLY WHICH CONSTITUTES ABOUT 30,000 VISITS/YEAR, AND THEIR LARGEST POPULATION IS GERIATRIC. AFTER CONDUCTING SEVERAL ONSITE MEETINGS, PHONE CALLS, AND A NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN MARCH, THE ORGANIZATIONDECIDED TO FOCUS ON THE CLINICS IN MARION, UNIONTOWN AND SELMA. IN JULY, THE ORGANIZATION LOADED UP AN 18-WHEELER AND TRANSPORTED THE SUPPLIES TO THEIR MAIN FACILITYIN SELMA FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THEIR CLINICS. THE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT INCLUDED DENTAL CHAIRS, X-RAYS, LIGHTS, PPE, WOUND CARE SUPPLIES, ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIRS, NEBULIZERS, PULSE OXIMETERS, ORTHOPEDIC SUPPLIES AND FURNITURE. ON THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT, THE ORGANIZATION SENT SUPPLIES TO ETHIOPIA THROUGH A PHYSICIAN WHO WORKS IN A HOSPITAL IN SODDO. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO DONATED A LARGE BOX OF KN95 MASKS TO TWO HOSPITALS IN GUYANA. THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVED OVER 170,000 IN DONATED SUPPLIES FROM LOCAL HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS INCLUDING CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA AND UAB HOSPITAL. THE ORGANIZATION IS THANKFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIPS ITS HAS DEVELOPED WITH THESE LOCAL FACILITIES AND HOPE TO EXPAND OUR NETWORK IN THE COMING YEARS. THE ORGANIZATION HAD A GREAT GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS THAT HELPED WITH SORTING, PACKING, AND PALLETIZING SUPPLIES FOR SHIPMENT THIS YEAR. OVER 75 VOLUNTEERS GAVE OVER 221 HOURS WHICH IS WORTH ABOUT 7,000 FOR THE ORGANIZATION.