Regional Divisions

Iowa West 2009 Activity Report

The Ida Grove, Iowa, warehouse is open on Tuesday mornings from 8 A.M. to 11 A.M. for packing and receiving.  The warehouse opens at other times when groups make arrangments for working.

This year’s activities include:

April 21, 2009 Container loaded and shipped to Uzbekistan with used clothing, bedding and medical equipment.


Volunteers at Ida Grove, Iowa, hoist hospital bed into container for Uzbekistan.


Medical equipment finally loaded with only a few cubic feet left at the end of the container.  Boxes of clothing and other supplies will fill out the load.


Shipment to Uzbekistan is loaded, and volunteers are ready for lunch.

On March 3, 2009, another shipping container was sent to Latvia filled with used clothing, shoes, wheelchairs and crutches.