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Join us at Sanctuary Golf Course in Colorado!

Monday, April 26, 2010

If you're looking for the perfect summer golf getaway, you've found it! <>

On Thursday, June 3, 2010, RE/MAX International proudly presents the 2010 Newmont Mining/Project C.U.R.E. Golf Tournament at Sanctuary, one of the most spectacular courses in Colorado.

A world of its own, Sanctuary is a pristine, breathtaking and exclusive golf course and clubhouse nestled carefully in a fragile and beautiful mountain ecosystem just south of Denver.

Proceeds from the event will go to support the delivery of life-saving medical supplies and equipment to people in need in the developing world.

Hurry and sign up, there are only a few spots left!

View the sponsorship packet for more information on securing a spot for your team or contact Jan Gordon at 303-877-3565 or jangordon@projectcure.org.

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Mexico Shipment Ready to Go

Monday, April 19, 2010

On Wednesday, April 14, Project C.U.R.E. Houston filled a tractor-trailer full of medical supplies for Mexico. This was a big load, because a 53-foot trailer (in picture) is much larger than a 40-foot ocean-going container. The load included 30 hospital beds. It was an exhausting job for the men who did it. Thanks, guys!

Part of the Mexico load: Wheelchairs, anesthesia machine, beds, and hundreds of boxes.	Joe Olaniyi and George McDonald stacking boxes above, below and around the hospital beds.

Joe Olaniyi cramming boxes all the way to the ceiling. Anesthesia machine in foreground.	Lane Gibson, Operations Director for Houston, unloading boxes of latex gloves from the pallet to stack in the trailer.
Dan Fox, Volunteer, PROJECT C.U.R.E. Houston

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The Logistics of Delivering Aid to Haiti

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

In the months since the Haiti earthquake, Project C.U.R.E. has shipped 19 cargo containers to Haiti. Logistically, this has been very difficult. Let me tell you a little bit about how a Haiti-bound container gets from our warehouse in Houston to its destination in Port-au-Prince. Almost all our outgoing shipments leave in sea-going cargo containers, which are packed to the ceiling with equipment and boxes. The containers are loaded onto a flatbed truck and taken to Port of Houston, where a crane lifts it onto a container ship. The port at Port-au-Prince airport is operating again, but has been overwhelmed by the volume of incoming aid relief. Alternative routes presently used to get relief supplies into Haiti include (1) airlifting supplies to the already overcrowded airport; (2) unloading at Santo Domingo in the neighboring country of Dominican Republic, and trucking supplies across the mountains; and (3) unloading at the cruise ship docks at Labadee in the north of Haiti (not damaged by the earthquake) and trucking supplies to the south side of the country. A variety of partners have come together to deliver these shipment to Haiti. For instance, the first shipment that Project C.U.R.E. Houston sent to Haiti went by airlift; a later shipment went by Royal Carribean cruise ship.

Hospital St. Francois de Sales, Port-au-Prince	Royal Caribbean ship unloading pallets at Labadee, Haiti
For more pictures of the truck being loaded in Houston, visit http://www.photoworks.com/slideshow/album/ADF94B23999E?source=pw980 . We are always looking for sponsors for our containers. If you know anyone that could help us, especially with an oil company, please let me know, dnafox@aol.com. Dan Fox, Volunteer, PROJECT C.U.R.E. Houston