How the Equipment-Supplies
Exchange Works
To make it less frustrating for those donating and receiving items through the equipment exchange we’ve decided to refine the equipment-supply
process.
Donors should contact Ben Hawkins, preferably by email benhawkins@fuse.net, or call toll-free, (866) 454-7351 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST. Ben needs your contact information as well as a list of the products you are donating; please include all the details requested on the form (html format.
Donated items will be listed on the Oley website for three months (without the donor’s name, etc.). We ask donors to hold onto the items for the entire three months, OR until they are requested through the equipment-supply exchange. Donated items will be taken off the list at this time.
Ben has established a request list. Let him know what
supplies you are looking for and he'll contact you if the item becomes
available.
The equipment-supply exchange program cannot accept prescription drugs, and no longer accepts smaller, lower cost items that typically go un-exchanged such as end caps, sterile fields, gauze, etc. Feel free to contact Ben if the item you would like to donate isn’t on the list of accepted products in the form but you feel it is a good item to exchange.
We ask donors to use the common sense approach before listing items: do you have a reasonable quantity to make it worth the expense and effort of listing and mailing the items?
Individuals interested in receiving items listed through the equipment-supply exchange should contact Ben for the donor’s name and contact information. It is your responsibility to arrange and pay for shipment of the donated items. Please notify Ben if you do not end up taking the items he has referred you to so he can make them available to other members. Unwanted items may be accepted by your local Humane Society or veterinarian.
Oley cannot guarantee the quality of the supplies donated or be responsible for their condition. In the spirit of Oley, we ask that those receiving goods, especially heavy items such as enteral formula or infusion pumps, offer to pay the shipping costs.
Click here to view the list of available supplies. If you find something that you are in need of contact Ben at benhawkins@fuse.net and he can let you know who has the items. If you don't find what you need you can also be added to the list of requested items.
This list was updated on 5/2/08