Downtown Topeka Rotary Club

Our History
• Started in the Olathe Rotary Club in 1992

• 1st Project – Airlift to Russia

• The Largest Private Airlift in U.S. History

• $5 Million Worth of Aid

• 75 Tons

• C-5 Galaxy

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Heart to Heart - Today
• We work in over 60 countries each year

• Distributing over $100,000,000 in aid this year

• Empowering thousands of volunteers

• Touching millions of lives

around the world

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Healthcare Development
&
Global Crisis Response

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Primary care development

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Maternal/infant health

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Maternal/infant health

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Mobile Eye Treatment Center

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Water and Sanitation

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Guatemala Water Crisis
• 3.7 million Guatemalan citizens
lack access to potable water

• 4.2 million don’t have access

to adequate sanitation facilities.

• Acute diarrheal diseases are the second leading cause

of death among children under 1 year of age.

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Project Partners

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Water and Sanitation Projects

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Global Crisis Response

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The Crisis Continuum
Readiness

Response

Recovery

Rebuilding

Restoration

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Readiness

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Response

Shipments of Medical Aid

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Response
Medical Services

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Recovery
Product Drives

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Recovery
Healthcare Services

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Hurricane Katrina
• Operated 12 Healthcare Clinics

• Cared For Over 15,000 Patients

• 250 Volunteer Healthcare Providers

– Each volunteering for at least one week

• Distributed Over 50 Semi-truckloads of Aid

• Thousands of Volunteer

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Recovery

Greensburg - Medical Services

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Response
Greensburg, Kansas

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Local Programs

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Agency Support Network

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Medical Outreach Partnerships

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School Readiness Initiative

• 140,000 kids and counting – join the cause!

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Our commitment to
efficiency and effectiveness

• Recognized in Forbes magazine - top charities

• Operate on less than 2% overhead

• Leveraging ratio of over 25 to 1 (2007 – 50 to 1)

• Donated: medical aid, supplies, services,
facilities, equipment, shipping
• Volunteers: Our life blood

• Power of Partnerships
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How you can get involved
• Share our story
• Volunteer your time or expertise
• Start a product drive for our crisis care kits
• Donate your services
• Go on one of our international projects
• Attend a GDC tour
• Attend our annual gala event each Fall
• Make a financial contribution
• Become a member of “Friends With Heart”
• Sign up to receive our quarterly newsletter

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…connecting you to a world in need.

Phone: 913-764-5200
Email: info@hearttoheart.org
Web: www.hearttoheart.org

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