Donate Your Used Home Medical Equipment on Saturday May 2 for a Tax Deduction!

Donate Your Used Home Medical Equipment on Saturday May 2 for a Tax Deduction

St. Louis, Missouri…St. Louis HELP, the not-for-profit Health Equipment Lending Program that freely loans home medical equipment to any person who needs it, is hosting a Medical Equipment Donation Drive on Saturday, May 2, 2015, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at 12 designated Walgreen parking lots.

“St. Louis HELP is looking for donations of used home medical equipment in good condition to build our inventory of the home medical equipment that we freely lend to people and families,” says Executive Director Laura Cannon Singer, who founded the nonprofit organization in 2008.

Equipment donation drop-off sites for Saturday, May 2, are shown at the website http://www.stlhelp.org.

“We accept tax-deductible donations of manual and power wheelchairs, electric hospital beds, shower chairs, canes, crutches, walkers, grab bars, elevated toilet seats, portable commodes, lift chairs, seating cushions, back supports, folding ramps and other devices,” Singer said.

“We provide free use of virtually all types of home medical equipment to people for as long as needed and we assist thousands of people annually,” said Singer. “All donations of home health equipment are tax deductible.

“In 2014, we loaned 6,193 items including hospital beds, wheelchairs, scooters, elevated toilet seats, lift chairs, walkers, and other home health equipment that we cleaned and reconditioned.”

“In this way, we divert about 140 tons per year that would otherwise end up in the solid waste stream.”

St. Louis HELP revitalizes and cleans all donated equipment and keeps the inventory at its warehouse in Olivette before loaning it at no cost to people in need or their caregivers

“Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance don’t always cover the cost of renting or buying certain types of home medical equipment that people desperately need,” Singer said. “We provide this equipment at no charge – making the difference between living independently or living a life of dependence and immobility.”

A new, one-minute public service video produced by HEC-TV that showcases St. Louis HELP’s activities can be viewed on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxddQ6VJcxs.

St. Louis HELP is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that loans equipment to any person for any health-related reason including those temporarily disabled by injury, illness or surgery; those awaiting insurance company approval; those whose own equipment is being repaired; visitors to St. Louis who can’t transport their own equipment; and terminally ill persons.

Call 314 567 4700 or see the website http://www.stlhelp.org. Media contact Jeff Dunlap at 314 409 5203.

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