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Donate Home Health Equipment to St. Louis HELP on Saturday May 5

You'll receive a tax deduction voucher for every item you donate to this non profit organization

St. Louis, Missouri…Clear out any home medical equipment you don’t need by donating it to the St. Louis HELP Home Health Equipment Donation Drive on Saturday, May 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

You’ll receive a tax deduction voucher for every item you donate, which will assist thousands of people who rely on St. Louis HELP for free loans of home health equipment they need.

Equipment drop-off locations staffed by volunteers will include St. Louis HELP’s lending warehouse in Olivette, plus designated Walgreen’s store parking lots in metro St. Louis.

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St. Louis HELP is a 501 ©(3) nonprofit organization that collects, cleans and revitalizes used and new home health equipment and loans that equipment for free to people suffering from accidents, illness or disability, including children, senior citizens, and their caregivers.

There is no cost or obligation for free loans of home health equipment to anyone, including caregivers.
St. Louis HELP accepts 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 — every type of home health item except oxygen and medications.

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To be a volunteer helper at one of our drop-off locations, please call 314–567–4700.

The Equipment Donation Drive is funded by a grant from Saint Louis County Department of Public Health utilizing County landfill surcharge funds.

To learn more about the St. Louis HELP program and drop off locations on May 5 please see the website http://www.stlhelp.org or call 314–567–4700. Thank you!
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