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BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION SENDS SHIPMENTS #16 - #21 ON MARCH 3, 4 and 5 of REQUESTED RELIEF SUPPLIES to HAITI

  Brother's Brother Foundation (BBF) is responding with partner agencies Food For The Poor of Miami, Medical Benevolence Foundation of Houston and Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) to the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010.

To date BBF has made four air shipments and 15 tractor trailer (ocean-going container) shipments of pharmaceuticals and relief supplies. The 16 th tractor trailer will load on Wednesday, March 3 rd at 9:00 am with pharmaceuticals and medical supplies. Shipments #17 and #18 are scheduled to load at 9:00 am and 11:00 am on Thursday, March 4 th with requested hygiene supplies and donated clothing from Eat'n Park Hospitality, Inc. Three container-loads of baby food donated by Bay Valley Foods will leave the Pittsburgh area on Friday, March 5 th . BBF has provided pharmaceuticals and medical supplies for hand-carry mission trips to Haiti by 5 separate medical mission teams.

BBF expects to ship more than 25 ocean-going container loads of pharmaceuticals (240,000 bottle/tubes of antibiotics, pain relievers and other medicine) and other needed relief supplies, including hygiene kits and 50,000 pairs of new shoes and clothing, through mid-March. The value of these donations will exceed $27,000,000. Donors of these supplies include Mine Safety Appliances, Aurobindo Pharmaceuticals, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Crocs Shoes, Bay Valley Foods and Eat'n Park. Over $17,000,000 of products were donated by companies headquartered in Pennsylvania.

BBF's Medical Director, Dr. Chip Lambert, plans to return to Haiti in March or April where he will continue to assist with relief effort.

BBF is receiving monetary donations to help with shipping costs. You can securely donate online at www.brothersbrother.org using a credit card or you can send a check payable to Brother's Brother Foundation. Please note on your donation that it is for the Haiti earthquake relief fund. Please call BBF's office at 412-321-3160 with any questions.

BBF, a 52-year old Pittsburgh-based international charity, has provided over $3.4 billion of medical supplies, textbooks, food, seeds, and other humanitarian supplies to people around the world in over 140 countries. With the help of gifts from the general public, corporations and the US government, in 2009 BBF sent product contributions to those in need in 70 countries including Argentina, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Malawi, Nicaragua, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda and Vietnam. These shipments were the equivalent of 319 tractor trailer loads. Also in 2009, BBF furnished supplies for 265 medical and humanitarian hand-carry mission trips.

Forbes Magazine, the national business periodical, listed Brother's Brother Foundation as one of the top four most efficient charities in a special issue,
2009 investment guide charity, December 2008. The issue lists
200 charities, rating them on how efficiently they collect and distribute donations.
Brother's Brother Foundation received 100 % or higher rating in both charitable commitment and fundraising efficiency.

Donations to assist with shipping costs are greatly appreciated. Credit card donations can be made by calling Brother's Brother Foundation at 412-321-3160. Checks should be made out to Brother's Brother Foundation and sent to:
Brother's Brother Foundation
1200 Galveston Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15233

For additional information, please contact:
Karen Dempsey, Vice President Development/Administration @ 412-237-2324 or email: kdempsey@brothersbrother.org

Luke Hingson, President @ 412-237-2320 or email: lhingson@brothersbrother.org