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About Us
Project MEND is a
501(c)(3) non-profit organization that assists many low-income
people with disabilities obtain medical equipment and specialized or
fitted devices. We understand
that in many cases people with disabilities have to depend
on family, friends, and the increasingly limited healthcare
system when the daily activities of life become insurmountable
chores. Through
our services, Project
MEND helps people with disabilities get through
these obstacles. Mobility and independence are basic human
rights, and Project MEND encourages
that for all people.
MISSION
Project
MEND’s mission is to provide low-income persons with
disabilities with refurbished, donated medical equipment
and specialized or fitted devices that will enhance their independence,
self-sufficiency and mobility.
OUR MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS
Project MEND is
funded through grants from private trusts, foundations, businesses,
individuals, local, state, and federal governmental entities.
Our major contributors include:
- City of San Antonio
- Bexar County
- Bill Greehey Family Foundation
- Gordon Hartman Family Foundation
- Kronkosky Charitable Foundation
- WellMed Foundation & Kymberly & Dr. George Rapier, III
- Texas Capital Bank
- Broadway Bank
- University of Texas at Austin – Center for Disability
Studies
- Alcoa Foundation
- St. Luke's Lutheran Health Ministries
- HE Stumberg, Sr. Trust
- AmeriGroup Foundation
- Orsinger Foundation
- KCI - Servant's Heart Foundation
- Fraternal Order of Eagles
- Allegra Printing - FootPrint Fund
- WalMart
- University Health System
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ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Murlin Johnson (1936 – 2007)
Project MEND was founded by Murlin Johnson in 1992 in San Antonio , Texas. Mr. Johnson was born with rickets disease, an abnormal bone formation resulting from inadequate calcium in the bones. This disease required Mr. Johnson to walk with the assistance of crutches and later on in life, he was confined to using a scooter or electric wheelchair.
While volunteering with the Texas Department
of Human Services Elderly and Disabled Unit, Mr. Johnson
noticed social workers clamoring for home hospital beds,
wheelchairs and walkers for their indigent patients. He
knew there was a wealth of discarded used medical equipment
in the community. In 1993, he formed the non-profit
agency Project MEND ( Medical
Equipment Network for those with Disabilities ).
Project
MEND has since served Texans by providing a variety of donated and refurbished medical equipment items to low income persons with
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