Fuel Fitness Club and Gym raises $900 towards GlobalMedic disaster relief efforts.

GlobalMedic volunteer Yvonne Malbasha ran a 45 km marathon in Reykjavik to raise over a thousand dollars for GlobalMedic.

On July 10th, 2011, GlobalMedic hosted its second annual Motorcycle Support Ride.  The ride started at Woodbine Racetrack in Etobicoke where riders enjoyed music, coffee and donuts while they registered and perused raffle items…..

On June 17th, The Acting Consul General for Japan in Toronto…

Byron Capital Markets donates $65,477.00 to GlobalMedic, earmarked to the ongoing response to the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami.

Today, February 23, 2011, GlobalMedic donated 6 desktop computers to the Rick Boustead Club of the Children’s Breakfast Clubs in Toronto…....

On February 14th, GlobalMedic RRT volunteers gathered at our warehouse to prepare and package 60 boxes of clothing…..

On January 31st, 2011 GlobalMedic Rapid Response Team (RRT) volunteers donated 1,000 boxes of cereal to the Children’s Breakfast Club.  The cereal was donated through a drive held by paramedic students at Humber College and GlobalMedic volunteers.  Toronto Emergency Medical Services joined in on the cause and provided one of their support buses to give tours to the children participating in the Breakfast Club.

On Sunday, September 28 GlobalMedic proudly received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Burma Cyclone Relief Committee and the International Burmese Monks Organization.

GlobalMedic was recognized for its efforts after Cyclone Nargis in Burma.

GlobalMedic presented the Pickering Fire Services with an appreciation award for the generous donation of 10 defibrillators.
The defibrillators were donated and placed in service with the Honduras Red Cross Paramedic Services in Tegucigalpa.  All staff working with the Red Cross in Tegucigalpa have been trained by GlobalMedic on the operation and maintenance of the units.  They will go a long way in helping to provide a better care in the event of cardiac arrest.

GlobalMedic presented Constable Richard Fantinato of the Durham Regional Police Department with an award for his humanitarian achievements in Haiti, September 2008. Constable Fantinato volunteered his time to represent GlobalMedic and to extend the Canadian spirit of charity. Constable Fantinato was part of a GlobalMedic Rapid Response Team that deployed from Toronto to aid victims of the flooding. In total, the team donated, distributed and installed 10 Trekker Water Purification Units, 1 Explorer Water Purification Unit and 1 million Aquatab Water Purification Tablets. The 11 water purification units provided more than 45,000 beneficiaries daily with clean drinking water while the 1 million Aquatab water purification tablets purified 1 million litres of water.

On August 14th, 2008, the Honourable Beverly J. Oda of International Cooperation announced the Canadian Government’s support for the victims of the May 12th, 2008 earthquake in China’s Sichuan Province in the amount of $31.4 million, $30 million of which were matching funds. GlobalMedic is proud to announce that in association with the Canadian government and specifically the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), it has received $341,600 to run water programs in the Sichuan Province. GlobalMedic’s initial disaster response included the donation and distribution of 20 Trekker (4 L drinking water / min each) water purification units, 1 Nomad (100 L / min) water purification unit and 5 million Aquatab water purification tablets (1 tab purifies 1 L of water).

Today, GlobalMedic held a press conference to announce its second deployment to China following the May 12th earthquake.

Currently, the health situation in the affected zone is still dire. With the summer brings increased susceptibility to infectious diseases. Clean drinking water and diarrhea continues to be a major concern for quake survivors.