Volunteers make first-aid kits - Westfair Communications

Boehringer Ingelheim volunteers Jennifer Grant, Jeannine Gagnon, Christine Zarrella and Meaghan Hart assemble first-aid kits in the Americares distribution center in Stamford. Photo by Marc Birnbach/Americares.

More than 100 volunteers assembled 1,500 first-aid kits at Americares headquarters and distribution center April 18, in recognition of National Volunteer Week. Volunteers from Boehringer Ingelheim, Crane Co., Deloitte LLP, ICBC Standard Securities Inc./ICBC Standard Resources Inc., J.P. Morgan, OdysseyRe, Purdue Pharma LP, Warby Parker and community members participated in the event.

Americares keeps the kits in its Stamford warehouse for distribution to families displaced by tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding and other emergencies.

“National Volunteer Week is a great opportunity to involve the community in the work that we do,” said Americares President and CEO Michael J. Nyenhuis. “We”™re proud to have such dedicated partners support our mission of saving lives and improving health for people affected by poverty or disaster. The kits assembled today will help families in crisis all over the world.”