CMMB's medical
shipments originate from a 33,000-square-foot
distribution center in Long Island City, New
York. CMMB purchased the building in 1961. Today,
the facility features a computerized inventory
system and climate-controlled refrigeration capabilities
for medicines that require cold storage.
Many
millions of dollars with of pharmaceuticals and
other medical supplies donated by CMMB’s
generous corporate partners are delivered to
the distribution center on a continuing basis,
where these materials are placed in inventory
for redistribution.
CMMB maintains close working
relationships with missions, clinics and health
facilities around the world. When needs become
known, CMMB responds by custom-assembling the
needed medicines from its inventory. Typically
these medicines are packed in large 40-feet containers,
then sent by ship to the intended destination.
In emergency situations, or when medicines must
be refrigerated, shipments are sent by air. CMMB
has extensive expertise in managing the complex
logistics, customs paperwork and governmental
relations involved with large shipments of medicines
across national borders. Thanks to long-established
relations with local partners in receiving countries,
CMMB also has the confidence of knowing that
its shipments reach the people in need at their
intended destinations.
Every year, more than 300
large shipments containing essential medicines
and supplies are loaded onto trailers from the
Long Island City facility, and begin their journey
to far reaches of the world, where people in
need eagerly await their contents.
Catholic Medical
Mission Board is a non-profit, religious, 501 (c) (3) organization
that provides services and deliver aid without regard to creed, race,
sex, or national or political circumstance. Catholic Medical Mission
Board is a non-governmental organization in consultative status with
the Economic and Social Council (ESOSOC) of the United Nations. Gifts are deducibel to the full extent allowable under IRS regulations.