Shipping medical equipment and supplies is a major part of the Niagara Warehouse of Hope's mandate. Here, volunteers (left) Kevin O'Flaherty and Gord McKenna lift down a wheel chair assisted by Chris Wever (on the truck).

The Niagara Warehouse of Hope seeks out good used hospital beds, stretchers, wheelchairs, crutches, canes and medical supplies for shipment to hospitals, clinics and orphanages in such places as Africa, Haiti and Guatemala. Surplus items collected from Niagara area hospitals and nursing homes find new life in charitable organizations caring for the sick and disabled among the poor.