Press Releases

Americares selected Good Samaritan Health Center of Atlanta, Ga., and Volunteers in Medicine of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., as $100,000 grant recipients from BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) through Americares/BD Advancing Community Health program.

Americares mobilized an emergency response expert following the deadly tsunami that slammed into the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra without warning killing at least 430 people and forcing 21,000 others from their homes.

The Americares medical clinic in Panama City, Fla., will operate through Friday, Dec. 14. The clinic has been providing free primary care services seven days a week since October, following Hurricane Michael.

Americares is pleased to announce actor, director, producer and activist Tony Goldwyn has joined the organization’s board of directors, and acclaimed production designer Jane Musky has been elected to the board of the Americares Free Clinics.

It is with profound sadness that Americares mourns the passing of former President George H.W. Bush.

More than 100 volunteers packed hygiene kits at Americares headquarters and distribution center yesterday, Tuesday, Nov. 27, as part of the nonprofit organization’s #GivingTuesday campaign.

Americares is deploying a response team and preparing emergency shipments of medicine and relief supplies to help families displaced by the deadly wildfires raging through California.

The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) has awarded Americares $500,000 to support mental health and psychosocial programs for Hurricane Maria survivors in Puerto Rico with an emphasis on helping older, low-income adults.

Americares is deploying medical teams and more than four tons of medicine and supplies to meet the immediate health needs of Typhoon Yutu survivors in the Northern Mariana Islands.

Health care leaders from across the nation recently came together to agree on the health data free and charitable clinics will voluntarily report in an effort to ensure all patients receive quality care.

In celebration of its 170th anniversary, leading ocean carrier APL is providing Americares with free shipping of medicine and supplies for three years.

Americares has opened a temporary medical clinic in Panama City, Fla., to ensure access to care for Hurricane Michael survivors.

The Americares Airlift Benefit on Oct. 13, 2018, raised over $3 million for the health-focused relief and development organization’s programs worldwide.

Americares has launched a new digital diabetes prevention program to improve the health of low-income patients in hurricane-impacted communities. The organization is partnering with digital medicine company Omada Health to enroll Texas patients from free clinics in a year-long diabetes prevention program.

Americares is deploying an emergency team to Florida to respond to Hurricane Michael, which is expected to make landfall today as the strongest storm on record to hit the Florida panhandle.

Americares is responding to the 7.5-magnitude earthquake that generated a deadly tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The earthquake toppled buildings and destroyed roads while a 20-foot wave washed over coastal communities, killing more than 1400 people.

The AmerisourceBergen Foundation, an independent not-for-profit charitable giving organization and the philanthropic arm of AmerisourceBergen, has joined the Americares Emergency Response Partner Program.

Spirit of Humanity, an initiative by Americares India has recognized and rewarded six NGOs within various categories in its finale held recently in Mumbai.

In the year since Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico and Dominica, Americares has provided more than $40 million in aid to support the recovery.

Stamford, Conn.— Sept. 15, 2018— Americares emergency teams are responding to major storms in the United States and the Philippines.