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Category: SpokesPouched Archived Topics

Home Our Stories Archive by Category "SpokesPouched Archived Topics" (Page 2)

Needy Ostomates in these countries have been helped during February and March 2019

February 19, 2019fowusa

These countries benefited from FOW-USA supplies during February and March 2019: For the month of February Cuba, El Salvador, Haiti, Jamaica, Kosovo, Lebanon, Liberia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia (2 shipments), Nepal (2 shipments), Pakistan, Tanzania, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe. In March we…

Generous Donation and Shipment Sponsorship From South Central Region of the WOCN Society

December 26, 2018fowusaNo Comments

Thank you to the South Central Region of the WOCN Society for your generous donation and your shipment sponsorship to Nepal Ostomy Association.  A complete pallet was sent in your honor! South Central Region of the WOCN Society

Generous Donation and Shipment Sponsorship From WOCN St. Louis Affiliate to Bolivia

December 7, 2018fowusaNo Comments

Thank you to the WOCN St Louis Affiliate for your generous contribution resulting in the sponsorship of supplies to Bolivia. A complete pallet was sent in your honor! WOCN St. Louis Affiliate  

Generous Donation and Shipment Sponsorship From Northwest Region of the WOCN Society

October 26, 2018fowusaNo Comments

Thank you to the Northwest Region of the WOCN Society for your generous donation and your shipment sponsorship to Paraguay ASOSDELPA.  A complete pallet was sent in your honor! Northwest Region of the WOCN Society

Needy Ostomates in these countries have been helped during December 2018 and January 2019

October 26, 2018fowusaNo Comments

These countries benefited from FOW-USA supplies during December 2018 and January 2019: For the month of December we shipped to Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia (2) Jamaica, Kenya (2), Libya (2) Nepal, Nigeria, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe. In January we shipped…

Check out our Fall Newsletter

October 26, 2018fowusaNo Comments

Fall Newsletter 2018

Generous Donation and Shipment Sponsorship From Iowa Affiliate

September 27, 2018fowusaNo Comments

Thank you to the following for your generous donation and your shipment sponsorship.  Complete pallets were sent in your honor! Iowa Affiliate of the Wound Ostomy & Continence Nurses Society

New Poster Available

August 30, 2018fowusaNo Comments

NEW POSTER now available.  We now have posters for your Support Group meetings and WOCN clinics. Check them out and order from our Resource drop down.

Generous Donation and Shipment Sponsorship

August 30, 2018fowusaNo Comments

Thank you to the following for your generous donation and your shipment sponsorship.  Complete pallets were sent in your honor!   

Sponsorship of shipment by Mideast Region of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society

July 27, 2018fowusaNo Comments

The Mideast Region of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society has become the first sponsor of a pallet of ostomy supplies, to Nepal Stoma Care.  We thank you for sponsoring this shipment.

Iowa WOCN Affiliate Sponsors a Free Ostomy Education Day

April 30, 2018fowusaNo Comments

The Iowa WOCN Affiliate sponsors a free ostomy education day for ostomates and their support families every year.  This event is held in different parts of the state to offer benefit to the many ostomates statewide.  This year marked the 10th…

2017 Service Award

October 23, 2017fowusa

2017 Service Award This year’s recipient, Ann Favreau, is more than worthy of this honor and was nominated with a resounding number of entries. Her countless hours of time and dedication to our mission is certainly why. Her list of…

Memories of Fred Moore

October 23, 2017fowusa

Memories of Fred Moore, 1918-2016 by William Etnyre, PhD, LICSW As we mourn the passing of a former FOW-USA Board Member, we thank the author who was able to shed some light on Fred’s contributions. The following is an essay written…

Cameroon Clinic

May 13, 2016fowusaNo Comments

From Carolyn Brown, Cameroon: Jacques is a young school teacher who was diagnosed with bladder cancer. My husband did an ileal conduit on him, so he now has a urostomy. They seem to have gotten all the cancer and he…

A New Way to Give with Amazon Smile

January 20, 2016fowusaNo Commentsamazon, announcement, donate

There is a new way to benefit Friends of Ostomates Worldwide-USA. Amazon will now donate 1/2 of 1% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases when you shop at AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com). When you go to this link for the…

Save Lives – Give Now

February 4, 2015fowusaNo Commentscolostomy, donate, ostomy, supplies, thank you letter

Supplies Save Lives — Your Donations Matter! [From the mother of Solomon, age 4 years, in Uganda] “I received a big box of donated supplies from Friends of Ostomates. My son started school where he spends almost the entire day….

The TSA: A Personal Experience

September 15, 2013fowusaNo Commentsadvice, airport, colostomy, ostomates, security, travel, tsa

At the end of July 2013, we went to a wedding in St Louis. Coming back, during the screening process, the TSA staff asked me to undergo a personal screening in a private room. During that process, they explained that…

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