I have unused ileostomy supplies-enough for at least a month. I can’t find any place local that will take them. I’d hate to throw them away. I know they are expensive for people without insurance. I would really like to give them to someone who needs them. Is there an organization I can mail them to?
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Several months after my take down, I gave a month worth of supplies to my surgeon.
he in turn gives unused supplies to patients without insurance or otherwise out of pocket.
I heard homeless shelters would maybe have a need for them.
There's an organization called Friends of Ostomates Worldwide (FOW for short). You can mail your supplies to that organization and get a tax write-off.
My surgeon took them took, since they given them out as samples to their patients before the patients order supplies (to test them out). See if they’ll take them.