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Prisoners For Christ Outreach
Making a difference in communities through dedicated service and impact.
Woodinville, Washington
HAITI H2O: Hope to Opportunity
Haiti H2O pursues opportunities so that life might flourish in rural Haiti.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
WOMENS CAMPAIGN INTERNATIONAL
WCI promotes women's equality by equipping individuals and communities with the skills, knowledge and opportunities necessary to create worldwide, sustainable change.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Los Padres ForestWatch
Los Padres ForestWatch is an independent nonprofit organization that works to protect the Los Padres National Forest and other public lands along California's beautiful Central Coast.
Santa Barbara, CaliforniaSUNCOAST SPORTS CLUB INC
Making a difference in communities through dedicated service and impact.
SARASOTA, Florida
Project C.U.R.E. / Benevolent Healthcare Foundation
Project C.U.R.E. is the largest provider of donated medical supplies and equipment to developing countries around the world.
Centennial, Colorado
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES® EASTERN WISCONSIN
To keep families together and promote the health and well-being of children.
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin
KENDALL OPTOMETRY MINISTRY INC
ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION STATEMENT With primary emphasis in underdeveloped countries, Kendall Optometry Ministry, Inc. was established in 2003 to spread the Word of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This is accomplished by providing glasses to improve the vision of people living in many underdeveloped countries. These impoverished people can now see to read their Bible, and also improve their standard of living. Kendall Optometry Ministry, Inc (KOM) is a 501-3c non-profit organization formed to provide optical equipment and training to Christian optical mission teams traveling all over the world. The equipment and training is provided at no cost and supplies are provided at a break even price. Teams are responsible for building their own eyeglasses inventory but much assistance (in the form of training and software) is provided by KOM to assist in the building of this inventory. KOM also has a limited supply of barcoded glasses (prescription in barcode) which can be used to quickly build an inventory. A testimonial by the President. (Revised: 9/8/2018) I grew up in a Christian family. My father, M. H. Kendall , was a college professor and head of the religion department at Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, N.C. for nearly 40 years. I worked for 29 years for General Electric Appliances in Louisville, Ky. During the last 4 years I averaged several hundred thousand miles each year on international travel installing computer systems. All of this travel went flawlessly. God blessed me in everything that I did. It was something that I found to be obvious that God had a hand in my work. In July, 1999 I decided I would take one mission trip to Honduras working through an organization called "Baptist Medical Dental Mission International" (BMDMI.ORG). My intent was to "pay back the Lord" with this one mission trip. When I arrived in the village, I asked the team leader what he wanted me to do. He said he had several boxes of used prescription glasses to hand out. These glasses were dirty, broken, and not measured. As you can see in Figure 1 to the left (scroll down a bit), we just set them out on a table and people came by and tried them on until something helped them. I immediately knew this was wrong but it was the best we could do then. I came back from that trip with a God Given passion to do it better. Since 1999 I have gone to Honduras 27 times and Nicaragua 3 times. Each time something would be improved. The use of the autorefractor was introduced into Honduras in 2003 (to see Figure 2 scroll down a bit) and another one into Nicaragua in 2004. A special series of computer programs were developed to manage and build the inventory. You can review these programs at http://eyeglasses-Inventory.com/. Since 2003 of the 51 BMDMI mission teams more than 95% of these teams use the equipment and software developed by Kendall Optometry Ministry, Inc. In 2003 Kendall Optometry Ministry was incorporated as a 501-3c non-profit company. Using donations provided by several churches and individuals this company purchased a set of equipment which could be loaned out to Christian mission teams going all over the world. Later in 2005 a 2nd kit was purchased and in 2006 a 3rd and a 4th kit was purchased. In the beginning of 2007 a 5th kit was purchased. At the end of 2007 a 6th and 7th kit including a Retinomax 3 was purchased. By the end of 2009 the company owned 10 kits. In 2010 the company purchased two more kits. In 2011 the company purchased 1 more kit bringing the total to 13. By 2017 the company had purchased 18 kits. In 2018 KOM purchased kit number 19. See the growth of the company at this link. 2018 is only part of the year on this graph. Other teams will participate. The teams use this equipment to not only allow people to read their Bible but to also to help them improve their standard of living. You can read about some of these teams in the Teams Supported area of this web site. Tell us about your Christian mission team. Let us help you be more effective in your work for the Lord. If you would like our help send an E-Mail to: HollandKendall@kendalloptoministry.org Holland Kendall, President Kendall Optometry Ministry, Inc.
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky
Learn the Bible in a Year
To explain every major story and teaching of the Bible with personal application.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
MILWAUKEE HOMELESS VETERANS INITIATIVE INC
Founded by veterans for veterans, MHVI has served more than 1,500 homeless and at-risk veterans and their families in a variety of ways since 2008. Our motto: "We don't leave our wounded behind."
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Global Vision 2020
Global Vision 2020 was founded to help end the world’s epidemic of poor vision
Easton, Maryland
PREPARE INTERNATIONAL
Prepare International is a world mission group dedicated to seeing the Kingdom of God come more fully in our generation and the generations to come. We exist to help others SEE the Kingdom, ENTER the Kingdom and EXPRESS the Kingdom in every arena of life.
Lubbock, Texas