Project C.U.R.E. (BENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION)
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Mission Statement
Project C.U.R.E.'s mission is to identify, solicit, collect, sort and distribute medical supplies and services according to the imperative needs of the world.
About This Cause
Project C.U.R.E. was founded in 1987 to address the staggering shortage of medical resources around the world. Since our humble beginnings in a garage in Colorado, Project C.U.R.E. has become the world’s largest distributor of donated medical supplies, equipment and services to doctors and nurses serving the sick and dying in more than 135 countries. Each week Project C.U.R.E. delivers approximately three to five semi-truck-sized ocean containers packed with the medical equipment and supplies desperately needed to save lives in hospitals and clinics in resource-limited countries. In addition, each year hundreds of healthcare professionals travel with Project C.U.R.E. to provide medical treatment to communities in need and training to those dedicated to serving them. Project C.U.R.E. is supported by over 30,000 volunteers annually and operates distribution warehouses in seven U.S. cities. In addition to our global work, Project C.U.R.E. pivoted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to support the need for PPE and medical equipment in the U.S. Throughout the pandemic, Project C.U.R.E. provided more than 15 semi-truck loads of medical aid, which equates to 4.5+ million pieces and nearly $5 million of PPE for healthcare workers and first responders. Last year, Project C.U.R.E. sent over 200 shipments of life saving supplies and equipment, including air freight shipments to support healthcare systems in Ukraine and the Middle East. Ours is a grassroots story. In 1987, Dr. Jim Jackson traveled to South America as a consultant to the President of Brazil. During his visit, he toured a small medical clinic in Campinas, just outside of Rio de Janeiro. What he witnessed moved him to his core: doctors and nurses without resources to do their jobs, communities without access to basic healthcare, and people needlessly dying without hope. Upon returning to Colorado, Jim and his wife AnnaMarie began to collect donated medical supplies to send to Brazil. Through the generosity of friends and acquaintances, they filled their garage with these donated medical supplies and paid to deliver those life-saving items to the people who needed it most. And from that first humble shipment to Brazil in 1987, the foundation of Project C.U.R.E. was laid. Over the last 35 years, Project C.U.R.E. has grown into world’s largest distributor of donated medical relief. Today, under the leadership of Jim’s son, Dr. Douglas Jackson, Project C.U.R.E. operates an international headquarters and seven distribution warehouses located all over the continental United States. We’ve provided over 2,000 cargo containers of life-saving medical supplies and equipment to more than 135 countries all over the world. And the engine of Project C.U.R.E. continues to be the dedication of a small team of staff and large cadre of 30,000 volunteers who annually log over 160,000 hours of time and talent to advance our mission to deliver health and hope to the world. That important work continues—each day, we are renewed with that same vision that Jim Jackson held—that a committed and dedicated group of individuals can save lives and change the course of history, one container at a time.