The Winnick Family Foundation has provided a grant to L.A.-based Operation USA to support their disaster relief effort. Operation USA has sent over $ 3 million in donated medical, energy, food and shelter supplies to Haiti since the series of devastating earthquakes struck that island nation in January of this year.
Said Gary Winnick, chairman and CEO of Pacific Capital Group: "In post-earthquake Haiti, Richard's team has again done amazing logistics work, focusing on pressing medical needs and quickly bringing supplies and resources to local partners such as St. Damien's Hospital, St. Luke's Schools, L'Athletique d'Haiti, International Medical Corps, and others who were on the ground saving lives within hours of the first quake."
Richard Walden stated, "We are thankful for the quick help the Winnick Family and other partners have provided in this time of desperate need in Haiti. We have been able to send eight air shipments of relief supplies to Haiti in the past month, getting essential pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, generators, medical personnel and shelter supplies into the right helping hands in Port-au-Prince and the equally hard-hit city of Jacmel."
Alex Winnick, who made an additional grant to the organization, said: "We are proud to support Operation USA founder Richard Walden who has created an emergency support charity that is regularly ranked among the best and most effective international relief organizations. From disasters in Southeast Asia and Africa in the 1980s, to Asian tsunami relief and now Haiti and Chile, Operation USA has a reputation for delivering on behalf of people in the most desperate situations - and doing so in time to really make a difference."
About the Winnick Family Foundation
The Winnick Family Foundation encourages project-specific programs but also selectively supports capital campaigns and unrestricted gifts to grantee organizations. There is a preference for projects in Los Angeles and New York - or those having an international component.
Foundation naming grants include:
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