"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."

Haiti Updates

We continue to support mobile medical teams as they go into Southern Haiti to help replace lost healthcare capacity. Last month, through our Equipping the Caregivers program we were able to support  Haiti Healthcare Professional Network with basic diagnostic equipment as they traveled to Jeantiyòt, Village Antoine Simon, and Rozier in Southern Haiti to help over 1500 patients. 

Medical Equipment Modernization and Standardization

Thanks to several donors including Ohio Health and Assist International, we have received 100 Philips patient monitors like the ones we sent to Northern Haiti in 2020. We plan to bless the hospitals that were impacted by the earthquake with the gift of standardized patient monitoring to help them deliver the highest possible emergency and post-operative care. Getting these 100 monitors ready takes an immense amount of work. We are very grateful for a partnership with Case Western Reserve University MedWish students, who have donated their time on Saturdays to help test and pack these monitors for shipping to Haiti. These pre-med and biomedical engineering students get to learn about the technical aspects of these monitors and other medical equipment while supporting the work in Haiti. We really appreciate their hard work and love partnering with the community on these special projects.  

To earn more about the work The Dalton Foundation supports in Haiti, check out our latest Haiti Health Network newsletter.

Reentry

Visit from The Ohio Secretary of State's Office

Last month The Dalton Foundation and reLink Medical were proud to host a visit from Ohio Secretary of State, Frank LaRose. It was a great opportunity to highlight the business’ job creation for individuals coming out of incarceration and the Workforce Development Program in partnership with The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections Grafton Reintegration Facility.

The Dalton Foundation has long supported faith-based non-profit organizations like True Freedom Enterprises and Broken Chains in their work to prepare individuals spiritually, mentally, and practically for successful return into society. In addition, reLink Medical has approximately 30% of its workforce as second chance employees and hosts 6 current inmates from Grafton who are preparing for release in the next 6 months. These programs have been beneficial to both the business and the individuals returning to the workforce. According to Senior Vice President of Operations, Jeremy Dalton, “The productivity that I gained through the implementation of the ODRC/TFM intern program was simply incredible. But the real win for reLink Medical was the culture that was created for the entire business through the ODRC Interns willingness to learn, eagerness to help and gratefulness for the opportunity to be on site.” 

We appreciate Mr. LaRose taking the time to come to Northeast Ohio to learn about the work that we believe can be a model for other businesses around the state.



Click here and here to read more about the holistic Workforce Development Program and how the business and non-profits work together to reduce recidivism and support the business. 

Relink.org

We're Growing!

Relink.org is proud to introduce the newest member to our team- William Picha! Bill joins us after graduating from Kent State University and will serve as our Statewide Data Coordinator. Data is the foundation of relink.org and what makes the site incredibly valuable. Bill will be working directly with city, county, and other leaders to aggregate the data to maintain the high level of data integrity.

 In addition, he will be monitoring and evaluating relink.org user data to help us understand what and where the greatest needs are throughout the state. We’re grateful for this increased capacity and looking forward to sharing the insights gleaned from the data analysis.

Education and Collaboration

Relink.org is an easy-to-use tool that connects thousands of Ohioans to practical resources they need related to addiction recovery, reentry, human trafficking, and basic needs every month. In fact, so far in 2021, there have been over 161,000 community resource linkages! In addition to connecting people with resources, relink.org seeks to be a leader in promoting collaboration and education around topics represented in the database. The team participates in and hosts several education events every month. This month we will be sharing relink.org at the Building Bridges of Opportunity Conference hosted by the West Ohio Council of United Methodist churches, October 14-16.  We all agree that community transformation is so important and can't happen without connection and collaboration among individuals and organizations who deeply desire to see lives transformed through relationship.

In addition, the relink.org team will be hosting a webinar on the topic of human trafficking in Ohio on October 28 at 2:00 PM EST. We hope you can join us for this timely and important discussion!