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After almost a year of reworking our design, Graphic Illustrator, Rachel Frankel, Portland, Oregon, worked with the PR Committee in developing our new Brand!  Rachel’s work was done pro bono and the new logo ties into our mission of GROW…

For the Month of October  2019, we have shipped supplies to:   Ethiopia (3 shipments), Guatemala, Kenya, Nicaragua, Nigeria, and Pakistan. In November, we have so far shipped supplies to Cameroon, Ethiopia (2 shipments), Haiti, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Paraguay, Uganda,…

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For the Month of September 2019, we have shipped supplies to:  Albania, Cameroon, Cuba, Montenegro, Pakistan, Philippines, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, Zimbabwe. So far in October we have shipped to: Ethiopia (3 shipments), Guatemala, Kenya, Nicaragua, & Pakistan. Thank you…

Ruth Salinger, FOW-USA Member of the Board, presented a PowerPoint presentation of the organization at the Regional meeting of the Ostomy Association of the Americas, part of the International Ostomy Association. The meeting took place in Vina del Mar, Chile,…

For the Month of August 2019, we have shipped supplies to:  Kenya, Mexico (2 shipments), Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Ukraine, Venezuela (3 shipments), Zimbabwe. In September we shipped supplies to Albania, Cuba, Pakistan, Philippines, Montenegro, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela,…

For the Month of July 2019, we have shipped supplies to:  Albania, Bolivia, Cameroon, Ecuador, Ethiopia (3 shipments), Guatemala (2 shipments), Haiti, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. So far in August we have shipped…

For the Month of June 2019, we have shipped supplies to:  Cameroon, Cuba, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Montenegro, Nepal, Pakistan, Panama, South Africa, and Zambia. So far in July we have shipped to Albania, Bolivia, Cameroon, Ecuador, Ethiopia…

Thank you to the Iowa Affiliate of the Wound Ostomy & Continence Nurses Society for their Pallet Sponsorship to Bolivia!

For the Month of April 2019, we have shipped supplies to: Afghanistan, Honduras, Liberia, Nigeria, Pakistan (2 shipments), South Africa, Uganda, Ukraine, and Venezuela. So far in May we have shipped to Cuba, Honduras, Kenya, Nigeria (2 shipments), Pakistan, and…

For the Month of May 2019, we have shipped supplies to:  Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Honduras, Kenya (2 shipments), Libya, Nigeria (2 shipments), Pakistan, Paraguay, and Tanzania. So far in June we have shipped to Cameroon, Cuba, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, Honduras,…

For the month of March we shipped to Cameroon, Cuba (2 shipments), Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan (2 shipments), Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda (2 shipments), and Zimbabwe. So far in April 2019, we have shipped supplies to:  Afghanistan, Liberia,…

Congratulations to Jan Colwell, RN, MS, CWOCN, FAAN, the former President of the WOCN Society and currently past-president of our own FOW-USA.  She has an article published in the Spring 2019 Phoenix, “The Best Pouching System, Part One: Finding the…

These countries benefited from FOW-USA supplies during February and March 2019: For the month of February Cuba, El Salvador, Haiti, Jamaica, Kosovo, Lebanon, Liberia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia (2 shipments), Nepal (2 shipments), Pakistan, Tanzania, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe. In March we…

Thank you to the South Central Region of the WOCN Society for your generous donation and your shipment sponsorship to Nepal Ostomy Association.  A complete pallet was sent in your honor! South Central Region of the WOCN Society

Thank you to the WOCN St Louis Affiliate for your generous contribution resulting in the sponsorship of supplies to Bolivia. A complete pallet was sent in your honor! WOCN St. Louis Affiliate  

Thank you to the Northwest Region of the WOCN Society for your generous donation and your shipment sponsorship to Paraguay ASOSDELPA.  A complete pallet was sent in your honor! Northwest Region of the WOCN Society

These countries benefited from FOW-USA supplies during December 2018 and January 2019: For the month of December we shipped to Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia (2) Jamaica, Kenya (2), Libya (2) Nepal, Nigeria, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe. In January we shipped…

Fall Newsletter 2018

Thank you to the following for your generous donation and your shipment sponsorship.  Complete pallets were sent in your honor! Iowa Affiliate of the Wound Ostomy & Continence Nurses Society

NEW POSTER now available.  We now have posters for your Support Group meetings and WOCN clinics. Check them out and order from our Resource drop down.

Thank you to the following for your generous donation and your shipment sponsorship.  Complete pallets were sent in your honor!   

The Mideast Region of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society has become the first sponsor of a pallet of ostomy supplies, to Nepal Stoma Care.  We thank you for sponsoring this shipment.

The Iowa WOCN Affiliate sponsors a free ostomy education day for ostomates and their support families every year.  This event is held in different parts of the state to offer benefit to the many ostomates statewide.  This year marked the 10th…

2017 Service Award This year’s recipient, Ann Favreau, is more than worthy of this honor and was nominated with a resounding number of entries. Her countless hours of time and dedication to our mission is certainly why. Her list of…

Memories of Fred Moore, 1918-2016 by William Etnyre, PhD, LICSW As we mourn the passing of a former FOW-USA Board Member, we thank the author who was able to shed some light on Fred’s contributions. The following is an essay written…

From Carolyn Brown, Cameroon: Jacques is a young school teacher who was diagnosed with bladder cancer. My husband did an ileal conduit on him, so he now has a urostomy. They seem to have gotten all the cancer and he…