Support Us
Olympic Resistance Network Call-out for supplies and support
To donate funds or buy our goods, visit the drop down menu or the link at: http://olympicresistance.net/content/make-donation
You can help by providing:
1. HOUSING:
If you have a couch or extra floor space, please help us out by providing sleep space for out of town activists. Fill out the housing form at:
http://olympicresistance.net/content/2010-convergence-billeting-form
2. VOLUNTEER to make the Convergence happen!
We need everyone who is able to please take on shifts to staff the Welcoming Centre, help prepare food, provide childcare, and more. Please contact 604-723-1206 with your name, when you are available, what you are willing to do, and your contact information.
3. SUPPLIES DROP OFF/STORAGE:
If your local business, community centre, work place, home, or union hall is willing to either accept or store any of the supplies listed below, please let us know. We are in desperate need for drop-off and storage space especially for our medic supplies.
4. SAFE SPACES:
There will be many people from out of town arriving in Vancouver for the anti-Olympic convergence and we are looking for allies who are willing to be listed in our Welcoming Package as safe spaces. These will not be places for anti-Olympic organizing, just a place to stop by and hang out. If your business, community centre, or other physical space is willing to be explore the idea of being listed as a space sympathetic to the Anti-Olympic Convergence please let us know and we are happy to work with you in a way that most suits you.
5. FOOD AND COOKING SUPPLIES:
coffee, cream, fresh veggies and fruit, tea, bread, cups, sugar, non-perishable food (beans, rice, etc), cutlery, pots and pans, water , bottles, dish soap, towels/clothes, yoghurt containers, crock pots, garbage bags, cooking utensils
6. COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENTS:
walkie-talkies, working cell phones, megaphones, generators, speakers/sound system
7. OTHER SUPPLIES:
tarps, awnings/tents, pens/paper, childcare supplies, duct tape, banner-making materials, blankets, rain jackets/sweaters, bungee cords, ropes, bikes, flipcharts/markers/tape, chairs, cots, desks.
8. MEDIC SUPPLIES:
*Wound Care*: Non-Sterile 4x4s, Non-Sterile 2x2s, Sterile 4x4s, Sterile 2x2s Sterile Roller Gauze, Non-Sterile Roller Gauze, Non-latex Bandages (all sizes and kinds), Non-adherent dressings, Coban, Kerlix, Non-latex bandage
tape, Medical tape (all kinds), Chemical Ice Packs, Hand Warmer Packs, Sterile Irrigation Water, Irrigation Syringes, Alcohol Swabs, Iodine Swabs, SAM Splints, Finger Splints, Traction Splints, Backboard, C-Collar, ABD Pads, Ace Bandages, Steri Strips, Tincture of Benzoin, Multi Trauma Dressing Topical Anesthetic (non-antibiotic if possible), Scrub Sponges, Povidonei odine, Isopropyl alcohol, Chlorhexidine
*Tools*: Stethoscope, BP cuff, Pen lights, Trauma shears, Bandage shears Duct Tape, Flashlights, Glucometer, Digital Thermometers (with sheaths)
*Other Clinic Supplies*: BVMs, Laceration Trays, Multi-use Vials - 2% lidocaine, Assorted sutures and needles, Inhalers, Nebulizers, 02 Tank, Cannulas & Non-Rebreathers, Glucometer, Electrolyte solution
*PPE*: Non-Latex Gloves in S, M, L, XL, Masks, Safety glasses Hearling protection (LRAD is deployed in Vancouver now)
*Herbal Supplies: homeopathic remedies, essential oils, Bach flower remedies, herbs, herbal tinctures, salves, and infused oils. Tincture bottles, salve jars, kettle, and tea pots.
Clinic Furniture/Materials: Folding cots, massage table, blankets, lots of spare clothes, chairs, folding tables, shelving, rubbermaid containers, racks of various kinds and sizes.
9. TRANSPORTATION:
Contact us if you have a car or bike trailer and are willing to transport supplies during the anti-olympics convergence. We also need Bicycle donations - used, working and those needing minor repairs.
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DROP OFF POINTS:
If you would like to drop off donations, you can do so at:
1. Baaad Anna's: - 2667 East Hastings St., Vancouver. Monday - Sunday (11 am to 6 pm). 604-255-2577
2. Rhizome Café: 317 East Broadway, Vancouver. Tuesday - Sunday (11 am to 9 pm).
3. Spartacus Books: 684 E. Hastings St., Vancouver. (12 - 7 pm).
4. For pick-up in the Downtown Eastside, East Vancouver or Burnaby, call:604-773-9057.
Or contact us at: 604-723-1206
