Be part of a mission trip without leaving home
Wanda English Burnett - Editor

While only a small percentage of people will ever set foot on foreign soil to help others, you can be a part of a medical mission trip to the Dominican Republic.

Dr. Chris Brown, who practices dentistry in Versailles, will be taking some of his staff on this journey and is asking others to become partners with them. He noted that there "is a desperate need for over-the-counter medications that the medical mission team will be using to care for the displaced Haitians living there." Here's where anyone can partner with Dr. Brown's group to make a difference. You can bring any of the following medications and supplies to his office at 823 S. Adams, Hwy. 421 in Versailles (next to the Family Dollar Store).

Needed items include: ibuprofen (infant, kids, adult), aspirin, Tylenol, Motrin, etc. (infant, kids, adult), antacid (both once-daily and TUMS), vitamins (children and adult), cold and allergy medication, cough syrup, anti-fungal cream (oral), Selsun Blue, steroid cream, eye/ear drops, petroleum jelly, Vaseline, Sulfar cream or Permetherin Cream, anti-scabies ointment, Monistat for yeast infection, lotions (Eucerin, Lubriderm, etc.), Pepto Bismol tablets, cash donations (to purchase medication shortages), also eyeglasses and batteries.

Dr. Brown's group hopes to fill 21 suitcases with donated items to help those less fortunate. He has participated on trips such as this before and notes many of the people they will be ministering to have never had any type of medical attention.

The group will be leaving on October 15, but due to customs inspections they have to send the suitcases with supplies in advance and will need to have those shipped early. Donations are needed by September 12.