CrossLink International

CrossLink International
Type	Non-profit
Location	Falls Church, Virginia and Memphis, Tennessee;
Website	www.crosslinkinternational.net

CrossLink International is a non-profit, Christian ministry that provides humanitarian aid to the needy. Aid is given in the form of medicines and medical supplies.^[1]

Located in the Falls Church, Virginia, and in Memphis, Tennessee, CrossLink has assisted over 2 million people in more than 100 countries with medical aid. As of 2000, the organization had dispersed over $15 million of medical supplies.^[2]

CrossLink International was founded in November 1996. It was inspired when a Baptist Sunday school class visited a hospital in Moscow and worked with Central Baptist Church, a church in Moscow, to aggregate medical supplies for Moscow hospitals. When the Moscow program ended because of shipping difficulties, the Sunday school class decided to ship supplies to other areas.^[3]

A large portion of CrossLink's supplies are donations from the families of hospital patients and "free pharmaceutical samples" that companies give to doctors.^[2]

References

^ Lin, Carol (2001-07-03). "CrossLink International Sees $3.5 Million in Medical Supplies Go Up in Smoke". CNN. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
^ ^a ^b Branigin, William (2000-09-10). "Group Ships Surplus Drugs to Needy". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 5, 2009 – via Los Angeles Times.
^ Dilday, Robert (2008-08-20). "Healing the Sick: Bible class project sparks international medical ministry". Associated Baptist Press. Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved June 5, 2009.

External links

Official website

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[1] Lin, Carol (2001-07-03). "CrossLink International Sees $3.5 Million in Medical Supplies Go Up in Smoke". CNN. Retrieved June 5, 2009.

[Branigin-2] Branigin, William (2000-09-10). "Group Ships Surplus Drugs to Needy". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 5, 2009 – via Los Angeles Times.

[3] Dilday, Robert (2008-08-20). "Healing the Sick: Bible class project sparks international medical ministry". Associated Baptist Press. Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved June 5, 2009.

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