Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: NATR), a leading natural health and wellness company of premium-quality herbal and nutritional products, together with the Impact Foundation, is committed to supporting organizations who align closely with their mission. The Impact Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Nature’s Sunshine and Synergy WorldWide.
In May, the Impact Foundation donated $2,500 to Type of Wood Charities to support Ukraine refugees amid crisis and conflict.
Type of Wood Charities is a small-but-mighty, grass-roots organization on a mission. The organization fundraised locally to support their efforts directly impact refugee families navigating the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Volunteers then flew from the U.S. to Poland where they rented large passenger vans and set out for the Ukrainian border. At the border, volunteers offered to transport refugees to safety where they could find food and shelter for their family.
Their service project was highlighted on KSL.com, a local news media outlet, where volunteers described the impact of the project to KSL reporters via Zoom call while in Poland.
“It is touching to see the impact that we can have, you know – just individual people helping out individual people. We can make a difference,” Rob Sturgill, a Type of Wood Charities representative, told KSL-TV in an interview. “You just watch busloads and busloads of these women and children coming off, and they are just startled and scared and they’re in a situation where they don’t know what to do.”
The Type of Wood Charities organization was created back in 2015 and according to their website, is committed, “…to [providing] volunteers the opportunity to share their time, talents, love and resources, with people in need around the world.”
The recent donation to the Type of Wood organization comes from a previously committed $80,000, for Ukraine crisis-aid to help support refugees, friends, families and partners effected by the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
The Impact Foundation will continue to provide direct relief and work closely with local and international organizations to support those living under-fire and those forced from their homes.
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