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Operation Pegasus winds down
UA College of Medicine - Phoenix will be returning students to normal clinical rotations and as such, this student run organization, will be pivoting back into the clinical environment. It has been our extreme pleasure to assist the people of the Navajo, Hopi, Apache, and Zuni Nations, as well as the citizens of Gallup, NM, and the rural communities of Northern Arizona. We will continue to remain available to answer questions about how best to move supplies to these areas. If needed please contact Kevin Gochenour (kgochenour@email.arizona.edu) or Janell Tully (Janelltully@email.arizona.edu) for further information.
Thank you to OHSO Brewery for matching our 50 gallons of purchased hand sanitizer by donating 50 gallons of hand sanitizer!
We've partnered with the MD Helicopters to continue delivering PPE and supplies to those in need through Operation Pegasus. By adding a rotor wing capability to our operating partners we can deliver to any location even at sites not at airports!
congratulations to the faculty & Staff for winning the hand sanitizer challenge!
Thank you to everyone who donated & participated! We are sending 105 gallons of hand sanitizer to Navajo Nation!!
UA Com-P CSSC featured by KJZZ 91.5FM
operation pegasus assists korean government & AZ korean association with donation to navajo Nation
The Covid-19 Student Services Corp - Operation Pegasus was contacted by the Attorney General of the Navajo Nation Doreen McPaul of a large mixed commodities donation that needed to get to the Navajo Reservation. Operation Pegasus launched into action and within 72 hours, working alongside Congressman Greg Stanton's office was able to coordinate with the Arizona National Guard & Gaurdian Air Transport to arrange storage and transfer of this large shipment. The Korean Consulate dispatched representatives from the Los Angles consulate office with 10,000 N95 masks which was combined with a donation of 3.9 tons (7821.1 lbs) of food, water, and hand sanitizer donated by the Arizona Korean Association. Deputy Consul General Hwang and President of the Arizona Korean Association Sun Jones along with many others were both on hand to oversee the collection of these donations at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix Biosciences Partnership Building loading dock. Over 20+ UA CSSC volunteers and faculty were on hand to assist in the unloading and transfer of these goods! The 10,000 N95 masks and a large quantity of hand sanitizer were then taken to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and loaded onto a Gaurdian Air Transport aircraft for immediate transfer to the Navajo Nation. Congressman Greg Stanton was at the airport along with the Korean delegation to assist in the transfer. The remaining supplies will be loaded onto AZ National Guard trucks on Tuesday May 26, at 0800 hours and driven to Window Rock, AZ for unloading.
Kayenta drive delivered
2,200 lbs of donations!!
Thank you to all of our community members who donated to this donation drive! The UAZ COM-P Internal Medicine Residents delivered these medical and non-medical supplies on their way to visit a Covid-19 patient they cared for.
We've partnered with the Angel Flight West to continue delivering PPE and supplies to those in need through Operation Pegasus.
Hero meals is making strides
The Hero Meals project is one step closer to delivering their first meals! They currently have 26 volunteers and have raised over $1800. They plan on delivering their first meal to the Phoenix Veteran's Affairs hospital in the next 1-2 weeks!
Follow their progress on instagram @Heromealsarizona and their facebook page here!
If you want to sponsor a meal, learn more here
Saturday Scrubs went virtual! A successful Virtual Saturday Scrubs taught high school students about the Cardiovascular system on May 16th! Thanks to everyone who attended!
The students of the CSSC have challenged our faculty to a friendly competition to see who can raise the most money to buy hand sanitzer for Navajo Nation. Donate here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeALppECeRw2cV0BGLSbeSl_BmbMU0dcBBScM1nFPBGqLytLQ/viewform
Operation Pegasus in collaboration with the Irish Cultural Center helped move 365 lbs of supplies to Navajo Nation.
We've partnered with the Irish Cultural Center to move donations collected by their organization that are on the priority needs list to the Navajo Nation through Operation Pegasus.
Congratulations to Banner University Internal Medicine Residents & Operation Pegasus for a very successful donation drive to benefit the Navajo Reservation. Enough items were generously donated to completely fill a 21' U-Haul truck - 1016 cubic feet of donation!
Congratulations to Operation Pegasus for completing their 4th "flight" to deliver critical PPE to multiple parts of the Navajo & Hopi Nations.
Congratulations to Operation Pegasus for completing their 3rd flight to deliver critical PPE to Gallup, NM.
Congratulations Operation Pegasus for a successful 2nd flight to deliver PPE to Navajo Nation! We are so grateful for our donors and Guardian Air for transporting these donations for us!
Thank you to Flagstaff Medical Center & Northern Arizona Healthcare for your donation of 600 surgical masks to Operation Pegasus!
Thank you to REI for your extremely generous donation of 200 goggles and 200 ponchos to Operation Pegasus!
Congratulations to Operation Pegasus for successfully completing it's first delivery of supplies to Navajo Nation! With the help of Guardian Air, 400 masks and face shields were delivered to Window Rock, AZ to assist in their fight with Covid-19.
Thanks to the generous donation by the Daifuku America Corporation to Operation Pegasus!
Our Preventing Social Isolation project has partnered with Sage Hospice to provide virtual companionship and support to this vulnerable population who are not able to have visitors due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Thanks to recent private donations made to the Covid Innovation Team & to Street Medicine Hygiene Kits!
The Oversight Committe is hard at work to get the CSSC up and running!
Congratulations to the Mask-Quaraders on acquiring two additional sewing machines from private citizens on loan to aid in their PPE manufacturing effort!
