Heart to Heart International Hires Chief Financial Officer
 Former Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts CFO Takes HHI Position
OLATHE, Kan./February 28, 2013 — Heart to Heart International Inc. (HHI), one of America’s leading humanitarian organizations, is pleased to announce that Bud Jeffress will fill the position of Chief Financial Officer effective Friday, March 1, 2013. “Bud will take on not just the finance and budgeting duties, but those of HR administration for Heart to Heart,” said HHI’s Interim CEO Krystal Barr. “His audit background and expertise in improving operational performance will serve this organization well as we further strengthen our financial and operational processes. We’re very excited to have him join the Heart to Heart family.” Jeffress was most recently Vice President of Operations and CFO at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, the number two position at Kansas City’s newest performing arts center and civic asset. Between 2002 and 2007, Jeffress was Vice President Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Union Station Kansas City, Inc. In those roles, he redesigned and improved a variety of financial and operating processes to help stabilize Union Station’s operations. Jeffress also operates his own consulting firm Arc Strategies Group. “I am proud to have the opportunity to be part of this team and serve as the CFO of Heart to Heart International,” said Jeffress. “Heart to Heart works today in a time when its services are needed globally more and more. Continually improving and ensuring that critical aspects of its financial management and resources are in place, particularly in times of crisis, is the kind of work that challenges and energizes me. I’m looking forward to contributing to its work improving global health, and helping the team to be sure we’re always ready and capable." Jeffress brings a depth of knowledge and wealth of experience in non-profit finances to Heart to Heart, as the 20-year-old non-governmental organization (NGO) looks to secure its future in order to continue to deliver on its mission to connect people and resources to a world in need. ###
Thursday, February 28, 2013 10:00:00 AM
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UPDATED: Mapping Sandy Relief Effort
Ed. Note: HHI continues to work with partners in the affected areas as part of our Phase II response to Hurricane Sandy...
(November 2012) Heart to Heart is still on-scene in Long Island, a week after Superstorm Sandy slammed into the Mid-Atlantic states. We have been shipping Care Kits & water to several locations in both New Jersey and New York, where partners then distribute the aid to hard-hit areas. We are also in Nassau County, Long Island with our Mobile Medical Unit. It served as a busy ER at a Red Cross shelter at the Manhasset High School. Most of the shelter residents came from the hardest hit areas of Long Island's Southshore: Coney Island, the Rockaways, Long Beach. Area doctors and nurses rotated through, pulling shifts onboard the MMU, treating a number of ailments, conducting welfare checks and providing continuing medical care for those forced from their homes. Please donate to our relief effort by:
We are still in great need of Care Kits and volunteers to assemble more
at our Global Distribution Center. To build a Care Kit: https://carekits.hearttoheart.org/
To Volunteer at GDC: Call 913-764-5200
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 3:08:00 PM
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Bringing Relief To Sandy Evacuees
The Heart to Heart Mobile Medical Unit is currently set up just outside an evacuation shelter on Long Island, NY. There are approximately 150 residents who have had to seek shelter here due to Superstorm Sandy and what she wrought. This is just one shelter. There are dozens more.
Some residents have come because the power is out across many parts of the island, knocked out by the storm which dropped numerous trees, and some are here because Sandy's surge washed them out of their homes.
So far, Heart to Heart has delivered hundreds of J&J Hygiene kits, and we are shipping thousands more, including Heart to Heart Care Kits. In fact, we are shipping everything we have! We stockpile for just these type of disasters, but the need is great in NY and NJ.
We urgently need your help! We need Care Kits, hand towels and volunteers to assemble more at our Global Distribution Center.
To build a Care Kit: https://carekits.hearttoheart.org/
To Volunteer at GDC: Call 913-764-5200
Hand Towels: Call 913-764-5200 to schedule a drop-off time.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 3:06:00 PM
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Heart To Heart Deploys For Sandy
As this is written, Hurricane Sandy is bearing down on the Eastern Seaboard as a Category One Hurricane. And as we are seeing, it is merging with other weather patterns to create what forecasters are calling a "SuperStorm".
It will impact a vast number of people across a wide area of the USA.
Heart to Heart is responding.
The Mobile Medical Unit is rolling east and will stage just outside of the hurricane/storm zone awaiting positioning.
An initial shipment of 5,000 J&J Hygiene Kits are being prepped for shipping soon, and 15,000 more are being readied at our Global Distribution Center.
Heart to Heart already has staff on the ground in the East leading our relief effort, and more staff are expected to deploy within hours.
Now is the time to help us help our fellow citizens. Donate cash by: We also need groups to assemble Care Kits to replace the ones heading out the door, so that we are always prepared...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 3:04:00 PM
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A Heart For Humanity
Heart to Heart International is presenting long-time corporate supporter FedEx with its highest honor, the Heart for Humanity Award, as part of the organization's 20-year celebration on Friday, Oct. 26. The Heart for Humanity Award is presented to honorees that have demonstrated an enduring commitment to improving global health through Heart to Heart's humanitarian work around the world. "We are privileged to present this distinguished award to FedEx," said Andre T. Butler, Heart to Heart's CEO. "For more than 17 years, FedEx has been our global transportation provider, mobilizing an average of $40 million worth of medical aid to 50 countries (including the United States) every year." Butler added: "FedEx supports us financially, gives us access to its powerful global transportation network, and has even provided its most valuable asset--its people--to help advance our mission of creating a healthier world. For these reasons and much more, FedEx has earned this high honor."
FedEx began working with Heart to Heart International in 1995 on a goodwill airlift to Vietnam. The project coincided with the 20-year anniversary of the end of the war in Vietnam. Over the next two years, FedEx supported Heart to Heart airlifts to India (working with Mother Teresa) and to China. In 1998, FedEx flew relief missions to Honduras as Heart to Heart responded to people affected by Hurricane Mitch. Since then, FedEx works closely with Heart to Heart during international disasters. The company even made its international hub in Paris available to Heart to Heart, so it could store relief supplies for disaster zones in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Previous Heart for Humanity Award honorees include such entities as the American Academy of Family Physicians, Johnson & Johnson, Rotary International, and Hallmark Cards.
The award will be presented to Tom Parker, FedEx managing director, at the 2012 Heart to Heart Experience on Friday, Oct. 26. People interested in joining Heart to Heart to honor FedEx are encouraged to purchase tickets to the event online at http://experience.hearttoheart.org
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 2:59:00 PM
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