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Township of Washington Volunteer Ambulance Corps
Equipment Loan Program.

Volunteer Ambulance Equipment Loans Program Donates Extras to Nicaragua
Corps, one of few left in area to do so, provides refurbished medical equipment to Bergen County Residents; ships off excess overseas

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, BERGEN, NJ - On an early morning, October 2018, a van from Floral Expressions by Maria & Larry, driven by co-owner Larry Malizia, arrived at the Township of Washington Volunteer Ambulance Corps headquarters.  Doing so as an act of kindness to the Corps, Mr. Malizia and several members of the Corps’s equipment loans team then loaded excess refurbished equipment into the back of the van.  Mr. Malizia and EMT Naomi Theisz then delivered the equipment to Peace Works, a charity which ultimately shipped the equipment to the needy in Nicaragua.
 
At the direction of EMT Naomi Theisz, Coordinator, the WTVAC Equipment Loans team, including her husband, Dr. Nicholas Theisz, and EMT Robert Grimaldi, collects and refurbishes used medical equipment from the local community, and then loans them back out to any Pascack Valley residents in need. 
 
The Corps’s current inventory includes (but is not limited to): crutches, canes, quad canes, walkers, walkers with a bench, wheelchairs, commodes (+ associated parts), shower chairs, medical (hospital) beds, transport chairs, and knee scooters.
 
Because the Township Corps is one of a few that continues to fully maintain and operate an Equipment Loans program, the team both accepts donations from, and seeks to loan-out its equipment to residents of both the Township and other Bergen County towns. 
 
As it stands, the municipalities where Corps Equipment is currently on loan to includes,
but are not limited to: Hillsdale, Westwood, River Vale, Emerson, Paramus, Park Ridge, Montvale, Woodcliff Lake, Old Tappan, Ho-Ho-Kus, Closter, New Milford, Harrington Park, Norwood, Upper Saddle River, Saddle Brook, Ramsey, Cresskill, Wyckoff, Waldwick, Dumont, Haledon, and Fair Lawn.  The team is happy to assist out-of-area residents as well, especially in situations when a piece of equipment is not readily available elsewhere.  As newer equipment comes in, older items that can no longer fit in the Corps’s multiple storage sheds are then put to good use by being donated overseas, while newer items are reserved for the local community.
 
Floral Designs is a weddings and floral event design studio located in the Township.  They may be visited at http://www.floralexpressionsonline.com/ or contacted at 201-664-8474 or mariaandlarry@gmail.com.
 
Anyone in need of loan-out medical equipment, or has items to donate, is asked to contact Naomi at the dedicated equipment line: 201-474-5626.
 
As always, the Corps needs additional members, any person interested in volunteering their time can find our application online at www.wtvac.org or call us at 201-664-3784.  Anyone aged 16 and older, no maximum age limit, is eligible to attend EMT training.  Those who are too young or wish to attend training at a later time may still apply and get involved in the meantime. Those approaching the age of 16 may contact us ahead of time to begin the application process as well.
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Photo Caption: Pictured Left to Right, WTVAC EMR Joseph Conway, EMT Naomi Theisz, Equipment Loans Coordinator, and Mr. Larry Malizia of Floral Designs by Maria & Larry, pose for a picture with a van-load of medical equipment to be shipped to the needy in Nicaragua (Photo Credit: Lt. Justin G. Tsai, WTVAC)

For additional information please contact:
Lieutenant Justin G. Tsai, EMT                                
Public Information Officer, WTVAC
917-420-5878
wtvac.jgtsai@gmail.com

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