Will's work has included staff supervision, budget and funds development, financial management, and extensive work with the church's international partners. In addition, he has worked to "enable others to discern God's call to ministry." Will writes, "A great part of what draws me is MBF's commitment to the support of mission through the PC(USA) and with partners... Healing was an important part of Jesus’ ministry and has always been a key element in our Presbyterian holistic understanding of the Gospel and of mission. I am eager to join so many others in helping keep this ministry a vital element in our proclamation of God’s love in Jesus Christ."

A world traveler, Pam Ator, is currently Development Director, East/Southeast, for Medical Benevolence Foundation. She works from the South Florida office in Pompano Beach, Florida.

Previously the Southeast Regional Director and Associate Executive Director of MBF, Pam came to the Medical Benevolence Foundation with a background in marketing having done doctorate studies in nonprofit management. She is an ordained Elder having served on the Session at her home church and also as the Clerk of Session. Pam has also served on the Committee for Ministry and Committee for Preparation of Ministry in the Tropical Florida Presbytery. She was a Commissioner to the 217th General Assembly and served as Vice Moderator for the Mission Coordination and Budget Committee.

Ator says, "My work with the Medical Benevolence Foundation has brought me into relationships with God's children throughout the world. I am continually in awe of the Christ I see in others. Again and again, I find God is there before us and with us: In Africa where our partners care for those ravaged by HIV/AIDS. In Haiti where they struggle with extreme poverty and hunger and the resulting illnesses are a way of life. And in China where the church works to re-define itself and care for the millions left behind in the wake of economic development.

“As I have traveled to churches and presbyteries, to conferences and meetings throughout the US, and visited our partners in Haiti, China, Malawi, Kenya, and South Africa, I have experienced the warmest of welcomes everywhere. It would be impossible to measure the hospitality and graciousness of everyone. It continues to be a wonderful and continuing affirmation that ‘We are one in the spirit’.”

Pam has two daughters, Jennifer, an attorney and councilwoman in Miami Springs, Florida, and Sara, an ordained pastor co-pastoring a new church development and serving as a Hospital Chaplain in Asheville, North Carolina.

What is the most difficult part of her job? “Getting people to understand that it’s important to give specifically to the ministry of MBF, and not just particular projects supported by MBF. Without general funds, we could not provide the necessary staff to work with individual churches, nor could we ship medical supplies in response to particular needs that come to our attention.”

During her years at MBF Lynn has worked or visited mission stations in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Haiti, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, the Democratic Republic of Congo and several others. She now works strictly with congregations, and in a much larger geographic area.

Lynn and her husband Tucker have been blessed with three exceptional and talented children. Dax, Brianna and Damon. Each of them has remained supportive of Lynn particularly during her extensive travel and excessive absence as a parent.

In 2001, Medical Benevolence Foundation entered into a partnership with the Denver headquartered, non-profit humanitarian organization, Project C.U.R.E. Their mission - to identify, solicit, collect, sort, and distribute medical surplus - and this partnership greatly enlarges MBF’s ministry and enables MBF to respond to the needs of Presbyterian-related medical facilities around the world.

If You Have Medical Supplies To Donate or Would Like to Volunteer

To make a donation of medical supplies, please call 832-251-2489 or email lanegipson@projectcure.org. Please be sure to indicate that your donation is being made through Medical Benevolence Foundation. Also, please be sure that anything that expires has at least one year remaining or we will not be able to use it. Volunteers are also in great need at the Project Cure warehouse. To volunteer, please email projectcurevol@sbcglobal.net to let us know!

The Medical Need

Despite the work of church organizations and government agencies, the majority of the population in a developing nation lives in fear of illness and death as violence, malnutrition and disease claim the lives of untold thousands. People who are ill and needy walk for miles and stand for hours waiting for medical attention. Once inside a hospital or clinic, many are turned away or sent home to die because there are no supplies, no equipment and no medicines.

MBF/Project C.U.R.E. works directly with church partners, and government leaders of the recipient countries to assess needs and to guarantee the safe and timely delivery of medical relief. When assessments are completed, a shipment is gathered, assembled, and delivered to the designated hospitals and clinics.

The MBF/Project C.U.R.E. center is located in Houston. Project C.U.R.E. has additional centers in Denver, Phoenix, and Nashville, and is expanding to other cities. From these centers 20 and 40 foot containers of medical supplies and equipment are packed and shipped to PC(USA) related medical facilities around the world.

Transforming God’s World

Every year, the American medical community discards tons of supplies and equipment because of torn cartons, over-purchased products, obsolete models, etc. Offering this surplus to people in need overseas frees warehouse space and employs resources that would otherwise be buried in landfills.

The MBF/Project C.U.R.E. partnership provides opportunities for church, community, and social groups to become involved as volunteers in helping others while building stronger relationships among themselves.

MBF/Project C.U.R.E. is helping to change the world, one life at a time. Join us in saving the lives of people - moms, dads, s and sisters, children and grandparents - people like you. MBF/Project C.U.R.E. is totally dependent on caring congregations and individuals that become involved. From the CEOs of large corporations to community volunteers, MBF/Project C.U.R.E. needs people to take what they have and give it to others, transforming lives through the healing presence of Jesus Christ.

To learn more about Project Cure, please see the Project Cure website.

Ongoing Needs

The types of facilities in need vary from a dirt-floor clinic in Nicaragua needing blood pressure cuffs, to a hospital in Malawi needing an ambulance. Therefore, only rarely are donations graciously declined. We do ask that it be in working condition and all documentation (installation manuals, technical manuals, etc.) be included, if possible: