PORTLAND (AP) - Portland-based Mercy Corps will send 17 pallets of emergency supplies to help survivors in China's earthquake and Myanmar's cyclone.
The pallets will be loaded onto a truck in Portland to fly out of Seattle Thursday.
Mercy Corps staff in Bangkok, including a Portland-based aid worker, will manage distribution of the supplies, valued at $300,000.
The shipment includes thousands of pairs of work gloves, rubber boots and solar-powered flashlights.
It also includes soccer balls donated by Nike to help Chinese children regain a sense of normal life.
Posted in Local on Thursday, May 22, 2008 12:00 am Updated: 11:46 pm.
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