The astonishing $35K in tacmed you've donated and purchased off the various wishlists, in the form of a semi-sorted heap that's keeping @UFL_Robin awake nights. It's out there. Waiting. We'll share pictures and the final list when it's all packed up. The four suitcases are already loaded. The three boxes on the left are chest seals and other things waiting to be sorted and separated. Thanks for putting her through all this stress and tedium yet again. 🫶
29/07 tacmed progress update: '$35K in tacmed donated and purchased off wishlists' assembled; 4 suitcases loaded, 3 boxes of chest seals and supplies awaiting sorting. @UFL_Robin's August mule run preparation in progress. Amount ($35K) includes wishlist in-kind so not recorded as cash amount_raised.
We've got a small head start, as any CAT you've purchased from our wishlist or PAV's is going to them. They still need more, though, along with burn dressings and S.W.A.T. tourniquets for pets. They're using their own frontline supplies while off duty in Kyiv. Helping them here helps ensure they're not going without when they go back to the front. To donate: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/P2PH427LFFEWE
Follow-up quoting @RachelPAV's boost. CATs from UFL/PAV wishlists already going to @exileseven02's Kyiv SAR team. Still need burn dressings and S.W.A.T. tourniquets (for pets too). Helping them here ensures they don't go without supplies when returning to the front.
TL;DR: Supplying @exileseven02 and his team doing high-risk search and rescue after russian strikes in Kyiv means that civilians get the medical help they need without depriving the front line of help *they* need. We're fundraising for CATs and burn dressings for @UFL_Robin to bring over for them. See below for donation links, and to see an extremely soft, cute cat called Puff. Writes Exile: We are a mixed group of soldiers from the armed and intelligence services along with a couple of civilian nurses who are working as a rapid response team to strikes in Kyiv during our time off, we do high risk urban search and rescue in unsecured scenes, medical evacuation, and assist firefighting efforts. My team specializes in being first on site where possible, responding to areas deemed too dangerous by other first response due to risk of secondary strikes of collapses. As such our need for critical trauma care items, particularly burn dressings, is very high. Where in our normal front line work we expect to treat one or two wounded at a time, here it may be an apartment block full of them all at once. We are completely self funded and use our own equipment, including what we normally reserve for front line operations, but right now it's needed here as civilians are under fire on a nightly basis. Any and all help with alleviating our critical supply burden is very, very appreciated!
@exileseven02's Kyiv SAR team requests CATs and burn dressings for @UFL_Robin to bring over. Mixed team of soldiers, intelligence services, and nurses doing high-risk urban rescue in unsecured scenes after Russian strikes during their off-duty time. Team is self-funded and using their own frontline equipment. New PayPal donation link shared.
We cannot thank you all enough for your support of the Ukrainian defenders! You exceeded our hopes and filled our tacmed dreams. Any hyperbole I write won't do reality justice... This week's randomly-drawn winners will be contacted directly by email: A-0807 won the $2 pack A-0331 won the $5 pack A-0610 won the $10 42nd pack I hope you all have a safe, cool weekend. Thank you again from all of us. -Scott
14 July mega tacmed raffle (#47) draw results. $6,105 raised from 99 donations (exceeded $5,500 goal). All excess goes to more tacmed.
🚨OPERATION BURY ROBIN UPDATE🚨 Just placed the first of two big NAR orders. This covers our emergency stash, 17th SOF, the 125th, and an SSO assault team. Next: @paigeinkansas's guys, Protect A Volunteer's stash, a 60th Brigade assault team, the 127th, and hopefully for @exileseven02, a group of soldiers exhausting their personal gear supplies doing search and rescue in Kyiv during their time off. See below for more about that, and for how to donate if you wish.
Operation Bury Robin delivery update. First NAR order placed covering emergency stash, 17th SOF, 125th Brigade, and SSO assault team. Pending: @paigeinkansas's team, PAV stash, 60th Brigade assault team, 127th Brigade, and @exileseven02's Kyiv search & rescue team (seeking tourniquets for personal gear replacement). Payment links reposted (PayPal, Givebutter UFL_Tacmed_Fund, Amazon wishlist).
🌟It's the Tuesday raffle!🌟 $5500 to go to meet all the tacmed requests for @UFL_Robin to fly over next month, so we have a BANGER. Signed flags, patches, a T-shirt, a plaque, a thermos, and more! See below for details!
New Tuesday raffle launched for UFL tacmed fund. '$5,500 to go to meet all tacmed requests for @UFL_Robin to fly over next month.' Tickets: givebutter.com/14-July-Mega-ultra-super-raffle-copy-avxebu.
Can confirm! I'm happy to reprt that Operation Bury Robin is coming along a bit. Another team's request (100 CATs) is funded. Two more to go!
Another team request funded: 100 CATs (tourniquets) delivered. Two team requests still pending.
OPERATION BURY ROBIN UPDATE: Tacmed for @paigeinkansas's guys who were going into battle without tourniquets: ✅ Refill IFAKs for an SOF team moving to a new AO: ✅ Mildly inconveniencing Robin at baggage claim: ✅ 🚨 We've got 2 weeks to raise $7K to meet the rest of the requests we have.🚨 Three more teams have asked us for help, including one in heavy fighting and another actively pushing 🇷🇺 out of villages in the hottest spot on the line. They need your help. Can we do it? Donation links below!
Operation Bury Robin update: tacmed for Paige's team ✅, IFAKs refilled for SOF team ✅, 6 suitcases filled. $7K more needed within 2 weeks for 3 remaining team requests (one in heavy fighting, one pushing Russia out of villages).
With about 8 hours to go, you've funded the SSO team who needs tacmed refills and made a start on 100 TQs for the 125th, who are seeing heavy fighting right now. Wanna take a shot at winning something cool and helping them out a little more? Link below!
~8 hours remaining on the July 7 raffle (raffle#43). SSO team tacmed refill sub-goal has been funded. Funds also going toward 100 tourniquets for the 125th Brigade (in heavy fighting). Ticket link: https://givebutter.com/7-July-ufl-tacmed-again-raffle-itvg1l
🌟It's the Tuesday raffle!🌟 We've got patches, a signed flag, hand-painted Christmas ornaments, and more! All proceeds go toward the $10K in tacmed requests we hope to fill when I go next month. Get your tickets below!
New Tuesday raffle (July 7) benefiting fr#425 tacmed fund. Prizes: patches, signed flag, hand-painted Christmas ornaments. Tickets via Givebutter: https://givebutter.com/7-July-ufl-tacmed-again-raffle-itvg1l. All proceeds toward $10K in tacmed requests for August mule run.
You've helped this SOF team in the past. They're soon moving to a new AO. Today they asked for help refilling their IFAKs, to the tune of about $4500. You can see their request list and the cost breakdown. Anything raised over and above that will go to buying more tacmed for the countless undersupplied teams who need it desperately. I'll be flying it all over in August. See donation links below to help!
New specific request: SOF team moving to new AO needs IFAK refills (~$4,500). Anything raised above the sub-goal goes to more tacmed for undersupplied teams. @UFL_Robin flying supplies to Ukraine in August. Gloves and eye shields sourced for free (in-country contact + Wild Bees 3D printing).
On behalf of all the soldiers you equipped with tourniquets and those whom your donations will help through out General Fund, thank you so much! This week's winners are: A-0419 won the $2 pack A-0373 won the 54th pack I will contact them directly via email. Until next week, I wish a Happy Fourth to all my fellow Americans and an even happier weekend to everyone else. Stay safe, stay cool, and remember how awesome you all are! -Scott
30 June tacmed raffle (#40) draw results. $2,768 raised from 77 donations. Proceeds: tourniquets for donors + UFL General Fund tacmed requests. Also: video thank-you from 37th Marines for their generator.
Thanks to you guys and this week's raffle, we have the $5K to get @paigeinkansas's guys a bit of a stash, and we're up to 5 bags--that's one luggage cart's worth! This is for you: 🫶 That's one undersupplied team. There are still way, way too many more, and about three more weeks in which to fundraise to help them out. If you can give them a hand, see the links below.
$5K sub-goal reached for @paigeinkansas's teams (raffle helped close it). 5 suitcases/bags packed total. Campaign continues with ~3 more weeks of fundraising.
🌟It's the Tuesday raffle!🌟 This week: a signed flag, patches, stamps, and more! The first $1300 will close the collection to get tacmed for @paigeinkansas's guys who are going out without tourniquets. Ticket link below! Thank you, and good luck!
Weekly Tuesday raffle (Jun 30): prizes include signed flag, patches, stamps. First $1,300 raised will close the tacmed sub-goal for @paigeinkansas's teams. Tickets via givebutter.com/30-june-ufl-tacmed-raffle-eokmsy.
As of this morning, we have $3700 of the $5K we'd love to have to get tacmed to @paigeinkansas's teams. We're thiiiiiiiiis close. This is home stretch territory. If you care to get them over the plate, see below.
$3,700 of $5K sub-goal raised for @paigeinkansas's teams; ~$1,300 remaining to close the sub-goal.
😡NO ONE ANYWHERE NEAR THE FRONT SHOULD HAVE TO GO WITHOUT A $#@%ING TOURNIQUET.😡 Two of @paigeinkansas's guys have been badly, badly wounded recently. Three days ago, in an update about them, she noted that they need tourniquets. Well. That's our specialty. So I asked her how many and how fast. This was her response. They're so undersupplied that 🚨SOME OF THEM AREN'T EVEN CARRYING TOURNIQUETS ANYMORE.🚨 This is the--frankly--batshit insane reality on the ground right now. Ideally, each soldier should have 4-6. These guys have NONE. Our remaining stash in Germany is going to them immediately. We'll buy them Dnipro 2 TQs to tide them over if we must. I want to bring them a full complement in August--not just TQs, but everything else they should have, too. This is effing absurd. Can we load up a suitcase (about $5K) just for them, please? Donation links below.
Urgent appeal: @paigeinkansas's teams going without tourniquets. Requesting $5K sub-goal to supply them. Remaining German stash being sent immediately; aiming to bring full complement of tacmed in August.
We're at 4+ today! About $1500 came in yesterday. Broadly speaking, the math goes like this: A suitcase holds an average of 175 CATs. We pay $25 per CAT. So to fill a suitcase with CATs costs $4375. We're not *only* bringing cats. Some stuff costs way less, like compressed gauze ($2.40) or chest seals ($12.08). Some stuff costs way more, like hemostatic gauze ($37 for QuikClot). So let's call it $5K to fill one. We're at $10,345.85 today. That's two of tacmed, plus the two of water filters, plus a start on a fifth!
Supply run progress: $10,345.85 raised — 4+ suitcases filled (2 tacmed + 2 water filters + start on 5th). ~$1,500 came in yesterday.
We're up to about 4 suitcases now: 2 full of Sawyer water filters, and 2 full of tacmed to replenish our and Protect A Volunteer's in-country stocks. But we need MORE. We have tens of thousands of dollars in tamed requests from undersupplied teams, including one team who needs 1000 CATs. That's $25K at our cost. Other NGOs either aren't stepping up or are providing cheap knockoff gear that gets people killed. Please see below for how to bury @UFL_Robin in bags and bags of stuff that keeps defenders alive and in the fight.
Supply run progress: ~4 suitcases packed (2x Sawyer water filters, 2x tacmed). Tens of thousands in tacmed requests pending, including 1,000 CATs ($25K at cost). Other NGOs not stepping up or supplying knockoffs. Appeal for more donations.
PayPal (lower fees): https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/LA9MUNS2MQS58 Givebutter (higher feels, more payment options): https://givebutter.com/UFL_Tacmed_Fund To buy directly: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/N54EN49NU1LJ
Payment link re-share for ongoing tacmed & supply run. PayPal and Givebutter links posted as a standalone post alongside a thread about fighter 'Phoenix' telling his story.
Still a long way to go get these teams what we need. Details here:
Ongoing appeal: 'Still a long way to go get these teams what we need.' Quotes the emergency $60K tacmed request post.
I want to take a moment to thank everyone who came out and listened, and especially to those of you who donated. We're raising $60K for tacmed for desperately undersupplied teams, and we need to raise it fast. You contributed over $4K yesterday alone. We're so grateful to @trajaykay and @jenniesjoylab for having us on, and to all of you for being there.
Thank-you to podcast audience. Over $4K donated on June 15 alone. Still raising $60K total for tacmed for undersupplied teams.
This is Arthur's person, who is actually grateful to us and to you. There's a small group of boneheads who've gotten @RachelPAV and me confused even though our names are nothing alike except that they both start with R. Arthur's person has just joined their ranks. You'll see thanks from him at some point for the medic backpack and all the tacmed you supplied for him. Unless he sends it to Rachel by mistake.
Arthur's person (60th Brigade soldier) is grateful for the medic backpack and tacmed supplied. Full thank-you from him forthcoming.
Donation links: PayPal, Zelle for general purposes: donations@ukrainefrontline.org Specifcally for tacmed: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/LA9MUNS2MQS58 Higher fees, but more payment options: https://givebutter.com/ukraine-front-line-inc https://givebutter.com/UFL_Tacmed_Fund Buy directly: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/N54EN49NU1LJ 2/3
Donation links update (2/3 thread). New Givebutter link added: givebutter.com/ukraine-front-line-inc. PayPal, givebutter.com/UFL_Tacmed_Fund, and donations@ukrainefrontline.org already linked.
Very important update: y'all came through. This team is getting their entire wishlist. Thank you. 🫶 You deserve Arthur's beans. They're grimy but adorable. You also deserve Arthur getting a treat. And you definitely deserve to hear a little about Arthur's manners.
60th Brigade assault team's full med supply wishlist funded — all requested items (med bag, XSTAT 30s, IFAK refill kits, saline solution, TXA, etc.) will be provided. Quotes the Arthur the cat appeal post.
🚨EMERGENCY TACMED FUNDRAISER🚨 Long story short: we have over $60K in tacmed requests from undersupplied teams and about 6 weeks to raise and buy as much as we can for them. We're getting word that other medical NGOs either aren't responding, or are sending cheap knockoff crap. We know $60K + is an impossible dream, but they need us to get as much as they can. Please, if you can help: https://paypal.com/ncp/payment/LA9MUNS2MQS58 https://givebutter.com/UFL_Tacmed_Fund https://amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/N54EN49NU1LJ
Emergency tacmed fundraiser appeal: over $60K in requests from undersupplied teams, 6 weeks to raise as much as possible before August mule run.
To donate: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/LA9MUNS2MQS58 https://givebutter.com/UFL_Tacmed_Fund https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/N54EN49NU1LJ These are conversations @RachelPAV and I have had recently with soldiers who need tacmed resupply. Some orgs and volunteers are still providing cheap knockoffs that are only good for training people to recognize cheap knockoffs. Soldiers shouldn't have to ask us not to send Chinese Temu gauzes. We're facing a tacmed emergency: we have teams who need a LOT of resupply. You're going to see a lot of fundraising posts from us in the coming weeks, as we both have teams who need @UFL_Robin to bring as much as humanly possible when she goes in August. We need to raise a lot of money because the soldiers need the real stuff, and the real stuff costs a lot of money. The first screenshot is part of the request list for the team with 60th Brigade who shared their cat, Arthur, with us. We just got connected with them; he didn't know yet that we only supply the real deal. It's infuriating that he actually had to specify "no chinese TEMU hemo gauze :( ". The second three are a longer conversation Rachel and I had a few days ago with a guy from another team. He requested "a pre-built IFAK with good quality stuff throughout," because the last time he got IFAKs, they were from a well-known org based in the US, and they turned out to be crap. That last screenshot shows the pre-stocked IFAK I priced out for him. Note that it comes out to a little over $185. The IFAKs he got from the other org were $68. You cannot produce a decent IFAK for $68 without cutting corners. Cutting corners gets people killed. You'll notice that only 1/3 of their $68 IFAK is actually usable in the field. We're four years into this. People should know better than to send crap components by now, but here we are. We wanted you to see these so that you understand why we need to raise so much money to resupply these guys, plus the 63rd, plus our own stashes in country, plus anyone else who asks between now and when Robin goes in August.
Tacmed quality crisis post: sharing soldier conversations requesting quality IFAKs and tacmed resupply. $60K+ in requests for August mule run. Highlighting cheap knockoff problem from other NGOs.
⚕️An assault team with 60th Brigade would like you to meet Arthur.🐈⬛ They need to replace $2500 worth of med supplies they lost in battle--a new med bag, some XSTAT 30s, IFAK refill kits, saline solution, TXA, and more--and are shamelessly using Arthur's cuddly cheeks and lovely ears to tug your heartstrings for donations. They write: "Arthur is a cat found randomly while waiting for EXFILL vehicle snuggling to a boot of a soldier hiding under a burnt down tree, in a burnt down Forrest of a country thrown into the arms of war. "Arthur doesnt forget. Arthur is doing what he can while waiting for a visit to the vet and being handed to his new home as west as possible. Till then Arthur will do his best to defend our residence from pests while we keep the bigger threat at bay. "We hope Arthurs cuddly cheeks and his lovely ears will pull some heartstrings so people keep fighting the fight from the homefront by donations. Every little helps. Every bandage that we dont need to buy equals to funds we can use here. Whether its buying mission critical equipment, cat food or organizing a place for lost animals." To help us do our best for the team doing their best for wonderful Arthur: PayPal (lower fees): https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/LA9MUNS2MQS58 Givebutter (higher feels, more payment options): https://givebutter.com/UFL_Tacmed_Fund https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/N54EN49NU1LJ 1/2
60th Brigade assault team appeal for $2,500 med supply replacement (med bag, XSTAT 30s, IFAK refill kits, saline solution, TXA, and more) — written as message about Arthur the cat found by soldiers.
OPERATION BURY @UFL_Robin Robin's going back to 🇺🇦 in August. As usual, she needs to bring a truly inconvenient amount of aid with her. She wants to STRUGGLE, y'all. It takes 5 suitcases to bury one Robin. We're at two right now, thanks to the fine folks at Sawyer, who donated 50 2-gallon filter systems. We'd love to fill at least 8 more, with tacmed in particular, to resupply our stashes in Ukraine and Germany, plus Iryna from Odesa and Sergei from Mariupol. See below for how to help! 1/
Operation Bury @UFL_Robin — Robin heading back to Ukraine in August. Filling 5 suitcases with tacmed and water filtration supplies. 2 suitcases filled so far (Sawyer donated 50 2-gallon filter systems). Goal: 8 more suitcases with tacmed to resupply stashes in Ukraine and Germany.
Tacmed specifically: PayPal (lower fees): https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/LA9MUNS2MQS58 Givebutter (higher feels, more payment options): https://givebutter.com/UFL_Tacmed_Fund General stuff (water filters and whatever else they ask for): PayPal, Zelle: donations@ukrainefrontline.org Other options: https://givebutter.com/ukraine-front-line-inc
Payment link companion tweet. New payment options added: PayPal donate link for tacmed, PayPal/Zelle email for general supplies, Givebutter general fund.
Thought you should see what you've provided so far. Others are carrying the needles and CATs over, which leaves me with less than a backpack's worth of stuff to carry. They need so much more. Please see the original tweet for how to help.
Progress update showing supplies collected so far. Others carrying needles and CATs; more supplies still needed. Followers directed to original tweet to help.
Today a medic asked me for some big bottles of acetaminophen. "We can only buy small packs of 20 here and I hand them out like candy so im always going back to the pharmacy," he wrote. So we're spending some of your donations on that. This is what goes through my head every time I have to get acetaminophen. Every. time.
Supply run update: medic requested large bottles of acetaminophen; purchased from fundraiser funds.
Here we go again.... @UFL_Robin is heading back to 🇺🇦 this summer and would love to arrive laden with an inconvenient amount of stuff to haul. She needs to bring portable water filtration systems. She needs to bring tacmed to replenish in-country stores. She needs to bring lightweight, calorie-dense, drone-droppable foods like bone broth and jerky. There are two ways to load her up: Donate at one of these links, or buy from one of these wishlists. Make her struggle, y'all! https://givebutter.com/UFL_Tacmed_Fund https://givebutter.com/PAV https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/N54EN49NU1LJ https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/ZWO1773I29EU
Initial announcement. @UFL_Robin heading to Ukraine with tacmed, water filtration, and drone-droppable food supplies. Two Givebutter links plus Amazon wishlists for direct item donations.