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Penta Medical Recycling Named As 2023 .Org Impact Awards Finalist
Global Foundation Honored as 1 of 35 Finalists selected from Nearly 1,000 Applications from around World
![(L-R) Penta Medical Recycling staff, Jeffrey Woolverton, Director of Development, Mijamin Strong, Director of Operations and Anna Szczepanek, Executive Director joined finalists from 70 countries at the .ORG Impact Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/22950268/20240103/032336/styles/patch_image/public/org-awards___03152329364.jpg)
Penta Medical Recycling has been named a 2023 .ORG Impact Awards finalist by Public Interest Registry (PIR), the people behind the .ORG domain. The prestigious global awards program recognizes and rewards outstanding mission-driven individuals and organizations from around the world for their positive contributions to society.
Penta Medical Recycling was selected among applications from more than 70 countries for their work in helping to provide prosthetic equipment and devices to amputees who are most in need. A leader in the nonprofit prosthetics space and honored in the Impact Award Health and Healing category, Penta collects second-hand and excess prostheses and delivers this high-quality, low-cost prosthetic equipment to amputees in 30 countries. Penta has become the go-to resource for the collection and redistribution of valuable prosthetic and orthotic devices, ensuring that equipment does not go to waste and mobility can be restored to thousands of people around the world.
“We are honored and proud to have been chosen as a finalist in this year’s .ORG Impact Awards. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to bring awareness to the millions of people around the world living with limb loss and the work that Penta is doing to help provide mobility-restoring prosthetic equipment around the globe, said Anna Szczepanek, Executive Director of Penta Medical Recycling.
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“We are honored to welcome our 2023 .ORG Impact Award Finalists into our growing community of changemakers, who inspire us to make the world a better place. We created the awards to celebrate those within the .ORG Community who work tirelessly to uplift their communities – and this year’s finalists represent hope for a brighter future," said Jon Nevett, President and CEO of Public Interest Registry.
In addition to receiving a $2,500 donation, Penta joined finalists from 70 countries at the .ORG Impact Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. which celebrated its fifth anniversary and returned to an in-person event for the first time since the pandemic.