Greetings!

I'm flying to Germany in late July to deliver tacmed and other gear for delivery to Ukrainian units. Earlier this year you all made Robin's trip miserable by loading her up with an ungodly amount of stuff:

I would like you to do the same for me.

So, I am putting my money where my mouth is; I will personally match all donations posted here up to $3000. With my own money. For real.

Not to be outdone, UFL_Robin will be personally matching $500 on top of mine!

I will be delivering gear for UFL itself, the remainder of Sergei's request, along with gear sourced by and for Protect A Volunteer (PAV).

UFL's Anne will be doing another delivery run to Warsaw later in August, transporting UFL's stuff and gear sourced for two of our partner organizations, plus more for Sergei, and Iryna, a volunteer in Odesa who receives no Western support. UFL_Anne will have a Givebutter page up soon for her own August supply run, so feel free to use our general tacmed fund until then!

We will close this fundraiser July 15 to allow time for the purchased gear to get delivered to me. Please don't stop after that, though; you can use our permanent tacmed page to fund the ever-present need for medical supplies for UFL_Anne's late summer trip and any future UFL deliveries.

Explanation for those interested:

It may sound like a cop-out to limit my matching, but none of us at UFL get paid. Our delivery flight tickets are purchased by whoever is flying over, and all of the bookkeeping, procurement, delivery, and coordinating with other groups are all done by a literal handful of people.

There's a reason we do it this way; it's more efficient than shipping stuff directly to Ukraine.

UFL has established discounts directly from manufacturers like North American Rescue and SAM, or from trustworthy sellers like Rescue Essentials. If we were to ship those items direct to Ukraine, tariffs and import taxes would eliminate those savings.
Tacmed sourced inside Ukraine costs more because of those same transport costs, tariffs and taxes, and UFL doesn't get the same discounts there.
Not all tacmed is created equally, and the medics using those inferior products know that. UFL only supplies what the actual medics request; we're not going to send them substandard gear to save money.
Arcaist acts as UFL's logistical wizard in Germany. He has numerous people and groups that can quickly and safely get stuff from Western Europe directly to Ukraine.

Thank you

I say it every week, but I mean it every time. Thank you.

Thank you for being the person that is willing to help Ukraine defend itself. Thank you for supporting UFL. And I thank you in advance for making my travel difficult.

-Scott

Summer 2025 tacmed delivery

I hereby challenge you to hurt me.