A stocked first-aid kit costs $25–$50 at retail. For the roughly 15% of Harris County households living at or below the federal poverty line, that's out of reach. A deep cut, a kitchen burn, or a child's playground scrape becomes a choice between an emergency-room visit they can't afford and an untreated wound that gets worse.

Meanwhile, American companies and hospitals throw away billions of dollars of perfectly usable first-aid product every year — packaging changes, near-expiry dates, customer returns, excess inventory. The supplies exist. The need exists. What's missing is the bridge between them. That's where Access Aid comes in.

Access Aid is a federally recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in March 2026. We collect surplus first-aid kits and supplies from corporate, hospital, and individual donors, sort and quality-check every donation, and redistribute them through trusted partners directly to the people who need them most.

Our two anchor partners are Cy-Fair Helping Hands, which delivers supplies directly to underserved families across the greater Houston area, and Medical Bridges, the only accredited medical surplus distributor in Texas, which ships to underserved clinics in over 90 countries. Every donation we receive moves through this partner network and into the hands of a real family within 60 days.

We're brand new, but we're not just paperwork. We recently completed our first community distribution: 100 fully-stocked first-aid kits placed directly into the hands of underserved families through Cy-Fair Helping Hands. It's a small start. We want to do many, many more.

Your donation moves directly into supplies at wholesale pricing — no middleman markup, no warehouse overhead. Every $25 funds a stocked first-aid kit for a family. Every $100 funds four kits plus the transport for a community delivery. Every $500 fully equips 100 families. And because our model also pulls in donated supplies from corporate partners, every $1 in cash funding moves an estimated $10–$25 in supply value to recipients.

Access Aid is verified by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization (EIN 41-4878807), and every gift is fully tax-deductible under IRC §170. Every donor receives a written tax acknowledgement and, on request, an itemized accounting of exactly how their gift was used.

Founding-stage support is the most valuable kind of support a nonprofit can receive. Your gift at this stage doesn't just fund kits — it builds the proof points that unlock the corporate partnerships, hospital surplus programs, and institutional grants that will let Access Aid grow into a meaningful force for community health in Houston and beyond.

Whether you give $5 or $500, every contribution at this stage compounds. Thank you for being here, and thank you for helping us turn discarded surplus into delivered care for families who need it.

AccessAid: Community Health Access Campaign