After several months' hiatus which I've spent getting an impinged rotator cuff (mostly) healed, I'm ready to lose my living room to a mountain of aid and then get funny looks as I wrangle piles of bags taller than me* through airports on two continents again.

I'm going back in early August and want to bring lots and lots of stuff for the defenders.

They need the same things they always need:

• Tacmed, always tacmed: tourniquets, chest seals, hemostatic dressings, decompression needles, the lot.
• Portable water filtration systems. We supply Sawyer Minis with two-gallon (7.57L) bladders, a system Sawyer provides for areas hit by wars and natural disasters. They're sturdier and last longer than Lifestraws, and don't impart a "poo" taste (direct quote from a soldier) like water purification tablets do.
• Drone-droppable calories and nutrition. Guys are getting stuck on position for weeks and months at a time because enemy drones make exfil too dangerous. Small, lightweight, calorie- and nutrient-rich foods sustain them on position.
• American OTC cold meds, because Ukraine's OTC cold med game is … not strong. Which I can personally attest to. Might as well lay in a stock before cold season strikes again.

We'll be resupplying our tacmed stash in the EU and Protect A Volunteer's tacmed stash in Ukraine. u/tallalittlebit posted on Twitter yesterday that they're sending out the last of their supplies today; they definitely need a refill, and so do we.

This fundraiser will close on July 20. Two months. Plenty of time to amass enough aid to make me question my life choices again!

As always, I'll be posting periodic updates as the mountain of stuff grows. And as always, thank you, r/ukraine!

To Help: Donate!

UFL

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](mailto:donations@ukrainefrontline.org)

Other options: https://givebutter.com/ukraine-front-line-inc

Protect A Volunteer

PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/MBCP7YSWX85AG

Other options: https://givebutter.com/PAV

Or buy directly!

Please note: for tacmed, monetary donations go a lot farther than wishlist purchases. We get a significant discount on tacmed.

UFL's wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/N54EN49NU1LJ

PAV's wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/ZWO1773I29EU

\Not as impressive as it sounds. I'm only 5'2"/158 cm tall.*