Welcome to S.A.R.A.
Sharing America’s Resources Abroad
Our Mission:
To offer medical assistance to improve the well-being of poor people around the world.
SARA (Sharing America’s Resources Abroad) is a non-profit organization incorporated in Ohio. It is an ecumenical ministry affiliated with the Heartland Conference of the United Church of Christ. SARA distributes medical supplies, equipment and expertise throughout the world. SARA believes that by helping people to help themselves, and by giving them a boost towards self-sufficiency, the world will become a better place.
Resources to accomplish SARA’s mission come from volunteer participation and charitable donations provided by health-care providers, religious organizations, businesses, not-for-profit corporations and concerned individuals. SARA is particularly interested in working with other not-for-profit organizations who are seeking to serve others in the same way.
OUR STORIES
Together we make all the difference
Remembering Rev. Dr. Stephen T. Szilagyi
Our Founders, The Rev. Dr. Stephen Szilagyi and S. Jean Szilagyi SARA was founded in 1988, when a young man with severe scoliosis appeared two times to Stephen. It was in front of a bar in a village in souther Hungary.on a hot summer day. "You don't have to hit me over the head
A message from our Vice President, former supervisor of the Job & Family Services
Reverend Stephen Szilagyi spoke to the Upper Sandusky Rotary Club in October 1996 about the orphanages and mental hospitals In Ukraine. As I sat there, I felt he was speaking directly to me. As a Social Worker, my heart was deeply touched by the slides and the stories Stephen shared. I went on
A special dedication
Many friends and colleagues of SARA, celebrated the dedication and opening of a New Orthopedic Specialty Unit at the Childrens Hospital in Munkacs/Mukachevo, Transcarpathia, Ukraine. The administrator welcomed guests from Hungary, England, the states of Ohio and Tennessee, and many government officials from Hungary and Ukraine. Co-President Dr. Alex Rovt pledged to buy