Who We Are - Premiere Charities Inc.

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Since our inception in 2009, we've donated $850,000+ to hunger and health relief efforts both locally and abroad.

• 127,600 meals served to the food insecure in Wilmington, DE and Middletown, DE
  • Includes weekly meals in Wilmington and monthly meals in Middletown
• Food donated consistently to YWCA, Sojourner’s, and Mother Teresa House
• 200 feminine hygiene product packs collected and distributed throughout Wilmington, DE
• $1,500 to help the homeless of Denver, Colorado
• 10 laptops given to highschool children in Wilmington, DE during Covid-19 pandemic 
• $500 sent to woman in Florida whose house burnt down 
• Stair lift installed for local patient with neurological condition in Wilmington, DE
• School supply donations to a child whose mother had metastatic breast cancer
• Cash donations to hurricane victims in Florida, Texas, and Mexico
• Financial help for a child with seizures 
• $110,000 raised in 2022 for Ukrainian relief --> $25,000 for two truck loads of supplies including mattresses, diapers, soaps, $9,222 worth of medications, $45,000 for tiny-home construction in Poland (now officially in use by a refugee family)
• $382,575 donated to food, shelter, and health relief efforts in India --> $250,000 to Apna Ghar Ashram, $100,000 to Balagurukulam orphanage, $10,000 to IAHV, $2,175 donated to Akshay Patra for 6,000 meals, $1,500 to GE for oxygen supplies, $3,900 to Iniyaudam for floor relief in Chennai, $15,000 to Mumabi’s St. Catherine’s Home for solar panels, 12,500 meals through Charity Crossing to people in Chennai (plus installation of community fridge serving 25 meals per day)
• $3,400 to Neighbors to Nicaragua to start a vocational school teaching barber skills
• $5,000 to Ghana to construct a road, connecting a village to an elementary school 
• $5,000 to Haiti earthquake relief through Hands International 
• 43 shelters built in Nepal for earthquake relief 
• $1,250 to Pakistan earthquake relief
• Plans for construction of a well are underway due to efforts of Brian Wells / Starliters Dance Studio
  • $10,000 raised for construction in Odisha, India 
• Medical/ Service trip to Apna Ghar Ashram in Bharatpur, India in November 2023 serving 5,500 people
  • Team of 40 volunteers from PCI (27 from the US) 

Our board is comprised of 9 members, all of whom are integral parts of PCI.

Dr. Vinod Kripalu - Co founder

Dr. Rey Agard - Co founder 

Sanjay Wadhwa- Treasurer 

Sachin Karnik- Executive Assistant 

Ingrid Agard

Chetana Kripalu 

John Mohollen

Gurinder (Ricky) Singh 

Jo Melson 

Gail Salters