The RUMS program currently collects over 4,000 pounds a week of supplies and equipment from over 400 locations in New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Over 200 of the locations are located inside the six Rochester, New York area hospitals. The rest are located at nursing homes, doctors offices, ambulance operations and other medical facilities. Blue recycling boxes with the RUMS logo are then distributed throughout the facility. In the collection phase, InterVols collectors make regularly scheduled pick-ups at each medical facility.
Most collections are on a weekly basis.
Special collections are also made by request to pick up larger items. After pickup, the equipment and supplies are delivered to our warehouse, where the collectors pre-sort the supplies into general medical categories. Collectors may pick up at a single doctors office, or at over 30 collection locations in one hospital. The collection route is currently divided by two part-time collectors, who utilize a collection truck with a 15 foot cell and lift gate. These categories are then divided into 300 subcategories for shipment.