On a Mission

Extreme Heat has become a serious issue across many cities in the United States, and is now the #1 weather-related cause of death. In addition, each summer more than 65,000 Americans on average visit an emergency room for acute heat illness. This issue has become especially dangerous in places like Phoenix, AZ. According to the Maricopa Association of Governments, there have been an average of nearly 200 heat-associated deaths per year in Maricopa County since 2014.

To help provide relief during extreme heat events, DripDrop partnered with the Salvation Army to supply 50,000 servings of DripDrip to be distributed amongst 11 Emergency Heat Relief cooling centers across the Phoenix area that are activated during excessive heat warnings throughout the summer. DripDrop is handed out alongside bottles of water to help provide much needed dehydration relief to those seeking a break from the extreme temperatures.

DripDrop also donated 20,000 servings to Phoenix Rescue Mission to assist in their Code:Red efforts to assist the homeless during extreme heat days in Phoenix with water, hygiene kits and shelter.

As wildfire incidents continue to increase each year, The Nature Conservancy has established the Fire Learning Network to help re-introduce prescribed burn practices to increase ecosystem resilience and support fire-dependent cultures. TNC is working to change the status quo by supporting local community leaders, sponsoring innovative fire training opportunities, and assisting federal and state agencies in transitioning to more proactive vs reactive fire management approaches.

To support these efforts, DripDrop has donated over 25,000 servings across TNC’s fire department network, in support of their Women in Fire Trainings (WTREX) and Indigenous Peoples Burning Network (IPBN) programs. Through this partnership, we reached over 70 teams who are using their professional skills and experience to make sure controlled burns are conducted safely, and that it effectively accomplishes the objectives for managing fire-adapted lands. Learn more about TNC’s work here.

Due to the invasion of Ukraine, a humanitarian crisis has unfolded as food and medical supplies are running extremely low across the country, while millions of people have been displaced and are seeking refuge in bordering countries.

In response through our boots on the ground partners, Global Empowerment Mission and Heart to Heart International, we have donated over 525k servings of DripDrop that are included in vital necessity kits for refugees, as well as distributed with medical supplies to clinics across Ukraine.

Due to the deadly fire that broke out in a Bronx apartment building on January 9, over 100 families were displaced from what officials described as one of the city’s worst fires in recent memory.

To support those displaced families, our partner Global Empowerment Mission was able to distribute 250 family necessity kits that contain supplies ranging from food, snacks, hydration, hygiene, as well as DripDrop.

As COVID-19 became a global health crisis, frontline healthcare workers were increasingly at risk for dehydration. Long hours exerting themselves to help others while wearing PPE meant few had time to properly hydrate.

Early in the pandemic, we partnered with Krucial Staffing to distribute 40,000 sticks of DripDrop to travel nurses volunteering to work in NYC. We also sent sticks to 250 hospitals across the country to help frontline medical heroes fight dehydration on the job.

The 2018 wildfire season was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire season on record in California. Firefighters exert an extraordinary amount of energy when responding to wildfires, and dehydration is a very serious threat to their health and safety.

We packed our cars full of DripDrop and set out to provide dehydration relief to firefighters selflessly combating the flames in our home state - the grassroots beginnings of a strategic initiative for our company. We met with crews and hand-delivered sticks to those fighting the Carr Fire, Holy Fire, Mendocino Complex Fire, and many others.

Ecuador was hit by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. Over 700,000 people needed assistance after water, sanitation, and healthcare facilities were destroyed by the colossal impact, making dehydration a perilous issue for the community.

Dr. Dolhun traveled to Manta, Ecuador—the headquarters for the national response effort. His team met with the head of pediatrics at the local general hospital and administered DripDrop to children suffering from dehydration in the improvised pediatric wards.

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake left the community of Haiti in despair. Over 3 million people were affected, leaving the already poor country without power and exposed to dehydration risk due to high temperatures and lack of access to water.

Three days after the earthquake, Dr. Dolhun was one of the first responders to arrive in Haiti. He equipped other first responders providing aid with the first formulation of DripDrop and instructed them on how to diagnose and treat dehydration using this life-saving solution.