Dysphagia Outreach Project

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Dysphagia Outreach Project

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Our mission is to provide meaningful assistance to individuals who are affected by dysphagia.

08/07/2026

📦 We Moved... Now We Need Your Help Filling the Shelves! 💚

Dysphagia Outreach Project has officially moved into our new warehouse space in Westminster Maryland! 🎉 While we're thrilled to have room to grow, our shelves are looking a little empty.

The items on this wishlist are the supplies we use every single day to pack and ship life-changing dysphagia care packages to families across the country. From shipping boxes and packing paper to blenders, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and adaptive drinking cups, every item purchased directly supports the people we serve.

The best part? Every gift purchased from our wishlist means we don't have to use our operational funds on warehouse supplies. That allows more of every donated dollar to go directly toward providing thickener, specialty feeding products, and other essential resources for individuals with dysphagia.

🎁 Shop our wishlist here:
https://a.co/0dhHSnL2

Or simply scan the QR code in the image!

Thank you for helping us build a warehouse that can continue serving hundreds of families each year. Every purchase—big or small—makes a real difference. 💚

03/27/2026

Our President, Hillary Cooper, was featured today in the news.

01/27/2026

Dysphagia Outreach Project strongly condemns the violent actions being undertaken by ICE against communities across the US. As a health equity organization focused on providing relief to low-income people with special needs, many of whom are part of marginalized communities, we cannot stress how harmful the actions by this administration have been for this population.

We've now received several reports that people with critical medical needs are currently afraid to use nonprofit resources, including ours.

To be clear, Dysphagia Outreach Project does NOT ask about Visa status or citizenship status in our application for assistance. We do not ask for social security numbers. We do not collect any information that could be used to determine legal status. We only require demonstration of medical necessity and financial need (which does not have to be a pay stub - email us for options) and a US address for shipping.

All of our recipient information is stored securely, in compliance with HIPAA requirements. We limit access to recipient information to two people. One of whom is me and the other is our Food Bank Manager. Multilingual volunteers assist us as needed on a case-by-case basis, with permission of the recipient.

Our mission from the very founding of our organization has been to help as many people as we can among the most vulnerable amongst us. If you or someone in your community needs help with dysphagia supplies, we will do our best to assist you.

If you or someone you know needs our assistance but is afraid of sharing their personal information for any reason, we are willing to work around that. Email us at team@dysphagiaoutreach dot org for specifics.

Hillary Cooper,M.A., CCC-SLP, Doctoral Candidate
President & Co-founder
Dysphagia Outreach Project

01/18/2026

Do you or anyone you know live in or within easy driving distance of Greenwich, CT?

Are you or someone you trust willing to help Dysphagia Outreach Project by picking up a carload of donated supplies and assisting us with shipping them to our warehouse? We will pay all costs.

Are you available to help Feb 5th or 6th?

If you answered yes to all of these questions, please DM US ASAP.

We have a donor whose spouse lost their health fight, but they want their unused medical supplies to go to people in need. They need the supplies gone ASAP.

Thanks as always for your support!

12/30/2025

Thank you to Karen Sheffler and SwallowStudy.com for your generous end-of-year donation! Your support allows us to keep providing free dysphagia supply access to people across the USA!

If YOU are looking for a last-minute tax-deductible donation, please consider supporting Dysphagia Outreach Project. We're 100% volunteer-run, so every penny you donate goes directly towards our mission. With the increasing costs associated with shipping supplies across the country, your financial support matters more now than ever.

www.dysphagiaoutreach.org/donate

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P. O. Box 175
Ruston, LA
71273

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http://dysphagiaoutreach.org/links

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