The Humanitarian Resource Center of North America (HRC) is expecting to donate more than $20 million worth of goods to impoverished areas around the world by the end of this year.

Kelly Farmer, his wife, Elaine, and his son-in-law, Robert Haltom -- all HRC founders -- told the Deseret News of Salt Lake City, Utah, that HRC's donations will range from used hospital beds shipped to rural Mexican clinics, to flour sent to Indian reservations, to boxloads of bandages sent to Kenya, low-tech water pumps and filters, and support for micro-credit groups helping poor people build small businesses.

"Elaine and I feel that if we can help in some way, if we can do something in some small way, that's what we're here for," Farmer told the Deseret News. "Someday, when we meet our maker, I want to say, 'I kept trying,' instead of, 'I went to St. George and took it easy (once I reached retirement age),'"

HRC is funded by the Farmer's company, National Product Sales (NPS), which resells goods that were lost or damaged by freight companies during transport.

HRC gives merchandise and other help to 60 Utah agencies and 30 international organizations. The group is intent on seeing the goods reach the people who need them, rather than falling into the black market, Farmer told the Deseret News.

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