Deal ensures Granite Staters access to refurbished medical equipment
By Karen Dandurant
CONCORD – Granite State Independent Living has signed a grant agreement with Crotched Mountain Foundation to assume ownership of the Refurbished Equipment Marketplace.
The difference between the cost of a new power wheelchair, and one that has been used and completely refurbished might be $30,000. That’s what Refurbished Equipment Marketplace (REM) offers, gently used medical equipment, a program that will now be administered by Granite State Independent Living (GSIL).
“We always had a good working relationship with REM, between what they do, and what we do,” said Lisabritt Solsky, Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development for GSIL. “We often refer our clients to them. So, when we were contacted by Crotched Mountain, it was because they felt REM was a program that is important to the community, but not one that fit in their reimaging of their organization. We jumped at th