Wellness Warrior Foundation
Love Based Medicine
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our organization is currently working to share our mission with those who are looking for a transparent organization to support. Our mission is simple and it is filled with love. We deeply care about each and every opportunity we have to change the lives of those around us for the better. Currently, our projects require a lot of funds and we're extremely limited in raising them. Our staff is 100% volunteer and works very hard to achieve the goals we've set. With the help of donors, we can achieve the goals of building sustainable communities in the select countries and areas we have chosen to work in. In years past, we worked in Uganda, Africa, Vieques, Puerto Rico, and in small cities around the US.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Land purchase in Puerto Pensaco, Mexico
We are currently soliciting funds in the amount of $60,000 for the purchase of land in Puerto Pensaco, Mexico. The land will be used as a homesite and small medicinary, clinic, and staff members. Two homes, an outdoor kitchen, herbal medical clinic and small school will be built on the land. The land will be used for animal husbandry and herbal medicine farming as part of a self-sustaining development program.
Operating Budget 2021-2023
General fund requirements for fully operational nonprofit organization. 2022 goals include hiring four part time staff to handle administrative duties and support our fund raising and operations.
Herbal Medicine Apothecary in Puerto Penasco, Mexico
In 2021 we started brain-stoming the foundation to build an herbal medicine apothecary training program in Puerto Penasco, Mexico. This training program will provide interested herbalists and acupuncturists with the opportunity to study and work among the people of Puerto Pensaco. The plan assumes the purchase of land which to which we are currently raising funds. We plan to build two structures which will house the herbal medicinary with a teaching kitchen, herbal medicine clinic, and living quarters for the resident herbalist / acupuncture physician.
The land will be used for animal husbandry and herbal medicine farming as part of a self-sustaining development program.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of health outcomes improved
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Indigenous peoples, Victims and oppressed people
Related Program
Herbal Medicine Apothecary in Puerto Penasco, Mexico
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
in 2015 we initiated a program targeted at improving the lives of 40 orphaned children living in Uganda, Africa. The following year, we were able to touch 120 lives and in 2017, 1830 people.
Average number of days taken to respond to customers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers, Children and youth, Caregivers
Related Program
Herbal Medicine Apothecary in Puerto Penasco, Mexico
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We are excited to have a staff who understands how important the needs and requests of others. Although we allow ourselves 48 hrs to respond to requests, we have responded to 100% of requests in 24 h
Total number of classes offered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls, Men and boys, Adults
Related Program
Herbal Medicine Apothecary in Puerto Penasco, Mexico
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We offer free and paid classes to learn about how to safely use herbal medicines and essential oils for care. We offer courses monthly on an ongoing basis.
Number of individuals without a usual source of care
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
American Indians
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
This number represents total number of families we worked with during the COVID-19 pandemic. These families were all tribal members located in Navajo Nation, Arizona.
Number of individuals to whom medicines were distributed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
American Indians
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Total number of individuals who received the benefits of our natural medicines. Many of these recipients were Navajo Nation residents and some were residents in suburban Phoenix, Arizona.
Number of children treated for acute malnutrition
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Context Notes
Uganda, Africa - Jinja. Herbal Medicine clinics
Number of people treated for malaria
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Number of pounds of medical surplus supplies shipped to communities in need
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Herbal medicines shipped and used in Puerto Rico
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
1) Purchase land in Mexico and develop a medicinary, clinic, and limited residence for 2 medical staff. 2) The community clinic will provide medical care for community members and travelers who seek medical care. A well will be dug to provide clean water to the community and gardens will be maintained to provide fresh fruit, vegetables, and herbs that will be used for medicine. 3) Continue education of the herbs and herbal products that the orphanage leaders are currently using. 4) Support clinic research in US and Mexico 5) Build a community of herbal medicine providers stateside with the tools necessary to provide medical relief in response to disasters. 6) Provide continuing education and support of herbal students who wish to study under the direction of Wellness Warrior Foundation leaders and/or travel abroad to staff herbal clinics globally.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We are currently raising funds for each project we have identified. Because we are a volunteer group, we have very little overhead, most of which is paid out as a personal donation. Funds received are used specifically for the project the funds were donated for. We have established a value for each project and are working with local contractors and community leaders to assure the funds raised are being used exactly how we have arranged for them to be used.
Currently, we are working with multiple non-profit companies whose missions compliment ours so that we may maximize the return on our investment. We have launched campaigns for fundraising and have a beautiful, up-to-date website where we inform our donors and guests about current events and future opportunities.
Our fundraising goals include holding silent auctions, requesting specific products from current vendors, and requesting monthly donations from large contributors who have philanthropic beliefs that compliment our Foundation's goals.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We are building a strong team of dedicated volunteers who have time to invest in growing our Foundation. These volunteers are highly educated in their field of expertise and provide a strong opportunity for movement in achieving our goals. We are networking with other organizations who have strengths where we are weak, recognizing that our strengths will also complement their foundations as well. We have multiple mission trips planned. The mission trips put feet on the ground in locations we are trying to gain traction.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Thus far, we have completed multiple campaigns successfully. We raised the money needed in order to support our agenda items, which included sending containers to Herbal Medics in San Antonio, TX after Hurricane Harvey and provided water filtration systems to the people of Vieques, Puerto Rico and multiple cities in Jinja, Uganda which provided 40 vulnerable children with clean water. In Uganda, Africa, we provided over 3,000 people with herbal medicines and essential oils to care for their primary medical needs. In Puerto Rico, we provided three communities with herbal medicine clinics and treated hundreds of patients.
Next, we plan to narrow our focus. We’ve realized without a full time staff in the remote locations we’ve served in the past, it was difficult to progress our agenda within the community. Language and cultural barriers existed which could only have been remedied with staff living among the people. After identifying these challenges, our Board of Directors unanimously voted to postpone operations in Uganda until our organization could support full time staff on location.
An current opportunity exists to build an herbal clinic with acupuncture services in Puerto Penasco, Mexico, just three hours south of Phoenix, Arizona. This location is a perfect site for the development of our apothecarist (herbal medicine) and acupuncture intern programs as Phoenix is host to a variety of medical professional schools, including MD, DO, DAc, DAOM, LAc, and professional herbalism. Current students of these programs enjoy weekend get-a-ways where they travel by means of non-profit organizations and provide medical care to community members in Puerto Penasco. Wellness Warrior Foundation has an opportunity to build a clinic to serve the community with the added opportunity of providing a full time staff on site.
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The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Wellness Warrior Foundation
Board of directorsas of 09/22/2021
Dr Kellie Cooney
Wellness Warrior Foundation
Term: 2015 - 2024
Marjan Klaassen
Wellness Warrior Foundation
Term: 2021 - 2024
Chris Lewis
Wellness Warrior Foundation
Kellie Cooney
Wellness Warrior Foundation
Mike Drobinski
Wellness Warrior Foundation
Marjan Klaassen
Wellness Warrior Foundation
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.