Johnston siblings donate 1,500 first aid kits to low-income families across Iowa
By Abigail Kurten
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JOHNSTON, Iowa (KCCI) — When siblings Millie and Krish Sethi were just 16 and 10 years old, they knew two things: they both wanted to go into medicine when they were older, and they wanted to give back to Iowa’s neediest communities.
That drive led them to create the PureKindness Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit aimed at making basic medical care more accessible.
“People provide food, water, even shelter to them, but they don’t provide something as simple as medical care,” Krish said.
In the basement of their Johnston home, they compile medical supplies, like gauze, tweezers and ice packs, to make first aid kits capable of treating basic injuries, such as cuts, scrapes and swelling.
It’s not easy work. Creating the kits involves regularly driving to Minnesota to pick up the supplies from another health nonprofit, Matter.ngo.
But the pair just hit a milestone in their service: 1,500 kits donated.
“When we found out, we were overjoyed that we could help that much,” Millie said. “When you put it into perspective, that’s just so many families.”
Even though Millie will graduate from high school next year, neither sibling plans on stopping. Both have dreams of expanding PureKindness into other states.
“We want to donate more,” Millie said. “Maybe hit that 2,000 mark if we can in the next year.”
But until that day comes, they’ll keep packing help, hope and health one kit at a time.
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