How many Sundays did I spend with Marlon Perkins, Jim and Stan (Brock). Stan Brock, tall, dark and handsom in the old days, wrestling with anacondas in the Amazon, wild cattle in Indonesia, trapping crocs, has always been a wanderer. Now he's wandering the world, flying an old transport plane, and is the founder of a wonderful volunteer effort called Remote Area Medical (or RAM).
It was founded because for 15 years, Brock lived with an indigenous Amazonian tribe and witnessed first hand, the suffering when it came to a 26 day walk to medical services. When he finished his stint on "Wild Kingdom", RAM was born - an international effort.
Tonight I watched 60 Minutes, and there he was, very much involved with an "expedition" to Knoxville, TN where hundreds of people came for medical care. They were the ones with no medical insurance, under insured. These are weekend volunteer events and everything is donated.
Doctors, nurses, dentists, opthamologists, optometrists, and even veterinarians volunteer for these weekends, and all of the supplies are donated as well.
http://www.ramusa.org/about/stanbrock.htm
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