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As an industry leader, Smith & Nephew Endoscopy’s commitment to helping people regain their lives goes beyond the arthroscopy tools and techniques we develop.

Our commitment as citizens of a global medical community is part of our corporate culture. As such, we have created an environment where employees and stakeholders can contribute time and resources to fund-raising initiatives and non-profit organizations – both in our own region, and in parts of the world where medical care is less accessible than in developed nations.

On a global scale, Endoscopy provides grants through organizations such as Faith in Practice, The Global Foundation, and the Steadman-Hawkins Research Foundation in the form of medical equipment, medical devices and surgeon training, particularly in developing areas where such medical training isn't available.

Endoscopy has also established Learning Centers in hospitals around the world, such as the Center of Healing Arts at Paraplegia Hospital in Ahmedabad, India, the No. 3 Hospital of Beijing, China and the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. Smith & Nephew provides the medical equipment, surgical instruments and surgeon training at these Centers. As a result, medical professionals and their patients enjoy the benefits of the latest minimally invasive tools and arthroscopy techniques.

We continue to provide various humanitarian medical equipment donations to non-profit organizations such as Prosthetics Outreach Foundation in cooperation with surgeons who devote their time and skills to internationally underserved areas to aid and delivery medical care and education.

In 2007, Endoscopy made two significant contributions to the International Medical Equipment Collaborative (IMEC), a Massachusetts-based non-profit that provides used or surplus inventory to medical centers in undeveloped areas where people would not otherwise have access to facilities that provide basic medical treatment.

At the local level, the business's main community campaigns each year focus on the United Way and Community Health Charities, two organizations that support an array of community agencies. To support and acknowledge staff involvement with these two charities, the division makes an additional lump-sum contribution. In 2007, company donations reached more than $10,000 for United Way and Community Health Charities.

In December, Endoscopy’s tradition of collecting holiday toys and other children's gifts for the US Marine Corps' Toys for Tots Campaign, and food items for holiday baskets distributed through the Greater Boston Food Bank. Volunteers from Endoscopy served meals at the Cor Unum (One Heart) Meal Center in Lawrence, Mass.
Throughout the year, Endoscopy employees generated more than $5,000 in smaller donations and sponsorships for community non-profit groups, including the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the Multiple Sclerosis Society, the American Lung Association, the Easter Seals Campaign and the YWCA of Greater Lawrence, in addition to numerous community hospice organizations and scholarship funds.

In 2007, Endoscopy partnered again with the family of former employee and Sept. 11 victim Donald A. DiTullio to award four scholarships in his memory. The program was open to children of Smith & Nephew Endoscopy employees at its US facilities. At the time of his death, DiTullio was completing his studies toward a business degree, and the scholarship is a testament to his commitment to education. In 2007, the program was expanded to award three scholarships.