Global Links, a Pittsburgh non-profit grassroots organization, has been named the best environmental non-profit in the Northeast by GreatNonprofits, a California organization that rates and reviews non-profit performance nationwide for volunteers and donors.

A regional winner of GreatNonprofits' first annual Green Choice Awards announced today, Global Links refurbishes, sorts, and sends donated hospital equipment -- everything from beds and wheelchairs to IV poles and dialysis machines -- to hospitals and clinics in Latin American and Caribbean countries.

The organization was founded in 1989 and recovers more than 100 tons of medical materials a year.

The Green Choice awards are based on online reviews and ratings submitted to GreatNonprofits during April, when more than 26,000 people visited the GreatNonprofits Web site and 835 reviews were posted about more than 100 environmental organizations.

More information about Global Links can be found on the organization's Web site.