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15 Year Old Organizes and Conducts Wheelchair Foundation Fundraiser
Amanda & Christie HuffOn February 11, 2010, Christie Huff, a ninth grader at Stapley Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, held a benefit for the Wheelchair Foundation to raise money to send wheelchairs to Haiti. Christie sings at Pastis Delicatessen and Eurogrille one night each week and had initially planned to donate her tips one week to a charity working in Haiti. Her plans evolved after Diana Anderson, who is an active supporter of the Wheelchair Foundation, came to speak to Christie’s [...]
Kiev: Hero City of the Ukraine
Kiev, the present capital of the Ukraine, received the title of Hero City in 1965, in recognition of the stalwart courage of thousands of volunteer citizens and the death-defying bravery of the resistance movement. The city of Kiev, on the western hilly shores of the Dniepner River, bravely resisted the Nazi blitzkrieg, defending the city for as long as they could hold out against the Nazi invasion in the summer of 1941. A mass retreat to safer regions, including Siberia, saved many from sure [...]
Lend a Helping Hand
Weeks ago I had been asked to provide dessert for a Wheelchair Foundation event that took place on Saturday night. Originally, I had thought there would be 60 people and the number grew to 100+ people who would be attending. If I had really thought about what I was agreeing to, it would have intimidated me like crazy because in North Dallas, and in all of Dallas for that matter, desserts, cupcakes, cake balls, etc., are discussed and written about in our local newspaper almost as much as [...]
Walnut Creek native Komsky readies for his first solo opera concert
George Komsky remembers how determined he was during his first couple of years in college to practice singing opera. Unable to do so at his university dorm, Komsky drove to a campus parking garage at 1 a.m., put on an opera CD, sat on a chair by his car door and — not to be deterred by occasional passers-by who were yelling at him to keep quiet — Komsky sang his heart out. "That was really the only way I could practice, freshman and sophomore year," he said. "I was singing in a garage [...]
Success of the Plane to Haiti Mission
We just received this email about “Plane to Haiti”, a humanitarian mission put together by the Wheelchair Foundation. The mission was a powerful success, and it looks like they plan to continue making trips to care for the struggling survivors of the Haitian earthquake. We recommend watching the video, it is very moving. Greetings Everyone. On Behalf of the Wheelchair Foundation and the 25 volunteers who went to Haiti with us, I wanted to personally thank each and every one of you for [...]
Plane to Haiti Mission 1 – Full Documentary
Plane to Haiti Mission 1 - Full Documentary from Dan Catullo on Vimeo. January 27, 2010- DC3 Global, Partnered with the Wheelchair Foundation- Launched it's first Haiti Relief mission to bring 25 volunteers & medical professionals plus 10,000 lbs of medical supplies to earthquake ravaged Haiti. This is the story of what every day people can do when they work together to help save lives and rebuild a country. Please donate to: www.planetohaiti.org
Countless Lost Limbs Alter Life in Haiti’s Ruins
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — “Don’t cut off my leg!” Fabienne Jean screamed repeatedly as she was carried through the gates of the General Hospital here after the earthquake. “I’m a dancer. My leg is my livelihood. Please, don’t take my leg.” “It is a sad story,” Ms. Jean, 31, a slim, graceful woman who danced for the Haitian National Theater, said recently, massaging her bandaged stump. “But what can I do? I can’t kill myself because of this, so I have to learn to live [...]
Plane-to-Haiti Haiti relief mission Preview
Plane-to-Haiti Haiti relief mission Preview from DC3 Music Group on Vimeo. On January 13, 2010, DC3 Global and The Wheelchair Foundation (partnered with MedShare) launched an ambitious mission to send a private plane full of medical supplies and doctors to Haiti. Over the following weeks, dozens of everyday people pulled together to accomplish and extraodinary mission that saved lives and brought hope for hundreds of Haitians in the aftermath of one of the worst natural disasters of the [...]
Haitian wreckage touches charity veteran
Jeff Behring is no stranger to need. He's traveled to impoverished areas all over the world making deliveries with his family's Wheelchair Foundation. When he returned to Port-au-Prince recently he was dismayed by the devastation. "I have never, ever seen anything like it," said Behring about the devastation in the capital. "It's hard to believe anybody could have gotten out of those buildings alive. I don't know how they will do the cleanup - there are tons and tons of [...]
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- Hector Algarroba and HHS Foundation will deliver wheelchairs, canes to ... - New York Daily News March 8, 2010
- East Valley school briefs - East Valley Tribune March 6, 2010
- Walnut Creek native Komsky readies for his first solo opera concert - Inside Bay Area March 3, 2010
- Longview man leads charge to get wheelchairs to Haiti - Longview Daily News March 2, 2010
- Donated wheelchairs change lives - Campbell River Mirror March 2, 2010
- Wheelchairs for Haitian refugees - Northern News Services (subscription) February 26, 2010
- Waiting for wheels - So Md News February 19, 2010
- Haitian wreckage touches charity veteran - Danville Weekly February 16, 2010
- Horrors of the Haiti Earthquake and the Power of Human Understanding - Huffington Post (blog) February 15, 2010