‘News’ Archives
Surprise Your Mom This Mother’s Day
Millions of loving mothers worldwide must face each day without the simple freedom of mobility. These daughters, sisters, and wives must fulfill their roles as mothers from their hands and knees, often times on dirt floors. What greater gift from one mother to another than providing a woman in [...]
Students at Pleasanton’s Hart Middle Raise Funds for Danville Wheelchair Group
Article in it's entirety from Tri-Valley Times on 3/7/2013 PLEASANTON -- Robbie Brumm has new found empathy for the disabled after spending a day rolling around school in a wheelchair. "It was a little more work than I expected," the 14-year-old said. "You have a different perspective in a [...]
The Wheelchair Foundation: Giving Hope – Gaining Purpose
This article taken in it's entirety and written by Jody Morgan appeared in both the Danville Today News as well as the Alamo Today. The Wheelchair Foundation has delivered nearly 920,000 wheelchairs in over 150 countries since its inception in 2000. As founder Kenneth Behring's original goal of [...]
A Story Of Friendship, Hope and Mobility
David Behring, the President of Wheelchair Foundation, tells a brief story of how meeting a young wheelchair recipient in Vietnam has turned into a lifetime friendship. Mr. David Behring with Tran Nghia in 2003 Tran Nghia was a 17 year old high school girl in Hanoi when I first met her. She [...]
Wheelchair Foundation, the Vietnam Veterans of Diablo Valley, California and East Meets West Foundation visit Vietnam
WCF, the VVDV, and EMW present wheelchairs to para athletes and others. In November of 2012, Wheelchair Foundation, the Vietnam Veterans of Diablo Valley, California and East Meets West Foundation partnered together to distribute 260 All Terrain Wheelchairs and 60 Basketball and Tennis Sports [...]