‘News’ Archives
Triopia Concerts Raise Funds for the Wheelchair Foundation
Jacksonville, IL - Triopia music director Jeremy Bartunek wants children to understand that trophies may be fun, but it’s more important to change lives. That’s why all the money raised at Triopia’s concerts goes to the Wheelchair Foundation. The concept began at Bartunek’s first [...]
Update from Continuing Promise 2011
Image Courtesy Official U.S. Navy Imagery ACAJUTLA, El Salvador (July 18, 2011) Lt. Erinn Gelakoska, from St. Louis, fist bumps a Salvadoran child who just received a new wheelchair during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service medical event at the Polideportivo medical site. Continuing [...]
100 Wheelchairs to the Disabled People at Pengpu Community, Shanghai
The Announcement of the 100 Wheelchairs Donation October 19th 2011 - With the funding raised by Brits Abroad Shanghai, the Wheelchair Foundation announced the donation of 100 wheelchairs to Shanghai Pengpu Community. Those chairs will be given to 100 disabled people living in poverty, to bring [...]
Red Wheelchairs Bring Mobility to Shanghai Lianyang New Community
Red Wheelchair Donation Ceremony September 28 2011 - With the funding raised by British International School Shanghai Puxi, the Wheelchair Foundation announced the donation of 32 wheelchairs to Shanghai Pudong Lianyang New Community. Those chairs will be distributed to 6 community residential [...]
Vietnam Veterans Score Victory for Mobility
In November 2006, the Vietnam Veterans of Diablo Valley, California, traveled to the eastern coast of the Indochina Peninsula, ready to begin a new operation in the country where they had once been deployed. This time, however, it was a mission of peace and good will, instead of war and [...]