The Wheelchair Foundation is a non-profit organization with a goal to provide a free
wheelchair to every child, teen and adult worldwide who needs one, but has no means to acquire one.
wheelchair to every child, teen and adult worldwide who needs one, but has no means to acquire one.
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Personal Stories of Recipients: China
A Gift - 26 May 2011 Deng Yuanyuan, 29, is a middle-level cerebral palsy patient. She lives in Shenyang Huanggu district. On the afternoon of May 19, 2011, Disabled Person’s Federation of Huanggu District Shenyang sent her a gift: a wheelchair. She has had no ability to walk [...]
Celebrating 11 Years of Hope, Mobility & Freedom!
June has always been a special month for the Wheelchair Foundation, and 2011 was certainly no exception. Since the year 2000, we have been providing wheelchairs to adults, teens, and children in need and have changed the lives of more than 850,000 people in 153 countries in an effort to distribute [...]
Continuing Promise 2011
Image Courtesy Official U.S. Navy Imagery The Wheelchair Foundation goes aboard the USNS COMFORT on a five-month assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America. It is only through the charitable giving of our generous donors that the Wheelchair Foundation, as a non-profit [...]
Brits Abroad Shanghai – Red, White, & Blue Charity Ball for Wheelchair Foundation
April 23, 2011 - Shanghai The Union Jacks were flying high in more ways than one at The Fairmont Peace Hotel in the Peace Hall Ballroom on Saturday Night at our Red White & Blue Ball. Ball-goers entered into the spirit of the occasion with an array of ball gowns and jackets, which amply [...]
Rotarian Friendship: A Lasting Legacy
The Gift of Mobility By: Allison Meagher Paoli We all have a story. Actually, we all have many stories; some are happy and some are not, some are of struggle and hardship, and some are inspirational stories of triumph. This narrative is a combination of each of these elements. It is my [...]