Posts Tagged ‘kenneth e. behring’
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 [...]
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 [...]
Chilean Rotarians Find Road to Purpose
When Chilean Rotarians Brigitte Kusch and her husband, Luciano, had the chance to meet Wheelchair Foundation founder, Kenneth E. Behring, at the Rotary International convention in Los Angles in June of 2008, they were thrilled to have the opportunity to purchase copies of his book Road to [...]
Wheelchairs To Help Chinese Locals See Expo
THE Wheelchair Foundation will donate 2,010 wheelchairs to local neighborhoods to help the disabled visit the 2010 World Expo, officials yesterday. Anyone who needs a wheelchair can borrow one from the neighborhood committee for free during the Expo, the global charity said. The project aimed [...]