Posts Tagged ‘nonprofit’
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 [...]
Your Support Brings Us Closer to One Million!
The Wheelchair Foundation is proud to announce a milestone achievement towards our goal of providing at least one million wheelchairs to adults, teens, and children around the world. The 850,000th wheelchair recipient received her life-changing gift on March 16th, 2011 at our recent distribution [...]
Our Continuing Efforts to Help Haiti
A young girl recovers in a wheelchair from the Wheelchair Foundation. January 20th of 2011 marked the one year anniversary of Wheelchair Foundation’s Plane to Haiti relief flight. The opportunity to join among the world’s first responders to the catastrophic Haitian Earthquake, and to be [...]
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 [...]
The Gift of Mobility, Power & Independence
The Wheelchair Foundation recently received a touching letter from the fourth-grade school teacher of a young wheelchair recipient named Gabriella. We would like to share this letter, and the joy that it brings, with you as it provides a wonderful example of how together, we are making a [...]