Wheelchair Foundation News
Charity, Fraternity & Changing Lives
April 2007 marked several historic events for the Knights of Columbus wheelchair distribution program.
This was the second year that a contingent of some 25 Knights and their wives traveled from California to Mexico City to distribute wheelchairs…
Joining Hands in China and Vietnam
During a recent trip to Hong Kong to attend the ERA 2007 Asia Conference, eighteen ERA members, staff and family spent a very wet day on a bus traveling to the city of Guangzhou to participate in a wheelchair distribution.
The Guangzhou Charity…
Wine for Wheels
Anyone who knows Gordon Holmes, knows he’s passionate about wine. It’s why he left a successful publishing career on Wall Street to start Lookout Ridge winery in Sonoma County. But it wasn’t until he combined his passion with compassion…
A Gift to Our Servicemen and Servicewomen
Deputy Commander Capt. Bruce Gillingham (in the photo on the right) presented plaques of appreciation from the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia. The plaques were given to Peter Barnes, Executive Director of Wheelchair Foundation…
In the Service of All Nations
A group of Princeton Alumni celebrated their 30th graduation anniversary by making a trip to Guatemala and distributing wheelchairs to various communities. The following story was told by William Farrell, a Princeton alumnus that went on the…
Vets on Mission of Peace to Vietnam
Jerry Yahiro wants to return to the Vietnamese highlands where he led a mortar platoon almost 40 years ago.
Rich Vannucci wants to see former battlefields in the country he briefly set foot on as a sailor almost five decades ago.
A former…
Wheelchair Program Hailed by Afghan Envoy to Canada
Afghan Ambassador Omar Samad expressed his appreciation to Wheelchair Foundation of Canada for their recent assistance and delivery of 560 wheelchairs for disabled Afghans in the province of Kandahar.
In a phone talk with Ms. Christiana Flessner,…
Springdale Rotary Leads Efforts to Support Wheelchair Foundation
The three-minute video begins with scenes of children scooting down hallways on their bottoms, inching along on their elbows and crawling through sand.
It goes on to show a grown man carried through the streets and an elderly woman isolated…
Wheelchair Changes Life in Nepal
Dr. Sharad M Tamrakar, Consultant Neuro-Psychiatrist for Norvic Escorts International Hospital, had this to say about a man in Nepal who recently received a wheelchair.
Recently some solace has been added in someone’s life by the Wheelchair…
Canadian Wheelchairs Delivered to Help Afghan Civilians Disabled by War
A gift of mobility has been delivered by Canada in the form of 560 wheelchairs to a country torn by war and littered with landmines.
It’s common to see Afghan people of all ages walking on crutches, having lost a leg after stepping on an…