Wheelchair Foundation News
Mexican President Vicente Fox Praises WF
Words from VICENTE FOX QUESADA during a ceremonial donation of 20,000 wheelchairs, which took place in the Adolfo Lopez Mateos room of Los Pinos, the official presidential residence.
Well, youth, welcome to your house, Los Pinos, home of all…
One Million Pennies
The Saamis Rotary Club of Medicine Hat, Alberta, just added this coin collection in the local mall to raise funds to send wheelchairs to Villahermosa, Mexico, in partnership with the local Rotary club. Other supporting groups are the Medicine…
A Majestic Evening of Hope Event
On July 28, 2006 the Niles (Fremont) Rotary Club in association with Group 7, Peja Stojakovic Children’s Foundation, and the Wheelchair Foundation will be proudly hosting an exciting fundraiser called A Majestic Evening of Hope to benefit…
Canadian Forces to Distribute Wheelchairs in Afghanistan
Conservative MP Russ Hiebert, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, announced ‘Operation Mobility’, a special initiative that will see Canadian Forces personnel in Afghanistan deliver over 500 wheelchairs to disabled…
Wheelchair Foundation Hits Half Million Mark
The Wheelchair Foundation recently increased the number of delivered or committed wheelchairs to over 500,000 or one-half million. This was a great milestone for the organization and is representative of the number of lives that have been…
Wheels Change Lives
This article appeared in the June Issue of the Danville Weekly
Ken Behring always knew he was going places. Raised in poverty during the Great Depression, he started earning money at the age of 6 by catching nightcrawlers and selling them for…
Hope Delivered to Yangshuo, China
Comments from the Morehead, Kentucky Sister Cities wheelchair distribution in China
The ceremony took place on March 26th in Yangshuo China. Sister Cities of Morehead, Kentucky gave 93 wheelchairs and handicapped tricycles. Another charity,…
A Helping Hand
This article appeared in the Electronic Retailer magazine March 2006 issues. For a printable PDF version of this article, please click here.
In June 2005, former ERA Chairman Dan Danielson proposed to the Electronic Retailing Association’s…
Wheelchairs Make the World Go Round
This article appeared in the Knights of Columbus Columbia Magazine March 2006 Issue. For a printable PDF version of this article, please click here.
Ken Behring went as far as he could by cab. Then he got out and hiked through the Vietnamese…
Wheelchair Foundation President David Behring Meets with President Bush Again
Wheelchair Foundation President David Behring had the opportunity to meet with President Bush and Laura Bush, along with 14 representatives from other organizations affiliated with providing aid to Iraq and Afghanistan on Tuesday, March 21,…