Wheelchair Foundation News
Some of the Things to be Thankful For
While we’re counting our blessings today, here are a few more to take note of:
BIG WHEELS: Members of the Vietnamese-American Chamber of Commerce of Santa Clara Valley were just getting started when they aired a plea on their bilingual radio…
American Largesse Gives the Disabled More Mobility
(SGT-HCMC) Nearly 30 Americans were on hand yesterday when disabled children and adults of HCMC, Tien Giang, Ben Tre and Vinh Long were presented with 345 wheelchairs donated by West Coast community organizations.
The visitors represented the…
Wheelchair Foundation, Southwest Airlines to Present Wheelchairs to Ronald McDonald House of Baltimore 10/28
Pursuing its mission to deliver a wheelchair to every child, teen and adult in the world who needs but cannot afford one, the Wheelchair Foundation will present five new wheelchairs, purchased by Southwest Airlines, to the Ronald McDonald House…
The Wheelchair Foundation Distributes Over 5,000 Wheelchairs In Afghanistan
The Wheelchair Foundation joined today with the U.S. Departments of Defense and State to distribute more than 5,000 wheelchairs to disabled Afghans, opening the project with a major distribution at Camp Watan, a high security counter-terrorism…
Openly Dancing
Nasir Durani is the president of an indigenous Afghan/American Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Afghanistan named The Afghan Center. Upon completing a recent wheelchair distribution in Kabul, Nasir filed a report, which read in part:
Kabul…
Wheelchair Foundation Australia
In June of 2000, philanthropist Ken Behring established the Wheelchair Foundation to deliver wheelchairs to people without mobility worldwide.
Well over 100,000 wheelchairs have been delivered to more than 100 countries, and Rotary Clubs and…
Countries of Wheelchair Destination
The Wheelchair Foundation distributes wheelchairs through an established network of non-governmental or other organizations that are certified to import humanitarian aid duty free, and take full responsibility for the importation, transportation,…
The Old Wheelchair – From Mercy Ships New Steps, Sierra Leone
On a recent trip to the villages of Bo and Kenema in the interior of Sierra Leone, Myriam Zingale of Mercy Ships New Steps went with Handicap International to distribute some of the donation of wheelchairs MSNS received from ‘The Wheelchair…
A Letter From The Heart – Shanghai, China
During a recent wheelchair distribution in Shanghai, Wheelchair Foundation founder Ken Behring was approached by a young woman that had previously received a donated wheelchair. She was very happy to be able to personally thank the man responsible…
The Gift of Mobility 2002
The Cal Poly Chapter of the Wheelchair Foundation in an effort to raise money to purchase wheelchairs for the disabled of Peru, invite you to attend the First Annual Gift of Mobility 2002.
The champagne brunch and silent auction will run from…