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Al Hussein Society Winter Issue
Welcome to our Winter Newsletter. The articles you find within will give you a little idea of some of the events and developments at AHS. This academic year we have one hundred students in the school and have opened up an extra Grade One class. The occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psycho/social therapy departments continue to…
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Inspiration Moves Student to Action
Hi there! My name is Austin Whitney. I am 18, an active athlete, student, and also a new paraplegic. I just graduated from high school in June, and was supposed to be attending the University of Michigan this fall. However on July 21st I was in a bad car accident that severed my spinal cord…
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Tyson Tigers Raise Over $7,000 for Wheelchair Foundation
When Tyson Elementary Gifted and Talented teacher Cathy Crouch got the idea to do a fundraiser for the international Wheelchair Foundation last year, she hoped that each grade at the school would raise at least $75. The Tigers ended up raising over $5,000 enough to purchase 33 wheelchairs what would be sent to the disabled in…
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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 on the grounds of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Actually the wheelchairs and the mission…
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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 Federation arranged to deliver some 40 wheelchairs to a facility that assists…
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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 that he made a remarkable discovery. “When I figured out that a simple thing could change…
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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 Washington, D.C., his wife, Cheryl, and Greg Hartville of Wilcox Industries (on the left). This was done in recognition of…
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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 trip. The members of the Class of 1977 Community Service Trip to Guatemala were classmates Amy Horbar (with…
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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 sailor, John Reese, was spurred to return by a mission of peace…
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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, Executive Director of the Foundation, Monday, Amb. Samad thanked her and all the donors for the valuable and…