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Wheelchairs For The Children Of Nepal
In a joint effort between the Association of Mobility Providers and the Wheelchair Foundation, Ronald McDonald House Charities has financed the delivery of 206 specialized wheelchairs to children in Nepal. The majority of the children are victims of Cerebral Palsy, and require specialized wheelchairs. Daily photographic updates of the delivery mission to Nepal will be…
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Wheelchairs For Sarajevo
The Wheelchair Foundation today delivered a planeload of hope, help and independence in Sarajevo, bringing 270 wheelchairs to this rebuilding city. The wheelchairs were primarily given to victims of the mid 1990s civil war at Sarajevo’s Zetra Sports Complex, with the help of General Joseph Ralston, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander in Chief-European…
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Wheelchairs For Oakland, California
The Wheelchair Foundation, Scott’s Seafood Restaurant, Mayor Jerry Brown, and the Port of Oakland will host a delivery of wheelchairs to needy people at Jack London Square, April 10, 2001 at 1:00 pm. Scott’s Seafood Restaurant has donated 240 wheelchairs for the needy people of Oakland, which will be delivered by The Salvation Army. Scott’s…
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Jose de Marcoleta Medal
“Through compassionate and humanitarian efforts, Ken Behring is performing an extraordinary service to the people and the government of Nicaragua,” said Eduardo J. Sevilla Somoza, Nicaraguan Ambassador to the United Nations. “By helping people who struggle daily with immobility, he is setting an example for us all.” Behring received the medal, officially known as the…
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Wheelchairs To Israelis And Palestinians
The Wheelchair Foundation will start the New Year by delivering 940 desperately needed wheelchairs to poor and disabled Palestinians and Israelis in the conflict-ravaged Mideast region. Beginning January 1, representatives of the Foundation will travel to Gaza City and then on January 4 to a small town near Tel Aviv, Israel where they will personally…
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Oakland Athletics & Dominican Republic
The Oakland A’s, in partnership with the Wheelchair Foundation, will present 2,500 wheelchairs to the needy people of the Dominican Republic on November 9th at the team’s Dominican baseball academy in La Victoria. A’s team President Michael Crowley, Wheelchair Foundation founder Ken Behring, along with A’s players Miguel Tejada, Jose Ortiz, Luis Vizcaino and Mario…
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The Childrens Crusader
At a stop in Haiphong during a recent mission to deliver wheelchairs to Vietnam, Kenneth Behring was introduced to a young, sullen girl who hadn’t been able to move her legs since birth. Tempting her with a lollipop, the 72-year-old former owner of the Seattle Seahawks lifted the youngster off a pile of rags that…
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Delivery To Brazil Features Queen of Spain
Queen Sofia of Spain joined Brazilian First Lady Ruth Correa Leite and Wheelchair Foundation’s founder and primary benefactor Kenneth E. Behring this week in a ceremony presenting new wheelchairs to 40 of Brazil’s neediest citizens. This was the first in a series of future wheelchair deliveries to the people of Brazil by the Wheelchair Foundation,…
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Wheelchair Foundation
Philanthropist Kenneth E. Behring announced today that he has committed to contribute $15 million toward a new international effort of purchasing and delivering one million wheelchairs in the next five years. Behring said the effort would be organized under the auspices of Wheelchair Foundation, a new nonprofit organization dedicated to providing wheelchairs to men, women…