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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…
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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 in her bed. All are Third World people who have lost the use of their…
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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 Foundation. He is a simple Police Constable who lost both legs in an ambush as war was going…
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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 improvised explosive device. There are thousands of undetected landmines in…
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Canadian Troops Deliver Wheelchairs in Afghanistan
Canadian troops in Southern Afghanistan recently hand-delivered 560 brand-new wheelchairs to Afghan citizens with physical disabilities. In a ceremony held at Camp Shirzai yesterday Surrey MP Russ Hiebert, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, thanked those involved in the project and recognized South Surrey resident and Executive Director of Wheelchair Foundation Canada, Christiana…
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You Can Save the Future of a Child
Dear Friends, Let us help make your holiday shopping the best experience ever! You can give hope, mobility and freedom to a child, teen or adult with a physical disability, by making a $110 gift to Wheelchair Foundation Canada. $110 is all it takes to deliver a brand new wheelchair that could sell for over…
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You Can Save the Future of a Child
Each $150 donation can deliver a free wheelchair to a child, teen or adult without mobility. Children and teens with physical disabilities can attend school for the first time. Adults can go to work and provide for their families. The elderly can rejoin society and family activities or just go outside to sit in the…
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