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Noah's Bagels and Contra Costa Firefighters Make a Difference
Noah’s Bagels, the Wheelchair Foundation and members of Contra Costa Firefighters Local 1230 gave hope, mobility and freedom to those less fortunate in Walnut Creek, CA during a wheelchair distribution and press event on Tuesday, March 15th. Noah’s Bagels raised funds through its 81 stores in California, Oregon and Washington, which will provide over 650…
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Noah's Bagels and California Professional Firefighters Join Forces to Provide Mobility in East Bay
Last June, the 81 Noah’s Bagels stores in California, Oregon and Washington kicked off a fund raising effort to provide free wheelchairs to people who need one but cannot afford one. Noah’s presented a check for over $50,000 to the Wheelchair Foundation, which will provide more than 600 wheelchairs to physically disabled individuals in these…
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Celebrating the Opening of the Wheelchair Foundation Gallery
The Wheelchair Foundation is the world’s largest wheelchair relief organization, delivering up to 10,000 free wheelchairs each month worldwide to physically disabled children, teens and adults that are in need of a wheelchair but have no means to acquire one. Since its inception in June of 2000, the Foundation has delivered over 315,000 wheelchairs to…
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Losing 200,000 Pounds in 2005 – Boston to Cincinnati
Ryan Stroud will fulfill his NEW Years Resolution to LOSE 200,000 pounds in 2005. In an effort to inspire others Ryan Stroud will begin a journey of extreme proportions. On April 18, 2005 he will run the Boston Marathon and will continue to run 30 miles per day until he reaches Cincinnati, Ohio. The goal…
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Rotary Club of Pretoria East Delivers Hope to South Africa
On Sunday the 30th of January 2005 a group of Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Pretoria went to the Modisha (part of Moretele) Association for the Disabled (close to Winterveldt) in South Africa in order to hand over 12 wheelchairs to needy recipients. Thank you very much to Rotary International, the Wheelchair Foundation, and…
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Wheelchair Gift to Centenarian
What a happy occasion it was for this American couple Don Bennion (left) and Marlene (right) last Saturday (December 18) when they were able to gift a wheelchair to this 104 years centenarian M. P. Mary Nona in the HealthWatch coordinated Prof. Colvin Goonaratna Centenarian Study. The presentation took place at the Malwana Home of…
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Hope to South Africa
On Thursday, the 30th of December 2004, Rotary in Action Distract 9250 unloaded a Container filled with 287 Wheelchairs destined for three Pretoria Rotary Clubs. The wheelchairs were for a distribution among needy recipients in South Africa. After a long journey, these wheelchairs are being given to people whose lives will be changed by being…
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This is the Beginning of the Beginning Again
“This is the beginning of the beginning again. I am so grateful,” said Jeanette Farnsworth who was among the first recipients of 1,120 wheelchairs that will be distributed in Utah over the next several months. Farnsworth, who has degenerative cerebral palsy, said her motorized wheelchair was destroyed in an auto-pedestrian accident five years ago. The…
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Wheel & Grace – A Night to Remember
On Saturday Oct 30th, The Wheelchair Foundation, in conjunction with VN Help, hosted a fundraiser to help the disabled people of Viet Nam attain much needed wheelchairs. The fundraiser, which was called Wheel & Grace, was a smashing success. With a runway model fashion show, silent and live auction as well as live stand up…
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Bimmerworld Racing Donates Winnings to Wheelchair Foundation
BimmerWorld Racing drivers Seth Thomas, James Clay and Matt Richmond donated $7,500 of the team’s winnings to the Wheelchair Foundation in a check presentation ceremony following the SCCA SPEED World Challenge Touring Car race Sunday, Oct. 17 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Thomas and Clay presented the check to Jason Katz, Associate Director of Community…
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