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Wheelchair Foundation Sponsors Sports Wheelchairs to War Veterans
As Staff Sgt. Heath Calhoun wheels his chair up and down the basketball court, it’s clear he enjoys a good game of hoops – and working up a sweat. Although this is the first time he has played basketball from a seated position, it doesn’t take him long to get into the mix. After a…
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A Day of Healing-Prishtina, Kosovo
Representatives from six ethnically diverse groups who were affected by the Balkan Wars as recent as 1999, came together for a “day of healing” to receive 500 wheelchairs donated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Wheelchair Foundation. The donation was made to the Association of Paraplegics and Handicapped Children of…
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Hope, Mobility and Freedom Delivered to Pohnpei
Menikewe Borong heard her name broadcast over the local radio station as one of 250 people who would receive a new wheelchair because of a donation made by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Wheelchair Foundation. She arrived early at the Pohnpei State Hospital and waited patiently as dozens of wheelchairs…
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Local Heroes Change Lives
In a model of private partners working together to bring hope, mobility and freedom to those who are in need but cannot afford a wheelchair, the Wheelchair Foundation will join today with Contra Costa Professional Firefighters (IAFF Local 1230), Wells Fargo Bank and Catholic Charities of the East Bay to present new wheelchairs to 30…
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Wheelchair Organization Offers Hope and Mobility to Disabled Angolans
Strengthening its commitment to sub-Saharan Africa, the Wheelchair Foundation, in partnership with ChevronTexaco and the Dallas, Texas District of Rotary International, will give more than 950 wheelchairs to Angolans injured by landmines. ChevronTexaco is the parent company of Cabinda Gulf Oil Company (Cabgoc) the operator of Block 0 in Angola, representing the members of the…
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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 show (“San Jose Weekend Radio AM 1500“), seeking aid for Kaitlyn Langstaff. Listeners quickly…
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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 San Francisco area-based Wheelchair Foundation, the Rotary Club of Seattle, and Vietnam Help, an organization run by the…
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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 in Baltimore on Tuesday, October 28 at 10:30am. The wheelchairs will offer mobility and hope to…
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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 training facility in Kabul. Wheelchair Foundation founder Kenneth E. Behring of Danville, California, was accompanied by Defense and State…
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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 – Wednesday, June 25, 2003 – The capital of Afghanistan was a scene of emotions and jubilation as it witnessed…
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