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Turning The Wheels
This article is written by Jeremy Walsh of the San Ramon / Danville Express and can be viewed in it’s entirety here. Turning the wheels Wheelchair project aims to raise awareness, funds in San Ramon Valley schools Students in the San Ramon Valley and other parts of the Bay Area are learning valuable lessons…
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Group raises kids' awareness of disabilities
This article is borrowed from the Contra Costa Times and is shared in it’s entirety. To read the original article written by Robert Jordan click here. SAN RAMON — Don Routh’s lips still tremble and his eyes fight back tears as he recalls the day 34 years ago when doctors told him that his then…
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Wheels for Chairs – "RUSH" A Ron Howard Film
On Thursday, September 26th 2013, there will be a special advance screening of the movie RUSH from Two-time Academy Award® winner Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Frost/Nixon) at Century Theatre in the Blackhawk Plaza at 7:00 pm along with a reception that begins at 5:30 at the Blackhawk Musuem. A $25 per person donation* will…
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A Story Of Friendship, Hope and Mobility
David Behring, the President of Wheelchair Foundation, tells a brief story of how meeting a young wheelchair recipient in Vietnam has turned into a lifetime friendship. Tran Nghia was a 17 year old high school girl in Hanoi when I first met her. She had been born with a neurological disorder that never allowed her…
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Wheelchair Foundation, the Vietnam Veterans of Diablo Valley, California and East Meets West Foundation visit Vietnam
In November of 2012, Wheelchair Foundation, the Vietnam Veterans of Diablo Valley, California and East Meets West Foundation partnered together to distribute 260 All Terrain Wheelchairs and 60 Basketball and Tennis Sports Wheelchairs throughout the country of Vietnam. On November 9th, 2012, Wheelchair Foundation, the Vietnam Veterans of Diablo Valley, and East Meets West presented…
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Fundraising for Fiji
Fiji-born American helps bring mobility to native land.
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Triopia Concerts Raise Funds for the Wheelchair Foundation
Triopia music director Jeremy Bartunek wants children to understand that trophies may be fun, but it’s more important to change lives.
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Red Wheelchairs Bring Mobility to Shanghai Lianyang New Community
With the funding raised by British International School Shanghai Puxi, the Wheelchair Foundation announced the donation of 32 wheelchairs to Shanghai Pudong Lianyang New Community.
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Breadtags for Wheelchairs
Mary Honeybun of Cape Town, South Aftrica, turns tiny pieces of plastic into life-changing gifts!
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Brits Abroad Shanghai – Red, White, & Blue Charity Ball for Wheelchair Foundation
April 23, 2011 – Shanghai The Union Jacks were flying high in more ways than one at The Fairmont Peace Hotel in the Peace Hall Ballroom on Saturday Night at our Red White & Blue Ball. Ball-goers entered into the spirit of the occasion with an array of ball gowns and jackets, which amply qualified,…