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Students Raise Thousands For Wheelchair Foundation
This story borrowed in it’s entirety from NBC15.com. The original post can be read by clicking here. Students at Northside Elementary in Monroe say they just wanted to do something to spread kindness. Thousands of dollars later, they’re impacting the lives of people all over the world. “The students are more than eager to help…
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The Rotary Club of Pleasanton Delivers 280 Wheelchair to Mexico
This story is borrowed and republished in full courtesy of The Independent. The original article can be read by clicking here. Nine members of the Rotary Club of Pleasanton embarked on a service trip to Tulancingo, Mexico (Pleasanton’s Sister City) on October 16th to distribute 280 wheelchairs to the elderly and disabled. The trip is…
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Giving The Gift of Mobility – A Letter From Wheelchair Foundation President David Behring
Dear Friends, We take Mobility for granted – a basic right that so many have never experienced. I’ll bet you have no idea that over a hundred million people worldwide lack mobility. Without a wheelchair, their options are limited in ways beyond our comprehension. Because of your exceedingly generous donations since June of 2000, Wheelchair…
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Rotary Club of Dickson Donates Wheelchairs To Local Agency
Below is the press release regarding the Rotary Club of Dickson and their donation of wheelchairs to the Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFor further information contact: 11.6.14Dale Qualls at 615.446.8939 Good Morning Rotary Donate Wheelchairs (DICKSON) – The Good Morning Rotary Club of Dickson recently acquired four wheelchairs from the…
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WWII veterans return home from 'Honor Flight'
This story borrowed and re-published in full from the KTVU Channel 2 News Website Thanks to you, our donors, we were able to provide mobility to these veterans that served in WWII during their trip to Washington D.C on an “Honor Flight”. SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area World War II veterans who took an “honor flight”…
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The Fantastic Mr. Josh Burroughs
Josh Burroughs began his legacy of supporting Wheelchair Foundation in his college days at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, California. In August of 2008, Josh was a team leader among a group of students who traveled to Peru to distribute 400 wheelchairs. The students purchased these 400 wheelchairs through a year’s worth of work as a class…
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Australian Rotarians Walk Nearly 1,100 Miles To Provide Wheelchairs for Madagascar
Two “super keen but mad” Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Gosford North, AUSTRALIA, David Rivett and 2014 Gosford City Council Citizen of the Year Peter Pearce, are walking 1770km from the Scottish Highlands to Lands End in the UK to raise funds for Wheelchairs & Desks for Madagascar. A brand new wheelchair delivered by…
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From the Heart: Embracing the Ability to Enable Others
This story is redistributed in its entirety from Alamo Today and written by Jody Morgan. You can read the original article by clicking here. Thanks to the inspiration of three local men collaborating with the creativity of area educators, 48,000 students in 53 schools are enjoying a fresh approach to Ability Awareness this academic…
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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…