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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…

  • Giving The Gift of Mobility

    Pleasanton students learn firsthand about worldwide need for wheelchairs by Glenn Wohltmann – This story first published in Pleasanton Weekly and PleasantonWeekly.com   Dozens of Pleasanton elementary and middle school kids have a new perspective on what it means to be wheelchair bound. Schools teamed up with the Wheelchair Foundation to learn and to help…

  • Students at Pleasanton's Hart Middle Raise Funds for Danville Wheelchair Group

    Article in it’s entirety from Tri-Valley Times on 3/7/2013 PLEASANTON — Robbie Brumm has new found empathy for the disabled after spending a day rolling around school in a wheelchair. “It was a little more work than I expected,” the 14-year-old said. “You have a different perspective in a wheelchair. Everyone else is able to…