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A Holiday Message From Wheelchair Foundation President, David Behring
Dear Friends, As I write my annual holiday letter, l am impressed at how far the world has progressed regarding COVID-19 compared just one year ago. Hospitalization and fatality rates have plunged, and we are gaining a much better understanding of this complicated disease. Most of the world is no longer afraid to visit friends,…
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DONOR AND BENEFICIARY: A PERFECT PARTNERSHIP
Following is the Interview with Richard Flanders, former Governor of District 5170 in California, USA, highlighting the delivery of a container of 130 wheelchairs to the United Rotary Fund of Mexico, in memory of Kenneth Behring and Frank Devlyn. At the YMCA facilities in Mexico City, there was a gathering including Presidents from 10 Rotary…
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ROYAL COUPLE OF SERBIA DELIVERS WHEELCHAIRS FOR SERBIAN INSTITUTIONS
Belgrade, 25 September 2022 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine delivered today 55 wheelchairs for institutions and organizations across Serbia, in presence of HE Christopher Hill, the Ambassador of the United States of America, and the donors, at the White Palace. This is the continuation of Their Royal Highnesses’ long-time…
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Chair The Love Delivers Wheelchairs To Bahamas
We received the amazing story and photos below from Glen Mather and our partners from ChairTheLove.org in Florida. It’s Just a Wheelchair Like Any Other “The hurricanes last year have turned our Bahamian Islands upside down, and we have a desperate need for wheelchairs”. We got the e-mail back in November 2020, right in the…
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Surprises in Mexico
During this pandemic, we continue to be inspired by the determination of our amazing partners and donors that have made it their mission to continue alongside ours and provide mobility to individuals that need it but may not have the means to attain it. Below is a story from Glen Mather from Chair The Love,…
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DISTRICT 4130 ROTARIANS TEAM UP WITH ROTARY CLUBS FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
In the last week of February, earlier this year, we returned to Monterrey, Mexico, for a wheelchair distribution and other “hands-on” community service. On Friday, we painted a Senior Center for Alzheimer’s patients (“celery white” was the color they chose), planted five trees, and presented three people with wheelchairs. One of them was a polio…
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Charitable Group Del Corazon Donates $21,000 to Rotary’s Wheelchair Fund
This article was redistributed from it’s original article written by Jeb Bing of the Pleasanton Weekly and can be found here. Donation matches club’s fund for delivery of 280 wheelchairs to disabled in Peru Del Corazon, a charitable group that raises money to assist the disabled, has donated $21,000 to the Rotary Club of Pleasanton,…
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Walnut Creek Rotary 5160 – Costa Rica Wheelchairs Project
This International Service Project will provide regular and all-terrain wheelchairs to needy disabled children and adults in Costa Rica. The wheelchairs will be purchased through the Wheelchair Foundation and shipped by ocean container to Costa Rica. Assistance in Costa Rica is being provided by the Rotary Clubs of San Pedro/Curridabad, La Guaria Morava, and Cartago,…
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Rotary District 5170 and Wheelchair Foundation Deliver 560 Wheelchairs in Monterey, Mexico
This story was written by Josh Burroughs Chair, Silicon Valley Chapter of the Wheelchair Foundation, Wheelchair Ambassador, Rotary Club of San Jose Gandhi said it best: “the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” I can’t think of a better way to describe the feelings felt on our immersive…
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Rotary District 6960 steps up to support the Wheelchair Foundation
This article was originally written by Conric PR and can be found here. Rotary District 6960 District Governor Cyndi Doragh is pleased to announce that the district has donated more than $140,000 to the Wheelchair Foundation in the past year. This level of funding will provide mobility to approximately 1,400 people in need through the…