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Wheelchair Foundation Donates
Those of us who can move about on our own power will never know the hardships that the wheel-chair bound have to endure every day. Apart from their state of immobility, access to public facilities is rarely offered for these persons – and so they are left as outsiders. But there’s one level even more…
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Benefit Concert for Wheelchair Foundation
Diabetes is the number one killer in Belize but what you may not know is that there is a growing number of Belizeans who have been left disabled because of the chronic illness. Many are handicapped and simply are unable to live a normal life without the aid of a wheel chair. And while there…
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Musical Chairs fundraiser and evening of Latin Dance in Truckee
Support the Truckee High School Interact Club as it hosts a fundraiser for the Wheelchair Foundation Musical Chairs Fundraiser. Onehundred percent of proceeds go to the Wheelchair Foundation to buy wheelchairs for people around the world. Learn Salsa and other Latin dances in a one hour lesson, then practice your skills in the dance that…
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The Rotary Club of Foster City’s Humanitarian trip to Mazatlan, Mexico (November 11 – 15, 2009)
Rotary’s spirit of giving was strongly reflected this week at Foster City’s ninth annual distribution of wheelchairs. Members of the Rotary Club of Foster City, under the direction of Club President Linda Grant and District 5150 Governor Riki Intner, were joined by members of the Belmont, Half Moon Bay, Millbrae, Novato, San Francisco Fisherman’s Wharf,…
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Wheelchair Trip Nicaragua
Rotarians from District 7670, including 4 generations of District governors, traveled to Leon and Chinandega, Nicaragua in November 2009 to distribute 260 wheelchairs they had sponsored. Frank Dean, who is District Governor elect, and a most enthusiastic supporter, said it all: “I love it when a plan comes together.” It did!
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Hands on Service, Changing Our World
This video highlights several wheelchair distributions of Rotary Clubs worldwide. Rotarians have embraced the mission of providing hope and mobility to thousands of disabled polio victims, war victims, and elderly.
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Oaxaca Wheelchair Project Video
In coordination with DIF Mexico, Cal Poly Wheelchair Foundation, and the Rotaract Club of Silicon Valley, we delivered over 1000 wheelchairs and 300 supply backpacks to the people of Oaxaca, Mexico. It was an amazing adventure- thank you to DIF, Carlos, Eva, Jeff, Fernanda & Karina for organizing this amazing experience for us.
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Wheelchair Trip Oaxaca
In coordination with DIF Mexico, Cal Poly Wheelchair Foundation, and the Rotaract Club of Silicon Valley, we delivered over 1000 wheelchairs and 300 supply backpacks to the people of Oaxaca, Mexico. It was an amazing adventure – thank you to DIF, Carlos, Eva, Jeff, Fernanda & Karina for organizing this amazing experience for us.
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A New Life for All – Tepic, Mexico
This video shows how Rotarians of Northwestern Arkansas help provide a new life for many people in Tepic, Mexico; not only to wheelchair recipients, but to all the family and friends of those wheelchair recipients.