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A Message From Wheelchair Foundation’s President
With 2021 coming to a close, we leave you with this brief message from Wheelchair Foundation President, David E. Behring.
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Veterans Giving Back
Back To Vietnam Dear Friends, One year ago I joined a group of our Vietnam Veterans on a wheelchair trip to Vietnam where I saw old adversaries become new friends and that simple acts of kindness make the world a better place for both the givers and receivers. Let’s keep these thoughts in mind as…
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VIETNAM VETERANS OF DIABLO VALLEY: GOING BACK-GIVING BACK
The following story was written by Jody Morgan of Alamo Today & Danville Today News. The original article can be found here. The Wheelchair Foundation recently completed a third distribution trip to Vietnam with several members of the Viet Nam Veterans of Diablo Valley (VNVDV) taking the opportunity to return for the first time to…
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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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Vietnam: Wheels of Change – Whirlwind from San Francisco State Univ.
Vietnam is a country in constant motion. Without a good set of wheels, it’s easy to get left behind. That’s especially true for Vietnamese wheelchair riders like Quan Dien. He lost his legs in the war with Cambodia in the early 1980s. “I fell once, because the ramp to the sidewalk was blocked,” he tells…
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Candles of Hope – Vietnam
This video relates the small flame of a candle to the hope that can be spread to thousands through the gift of a wheelchair, giving light to the lives of many.
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Vietnam
This video was created during the Wheelchair Foundation mission to Vietnam in March of 2000.
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Joining Hands in China and Vietnam
During a recent trip to Hong Kong to attend the ERA 2007 Asia Conference, eighteen ERA members, staff and family spent a very wet day on a bus traveling to the city of Guangzhou to participate in a wheelchair distribution. The Guangzhou Charity Federation arranged to deliver some 40 wheelchairs to a facility that assists…
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Vets on Mission of Peace to Vietnam
Jerry Yahiro wants to return to the Vietnamese highlands where he led a mortar platoon almost 40 years ago. Rich Vannucci wants to see former battlefields in the country he briefly set foot on as a sailor almost five decades ago. A former sailor, John Reese, was spurred to return by a mission of peace…