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Wheelchair to Water – Wheelchair Foundation assists a veteran with a little "Surf Action".
A couple of months ago, we received an email from Mr. Bradley Cook, who’s involved with “Surf Action,” an organization dedicated to helping military veterans and their families affected by PTSD and physical injuries. Below is his letter. “Hello, my name is Bradley Cook. I live in Bude, Cornwall. I am involved with a group…
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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…
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A Flight Of Honor And Of Meaning
This article was written by Lou Bender for the Tallahassee Democrat and has been edited for content length. To read the original online article click here. Images were provided by Capt. Scott Barry, Special Operations / Field Operations Supervisor Leon County EMS. As one of the 81 World War II veterans privileged and humbled to…
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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…
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The Wheelchair Foundation: Giving Hope – Gaining Purpose
This article taken in it’s entirety and written by Jody Morgan appeared in both the Danville Today News as well as the Alamo Today. The Wheelchair Foundation has delivered nearly 920,000 wheelchairs in over 150 countries since its inception in 2000. As founder Kenneth Behring’s original goal of giving one million wheelchairs to disabled…
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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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Peru via Princeton
Images Courtesy of John Merrill/Merrill Images The Princeton Class of 1977 delivers the gift of mobility to some of the most remote parts of Peru. Story by Donna Freeman Princeton Class of 1977. Bill and I arrived in Peru on July 24th, 12 days in advance of the August 4th rendezvous date. We traveled to…
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Fundraising for Fiji
Fiji-born American helps bring mobility to native land.
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Painting a Picture of Hope
World-renowned artist George Sumner and wife, Donnalei, join the Wheelchair Foundation team to deliver wheelchairs in poverty-stricken neighborhoods outside of Cabo.