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FREEPORT, Grand Bahama — On Friday January 21st 2010, the Rotary Club of Freeport presented twelve new wheelchairs to the Rand Memorial Hospital.  This presentation is made possible through fund-raising efforts by the Rotary Club of Freeport and the Wheelchair Foundation.

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Photo L-R: Harlene Saunders; Dr. Lea Percentie; Harold ‘Sonny’ Waugh; Steve Gunn; Wilbur Major, Patsy Johnson (in chair); Sharon Williams (in chair); Mike Stafford and Richard Bates (Photo by Prescott Knowles)

The club’s wheelchair project has been ongoing for about twelve years and approximately 160 wheelchairs have been presented to deserving recipients on Grand Bahama and throughout the Abaco Cays.  In Grand Bahama, wheelchair recipients are generally provided with their chairs through the Northern Bahamas Council for the Disabled.

SOURCE: Bahama Islands Info

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