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100 Wheelchairs to the Disabled People at Pengpu Community, Shanghai

100 Wheelchairs Donation

The Announcement of the 100 Wheelchairs Donation

October 19th 2011 – With the funding raised by Brits Abroad Shanghai, the Wheelchair Foundation announced the donation of 100 wheelchairs to Shanghai Pengpu Community. Those chairs will be given to 100 disabled people living in poverty, to bring them mobility, freedom, and dignity.

Group Photo

Group Photo

Mr. Colin Behring, Senior Assistant to the Chairman of Wheelchair Foundation, Kenneth E. Behring, Ms. Katy Gow, President of Brits Abroad Shanghai, and Mr. Ru Yaxin, Director of Pengpu Sub-district Office, and representatives from Pengpu Community disabled people, guests from Brits Abroad Shanghai, and Wheelchair Foundation China Office participated in the donation ceremony. After the ceremony, guests visited the Pengpu Community Sunshine Home and Sunshine factory.

Greetings from Brits Abroad Shanghai

Greetings from Brits Abroad Shanghai

This April, Brits Abroad Shanghai held their biggest party to raise funding for the Wheelchair Foundation, totaling 169 wheelchairs! Besides the 100 wheelchairs to Pengpu disabled people, there were 3 wheelchairs given to a town hospital in Hebei province and 66 wheelchairs to Hebei Liming Children’s welfare center.

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Red Wheelchairs Bring Mobility to Shanghai Lianyang New Community

Redchair Donation Ceremony

Red Wheelchair Donation Ceremony

September 28 2011 – With the funding raised by British International School Shanghai Puxi, the Wheelchair Foundation announced the donation of 32 wheelchairs to Shanghai Pudong Lianyang New Community. Those chairs will be distributed to 6 community residential centers, 18 communities, and Lianyang Health Service Center, as community public wheelchairs, to give mobility convenience to local residents. Mr. Yan Jiawei, Director of Volunteer Management Department, Shanghai’s construction of Spiritual Civilization Steering Committee Office, representatives from the Wheelchair Foundation, British International School Shanghai Puxi, Lianyang New Community have participated in the donation ceremony.

Representatives from Lianyang Community
Accepting the Wheelchairs

In light of the Shanghai World Expo, the Wheelchair Foundation launched the Redchair Program in 2009, which seeks to raise funding for the donation of red wheelchairs, to be distributed to community residential centers throughout Shanghai for public and communal use. Up to now, there are 1,100 red wheelchairs have been donated to Shanghai and nearby cities.Unlike the traditional way of wheelchair donation, the Redchair program emphasis on community and collaboration with social volunteer service, to take the Redchair as a platform to serve the disadvantaged people.

“We find what the Wheelchair Foundation is doing are great, and we’d like to be part of it.” said Coola, student representative from British International School Shanghai Puxi, “The students in grade 6 of our school have raised the money, by many of activities.”

Mr. Chen Ruping, Director of Lianyang New Community Service Center spoke highly of the donation, “Shanghai has entering to aging society, those red wheelchairs will bring true benefit to our senior citizens in Lianyang, and it also gives everyone an opportunity to be a Redchair volunteer, to help someone living in the neighborhood, it’s fantastic.”

3M China also donated 500 car reflective stickers to Lianyang New Community, to encourage safe driving and to help prevent accidents.

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Brits Abroad Shanghai – Red, White, & Blue Charity Ball for Wheelchair Foundation

April 23, 2011 – Shanghai

Celebrate for the Royal Wedding

The Union Jacks were flying high in more ways than one at The Fairmont Peace Hotel in the Peace Hall Ballroom on Saturday Night at our Red White & Blue Ball. Ball-goers entered into the spirit of the occasion with an array of ball gowns and jackets, which amply qualified, and in some cases over qualified, for the most appropriate attire for the evening – it was all in good fun and in celebration of the forthcoming marriage of William & Kate.

The happy couple put in an appearance, and were very obliging, standing for over five hours being photographed with all and sundry before being carted off in the wheelchair. The special wheelchair had been supplied by the Wheelchair Foundation – beneficiary of the funds raised on the night – £££££ and our people are still counting.

VIEWING THE WORLD FROM ONE METER HIGH….

Silent Auction Items

500 rmb buys and delivers one wheelchair – this was the message on the night and the reason for raising funds. The Wheelchair Foundation provided this specially prepared wheelchair so that guests could see exactly where their money would be spent.

A full update will be featured in our news in due course to let you know exactly where, when and how many wheelchairs have been delivered. Angie Shen, Chief Representative China (below) addressing guests – explaining the work of the Wheelchair Foundation. Kathy Li, PR Manager, also attended, and two volunteers helped to sell the raffle tickets. Kind-hearted sponsors donated items for the raffle and the silent auction. Fund-raising silent auctioneers provided even more items, and organized and arranged the sealed bidding on the night.

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