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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 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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Fundraising for Fiji
Fiji-born American helps bring mobility to native land.
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Delivering Mobility in Ghana & Mali
African recipients arrive on hands and knees and leave in new red wheelchairs.