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Outstanding Charity: Highlights from the 33rd National Disabled Day Celebration
Event Overview The 33rd National Disabled Day, organized by the Jiangsu Province Foundation for Disabled Persons, together with the Jiangsu Province Department of Civil Affairs and supported by Wuxi City TV station, was a remarkable event. This celebration saw the participation of 160 individuals, all deeply engaged in various charity activities. These prominent entities meticulously…
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District 5170 Tri-Valley Evening Rotary Helping Provide Literacy and Mobility in Guatemala
Contributed by Sara Ennor and Glenn Tupper – Photos Glenn Tupper The Tri-valley Evening Rotary’s Guatemala Wheelchair Distribution and Literacy Project 2023 aimed to provide mobility and promote literacy in Guatemala. The project distributed over 140 wheelchairs to poor and indigenous people in Guatemala City, Antigua, and surrounding villages with the help of experienced Rotarians…
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A Holiday Message From Wheelchair Foundation President, David Behring
Dear Friends, As I write my annual holiday letter, l am impressed at how far the world has progressed regarding COVID-19 compared just one year ago. Hospitalization and fatality rates have plunged, and we are gaining a much better understanding of this complicated disease. Most of the world is no longer afraid to visit friends,…
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DONOR AND BENEFICIARY: A PERFECT PARTNERSHIP
Following is the Interview with Richard Flanders, former Governor of District 5170 in California, USA, highlighting the delivery of a container of 130 wheelchairs to the United Rotary Fund of Mexico, in memory of Kenneth Behring and Frank Devlyn. At the YMCA facilities in Mexico City, there was a gathering including Presidents from 10 Rotary…
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ROYAL COUPLE OF SERBIA DELIVERS WHEELCHAIRS FOR SERBIAN INSTITUTIONS
Belgrade, 25 September 2022 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine delivered today 55 wheelchairs for institutions and organizations across Serbia, in presence of HE Christopher Hill, the Ambassador of the United States of America, and the donors, at the White Palace. This is the continuation of Their Royal Highnesses’ long-time…
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Wheelchairs to El Salvador
In December of 2021, Wheelchair Foundation worked with Airline Ambassadors International, Kiwanis International, and US Army Southern Command to deliver 100 wheelchairs to the country of El Salvador to assist The Fund for the Protection of Disabled and Disabled as a Result of the Armed Conflict (FOPROLYD). The content below was written by Airline Ambassadors…
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Chair The Love Delivers Wheelchairs To Bahamas
We received the amazing story and photos below from Glen Mather and our partners from ChairTheLove.org in Florida. It’s Just a Wheelchair Like Any Other “The hurricanes last year have turned our Bahamian Islands upside down, and we have a desperate need for wheelchairs”. We got the e-mail back in November 2020, right in the…
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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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Thank You For Your Support
All of us at Wheelchair Foundation are exceedingly grateful for your continued support throughout this year, which has continued to prove challenging for many people. Due to your continued support in being one of our partners in mobility along with your generous contributions, we were able to complete a number of distributions to different parts…
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2021 Gift Of Mobility
Dear Friends, As the 2021 year draws to a close most of us feel a sense of frustration and anxiety with both the length and breadth of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has not faded into the rear-view mirror as expected or hoped and it continues to disrupt lives and businesses in so many different ways.…