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Program to help redistribute used wheelchairs
and equipment
Wheelchair Restoration
The meticulous restoration of collected
wheelchairs takes place in the U.S. by carefully
trained inmates in seventeen separate
correctional facilities in Colorado, Tennessee,
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Kansas,
Ohio, Louisiana, Arkansas, and California. With
increasing output capabilities at each
restoration site, and additional centers
planned, Joni and Friends is aggressively
addressing the staggering need worldwide.
Wheels for the World
currently restores wheelchairs in 17 prisons in
10 different states. These prisons include
federal, state, and private institutions. We are
actively seeking more locations.
For more information on how to include a
Wheels for the
World wheelchair restoration shop in
your plans to keep inmates business and at the
same time productive:
Click here for a
PowerPoint presentation of a typical
restoration shop.
Inmates are trained to restore a wheelchair to a
like-new condition. The inmates learn to work
together, perfect basic mechanical skills, and
produce a product of which they can be proud.
Hardened inmates have been moved to tears when
they see the happiness in a photo of the face of
a little boy or girl receiving a wheelchair of
their very own. A comment from one inmate was,
"Before, when I reached out, it was to take
things or hurt people. Now it feels like I've
reached halfway around the world through these
bars to help someone. I'm giving them something
better in life."
Wheels for the World
is also resorting some types of rehabilitation
equipment.
Download a Wheelchair Restoration Center
Supervisor Job Description
Download a list of Rehabilitation Equipment
Proposed for Refurbishment
Click here: Joni and Friends
PCBA’s new DVD is now being reproduced by Bright
Images Videos (www.brightimagesvideo.com).
If
anyone would like a new DVD which should be ready
for shipment about May 1st, they will be
$5.00 each plus shipping and handling. Please
contact Frank or Karen for DVD’s
Therapeutic Riding for Children Curative
offers recreational therapeutic riding for children,
youth and
adults with disabilities.
Jody Schuenemann
Manager of Recreational Programs
Curative Care Network
Ranch Community Services Campus
262.251.8670, ext.303
jschuenemann@curative.org
www.curative.org
Allsup
Inc.
We get the process.
If you're thinking about taking on the
Social Security Administration alone, get ready for a
long fight - 60% of all initial claims are denied.
Thousands of disabled individuals who have
represented themselves have struggled with confusing
forms, busy SSA telephones and months of uncertainty
about the status of their claims. Unfortunately,
some claimants never live long enough to collect
their benefits.
http://www.allsupinc.com/resources/resources.aspx
New air flights for
the physically challenged which is hassle free
Where
The Physically Challenged Have No Boundaries"
The Handy Camp is a new
501-(c)(3) non profit organization that has been
designed to educate men, women, and children who are
physically challenged how to access the outdoors to
learn how to hunt and fish.
The Handy Camp is looking for
donations to help fund this organization. All
donations are tax deductible. For further
information or to make a donation you can contact
the home office of The Handy Camp and ask for Brian
DeGuire at 814-885-6931. If you would like to make a
donation by mail you can send it to:
The
Handy Camp, Inc.
P0 Box 147
Dagus Mines, PA. 15831-0147
Benefit4Kids was founded in 1998 with its' primary
mission to grant the outdoor wishes of children with
life threatening and life limiting illnesses. We also
work to involve today's children in the outdoors and the
many activities it offers them.
www.b4k.org
www.kickingbear.org
United Special
Sportsman Alliance, Inc. [USSA] is a 501-C3 Non-profit
"dream wish" granting charity, that specializes in
sending critically ill and disabled youth on the outdoor
adventure of their dreams! USSA adventures give our
youth, something to look forward to, and help sustain
them in their time of need! Families are whisked away
from the mundane, man-made world of hospitals, and high
medical bills by giving them a place of peace to focus
on the quality of life, family ties, and the wonders of
our natural world!
www.childswish.com
www.turningpointnation.org
Benefit4Kids was founded in 1998
with its' primary mission to grant the outdoor
wishes of children with life threatening and life
limiting illnesses. We also work to involve today's
children in the outdoors and the many activities it
offers them. Many of today's children are denied the
opportunity to experience the outdoors because of
costs, lack of available mentors and a limited
amount of facilities offering an all around outdoor
experience.
www.b4k.org
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