Founded in 2001, Free Wheelchair Mission is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to providing wheelchairs for the impoverished disabled in developing nations. Headquartered in Irvine, California, FWM works around the world in partnership with a vast network of humanitarian, faith-based and government organizations, sending wheelchairs to hundreds of thousands of disabled people, providing not only the gift of mobility, but of dignity, independence, and hope.Friday Story: "Let Freedom Ring"
Greetings and happy Friday!
On this 4thof July, as many of us celebrate the freedom we have, I want to thank you for giving freedom through the gift of mobility to over 781,000 recipients around the world. This week’s story of life-changing transformation comes to us from Zimbabwe:
In the Dete area of western Zimbabwe, lives a seven year old boy named Praise. Praise’s mother died a few years ago, but he is cared for by his aunt. He suffers from hydrocephalus, and therefore is unable to walk. Praise’s aunt would love to take him to both school and church but having to carry him is too much on her body ...
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Want to take one of these wheelchairs for a test drive? During normal business hours, visit the lobby at the Texas Street entrance of First Presbyterian Church-Midland, at the northwest corner of Texas and A streets, on the west side of downtown Midland. You can give the gift of mobility. The cost of $72.00 is a bargain to us ... but it is a life-changing gift to impoverished and disabled recipients ... and there are times when your contribution will be matched, reaching not one - but TWO, and sometimes FOUR recipients. Please note on your check "Wheelchair Gift."
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