Founded in 2001, Free Wheelchair MissionFriday Story: "Send Emergency Wheelchairs to Nepal"
As you know, Nepal experienced a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on Saturday, April 26th that killed nearly 5,000 people and injured more than 8,000. Rescue and recovery efforts are underway and the numbers are expected to rise as these efforts intensify. Many charities and NGOs are already on the ground providing essential aid and medical assistance.
Free Wheelchair Mission can help and we are ready to act. We are in communications with Nepal Disabled and Helpless Empowerment Center (NDHEC), who has been our partner in Nepal for 10 years and has received 4,440 wheelchairs to date. We stand ready to ship wheelchairs as they are able to receive them.
As the number of injuries grow, the need for wheelchairs increases. We would like to ship at least three containers (1,650 wheelchairs*) directly to Nepal as soon as possible―but we need your help to provide this support and supply urgent relief to the people in need ...
• learn how you can help ...
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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