Twenty seven years ago the sight of a crippled Moroccan woman crawling across a dirt road planted a seed with Don Schoendorfer, founder of Free Wheelchair Mission.  In 1999 he invested his education and professional expertise as a PhD Mechanical Engineer to create a simple, rugged, and inexpensive wheelchair. The mental picture of the crawling woman’s anguish and loss of dignity had haunted him for years.

The middle school that I attended in Renton was Nelson Middle School.  They got involved with raising money for this cause through a teacher who is in Ghana for a year teaching.  The fact is that one out of ten people in Ghana are disabled and most are in need of wheelchairs, thats 10%.  So Nelson’s students are raising money and also having the Founder and CEO of Free Wheelchair Mission speak at there school.  This will be on Monday, December 10th,  6-8PM.  If you cant make it there to listen and donate you can donate online by going to Nelson’s link just above.  That wheelchair you see there costs less thatn $50 to build and ship, so make a difference today and donate!!