Rehab Medical, SAWs announce wheelchair recipient
By HME News Staff
Updated 9:49 AM CDT, Tue August 10, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS – Rehab Medical and Servants at Work have selected the recipient of their 3,000th wheelchair ramp build: Dorothy, a native Indiana resident, who suffers from severe medical conditions that limit her mobility. Due to her ongoing struggles to complete daily tasks and her inability to visit the doctor for routine medical care, the two organizations have teamed up to build her a wheelchair ramp, so she has a way to leave her home. “In 2003, the first ramp we built kept a 15-year-old girl from being removed from her family home because there was no way for her to escape a fire,” said Rik Hagerty, founder of SAWs. “Every single one of the 3,000 ramps we have built since then have similar stories. We have given freedom back to thousands of people who had been prisoners for weeks, months, even years.” Dorothy will receive the ramp on Aug. 14. Rehab Medical has also donated $5,500 to SAWs toward a $30,000 goal and has committed to donate another $2,000 once the campaign hits $25,000.
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