Tag: wheelchair ramps

INDIANAPOLIS - Employees of Rehab Medical recently participated in Servants at Work, a program that builds wheelchair ramps for low-income, permanently disabled individuals. Ten staff members from the corporate office, including marketing, inside sales, IT and billing, weathered frigid temperatures on Nov. 12 to build a ramp. Rehab Medical also donated $2,500 to cover construction costs. The company offers all employees eight hours of paid time each year to volunteer in their local community.

RICHMOND, Va. - If a person comes out of a hospital needing a temporary wheelchair, they don't want to permanently own a ramp. That's where Kaye Crenshaw comes in. “We've been hearing about this need at in-services and facilities we visit,” said Crenshaw, president of Richmond, Va.-based Mobility Supercenter. “We have always sold ramps, but we didn't keep a large inventory. With this new rental program, we decided we're going to go into ramps full bore.”Mobility Supercenter...

GREENCASTLE, Pa. - When Gail Redick's multiple sclerosis led her to begin using a wheelchair, she quickly realized that most of her world wasn't accessible.“We become prisoners in our own home because of a simple step or two that keeps us from visiting family or friends,” she said. “But you're still trying to live life like everyone else.”Her saving grace: wheelchair ramps, which got her out of the home and back into the community. She launched wheelchairrampfriends.com, which...