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Fenton residents receive home repairs – The Flint Journal – MLive.com

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Fenton residents receive home repairs – The Flint Journal – MLive.com

Fenton residents receive home repairs
The Flint Journal – MLive.com
Volunteers painted and stained her whole house, repaired her chimney, changed all the faucets in her house and built her a wheelchair ramp off of the front

Tournament raises thousands for kid’s museum – OCRegister

Tournament raises thousands for kid's museum
OCRegister
specifications and engineer's cost estimates for the construction of the annual Sidewalk and Wheelchair Ramp Improvements program, which will occur at

Warrant for annual Town Meeting – Stoneham Sun

Warrant for annual Town Meeting
Stoneham Sun
using, maintaining and repairing sidewalks or walkways, wheelchair ramps, landscaping, and planting along parcels of land abutting 3-5 Central Square.

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Blueprint for a hero’s welcome home to Staten Island – SILive.com

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Blueprint for a hero’s welcome home to Staten Island – SILive.com


SILive.com
Blueprint for a hero's welcome home to Staten Island
SILive.com
Park and be equipped with wheelchair ramps, an elevator, an electrical system that operates doors and lights on verbal cue and, of course, a garage.

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One Small Idea To Save Jobs Makes A Big Impact On The Community – WHNT

One Small Idea To Save Jobs Makes A Big Impact On The Community
WHNT
All in all, Navistar's volunteers for CASA built and refurbished 79 ramps. Perez says they were able to reduce the waiting list for wheelchair ramps from

Some great news for Gordon – Telegraph-Journal

Some great news for Gordon
Telegraph-Journal
Gordon Thorne has a hug for his mother next to the new van equipped with a wheelchair ramp presented to him by President's Choice Children's Charity.

Home makeover tailored for wheelchair-bound mom – WFAA

Home makeover tailored for wheelchair-bound mom
WFAA
So, Todd's friends put in a patio with a flat surface and a wheelchair ramp. Much of the work was donated. Tommy Dingman did all the labor on the new floors
Paralyzed but upbeat, stabbing victim ready to come homeWFAA

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Invacare Medical Device Company Intelligence Report – PR Inside

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Invacare Medical Device Company Intelligence Report – PR Inside
Headquartered in Elyria, Ohio, US, Invacare is a leader in the manufacture and distribution of home and long-term care medical equipment. The company manufactures, distributes and markets power and manual wheelchairs, patient aids, home care beds

Invacare Medical Device Company Intelligence Report – PR Inside

Friday, April 9th, 2010

Invacare Medical Device Company Intelligence Report – PR Inside
Headquartered in Elyria, Ohio, US, Invacare is a leader in the manufacture and distribution of home and long-term care medical equipment. The company manufactures, distributes and markets power and manual wheelchairs, patient aids, home care beds

DISABILITY MOVEMENT GIVES ‘THUMBS UP’ TO TAXI – Gibraltar Chronicle

Monday, April 5th, 2010

DISABILITY MOVEMENT GIVES ‘THUMBS UP’ TO TAXI – Gibraltar Chronicle
Meanwhile the Gibraltar Taxi Association informed the GLDM that they hoped to be able to offer more wheelchair-friendly taxi services, installing wheelchair ramps in five more vehicles within the next couple of months to improve the service to the

Coming soon: a ‘spectacular’ YMCA camp east of Cascade – Idaho Statesman
A large pavilion will be the center of many activities at YMCA Camp: Horsethief Reservoir near Cascade. Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman Many of the facilities at YMCA Camp: Horsethief Reservoir near Cascade are ADA compliant with wheelchair ramps and

Used bus equipment helps when wheelchair ramps can’t – Everything Alabama Blog
Marie Sims, grandmother and adoptive mom of Glondeasa Sims, 21, demonstrates how the new wheelchair lift attached to their house in Ensley works. (The Birmingham News / Linda Stelter) Getting her wheelchair-bound adult granddaughter into their Ensley

Lending a helping hand – Opelousas Daily World
Wheelchair ramps make up the bulk of his carpentry jobs. Thibodeaux’s reason for doing it is simple. “I’ve been in a position where I needed help and I asked and they helped,” he said. “Now, I have the opportunity to help other people.”