https://www.PR.com/ Latest news releases from PR.com for Free Wheelchair Mission. Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:33:32 -0500 © 2021 PR Worldwide, Inc. 60 en-us https://www.PR.com/images/logo_white.jpg https://www.PR.com/ 68 69 PR.com provides Free Press Release Distribution, & is a unique Directory of Businesses, Products, Services, & Jobs - in all industries. Find Full Company Profiles. https://www.pr.com/press-release/793692 Wed, 04 Sep 2019 08:00:00 -0400 Department of Physical Therapy Chair Dr. Susan Shore joins leadership team of Irvine-based nonprofit. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/793692 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/792856 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 17:18:09 -0400 Retired executives from Invacare Europe bring decades of experience in wheelchair production to the US-based nonprofit wheelchair manufacturer. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/792856 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/790988 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:40:00 -0400 Guests use VR Glasses to be Transported to Guatemalan Village. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/790988 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/790355 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 03:00:00 -0400 Nuka Solomon has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Free Wheelchair Mission (FWM), a world leader in mobility solutions for people with disabilities in under-resourced nations. Solomon has been Executive Director for the last two years. Solomon’s promotion more clearly defines senior leadership positions in the Irvine-based humanitarian nonprofit. Founder and President Don Schoendorfer, Ph.D., will [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/790355 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/772213 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:42:30 -0500 Free Wheelchair Mission hosts an exclusive screening of powerful documentary, "Because No One Should Have to Crawl," featuring the story of Free Wheelchair Mission’s one millionth wheelchair recipient. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/772213 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/771333 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 10:34:00 -0500 Marjorie A. Terner, J.D. joins Free Wheelchair Mission Board of Directors. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/771333 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/769502 Thu, 08 Nov 2018 10:10:21 -0500 Free Wheelchair Mission Founder and President, Don Schoendorfer, shares leadership lessons on starting the world’s leading provider of wheelchairs for the developing world. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/769502 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/764073 Fri, 07 Sep 2018 13:38:40 -0400 Powerful Documentary, "Because No One Should Have to Crawl," Chronicles One-Million-Wheelchair Journey [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/764073 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/759242 Thu, 21 Jun 2018 03:00:00 -0400 Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter, Swati Dlamini Mandela, travels from South Africa to Orange County to bring awareness to disability in developing nations. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/759242 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/749656 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 03:00:00 -0400 Free Wheelchair Mission, SD Mines Engineering Students and South Dakota-based RPM & Associates produce first-of-its-kind test track that improves efficiency of wheelchair testing, design and production. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/749656 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/749165 Mon, 02 Apr 2018 21:41:03 -0400 Powerful new documentary, "Because No One Should Have to Crawl," chronicles journey to give out one million wheelchairs in developing world. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/749165 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/744201 Sat, 10 Feb 2018 03:00:00 -0500 Powerful new documentary, "Because No One Should Have to Crawl," chronicles one-million-wheelchair journey. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/744201 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/735496 Thu, 09 Nov 2017 03:00:00 -0500 Powerful new documentary, "Because No One Should Have to Crawl," chronicles one-million-wheelchair journey. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/735496 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/726735 Thu, 17 Aug 2017 03:00:00 -0400 Free Wheelchair Mission (FWM) welcomes 2017 Chairman of the Board of Directors Stuart Rattray while celebrating Chairman Emeritus Jim Franklin’s service over the last 10 years. The Irvine-based humanitarian, faith-based organization provides durable and adaptable wheelchairs at no cost to people with little to no mobility in developing nations—and just celebrated the tremendous milestone of distributing its [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/726735 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/723686 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 03:00:00 -0400 Free Wheelchair Mission celebrates one million lives changed through gift of mobility, begins mission to give out second million by 2025. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/723686 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/720655 Thu, 22 Jun 2017 03:00:00 -0400 Orange County nonprofit to celebrate one million lives transformed through the gift of mobility at Miracle of Mobility gala on July 13. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/720655 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/713735 Tue, 02 May 2017 08:05:00 -0400 SD Mines and RPM & Associates Commit to Assist with Free Wheelchair Mission Test Lab. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/713735 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/704567 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 11:58:16 -0500 Nuka Solomon has been named Executive Director for Free Wheelchair Mission (FWM), a world leader in mobility solutions for people with disabilities in developing countries. She will report to President and Founder, Dr. Don Schoendorfer. Solomon comes to Free Wheelchair Mission from United Way of Greater Los Angeles, where she had served since 2013. During her time at United Way, Solomon worked as Director of Shared [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/704567 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/703930 Wed, 01 Feb 2017 10:21:00 -0500 Humanitarian, faith-based nonprofit launches 2 Weeks of Love Challenge on Facebook. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/703930 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/703730 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 10:19:00 -0500 Annual “Run for Mobility” Aims to Lift 2,500 Lives Off the Ground on May 6, 2017 [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/703730 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/698672 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 09:05:00 -0500 Anonymous donor gives FWM $250,000, challenges fellow Houston residents to give. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/698672 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/697094 Thu, 01 Dec 2016 03:00:00 -0500 Significant Funding committed to Free Wheelchair Mission Test Lab [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/697094 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/689443 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 03:00:00 -0400 Dr. Don Schoendorfer, Founder and President of Free Wheelchair Mission, will be a featured guest on KING5 television’s New Day Northwest on Monday, October 3, 2016. Don Schoendorfer is a biomedical engineer who makes his home in Santa Ana, California with his wife, Laurie. They enjoy spending time with their three daughters and two amazing granddaughters. He has an undergraduate degree from Columbia University and [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/689443 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/689115 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 03:00:00 -0400 Dr. Don Schoendorfer, Founder and President of Free Wheelchair Mission, will be the guest speaker on the award winning "Great Day Houston" live on Thursday, September 29, 2016. Don Schoendorfer is a biomedical engineer who makes his home in Santa Ana, California with his wife, Laurie. They enjoy spending time with their three daughters and two amazing granddaughters. He has an undergraduate degree from Columbia [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/689115 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/675505 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:09:29 -0400 J. Downey Bridgwater, President of Comerica Bank’s Houston market, will chair Free Wheelchair Mission’s new Regional Advisory Council overseeing the states of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arkansas. Mr. Bridgwater brings nearly 40 years of banking experience as well as tremendous community involvement. He has served on boards for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, the Greater Houston [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/675505 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/672042 Tue, 24 May 2016 08:00:00 -0400 One man transforms the lives of 550 people with disabilities by running marathons for mobility in all 50 states, ending in Traverse City, MI. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/672042 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/671474 Mon, 16 May 2016 13:48:47 -0400 A recent Free Wheelchair Mission (FWM) container was successfully imported into an area in Syria where delivering aid can be difficult, and all the wheelchairs were distributed within eight days. Through collaboration with Christian Aid Ministries (CAM) the container of 440 FWM GEN_3 wheelchairs cleared customs and arrived in the city of Tartous. CAM worked with churches, hospitals, nursing homes and social centers in [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/671474 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/670885 Thu, 12 May 2016 03:00:00 -0400 How young is too young to think globally? At Montessori on the Lake (MOTL), a preschool through grade 8 school, children are never too young. Every year since 2005 MOTL has held a jog-a-thon to raise money for a charitable organization. For the second time MOTL has selected to support Free Wheelchair Mission (FWM). In 2008, students raised enough money to fund more than 100 wheelchairs, and they’re hoping to raise [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/670885 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/665408 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 15:48:55 -0400 On July 28, 2016, Free Wheelchair Mission will hold the 13th Annual Miracle of Mobility Gala at Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Orange County, Calif. Special guest speaker Tim Tebow will share a message affirming the faith, hope and transformation Free Wheelchair Mission shares throughout the world. While he is known for his accolades on the football field, it is his greater mission to bring faith, [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/665408 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/664009 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 10:41:45 -0400 Free Wheelchair Mission’s 13th Annual Miracle of Mobility Gala will be held on July 28, 2016, at Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Orange County, Calif. This inspiring evening will launch FWM’s Mission to a Million campaign to distribute one million wheelchairs by the end of 2017. This year they welcome a very special guest speaker, Tim Tebow. Known for his many accolades on the football [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/664009 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/660710 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:50:55 -0500 In November 2015, students in Matt McCambridge’s D-Lab: Mobility Wheelchair Design in Developing Countries course at MIT built a prototype of Free Wheelchair Mission’s GEN_4 handcycle. The GEN_4 differs from FWM’s three previous generations of four-wheeled wheelchairs. The handcycle is a hand-pedaled tricycle that allows users to travel greater distances under their own strength. In January 2016, [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/660710 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/655105 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 14:21:34 -0500 The Orange County Business Journal named Free Wheelchair Mission’s Miracle of Mobility one of the Top 5 Dinner/Galas in Orange County in 2015. The 12th Annual Miracle of Mobility Gala was held July 23, 2015, at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts and raised over $1,647,000. The funds raised provided more than 21,000 wheelchairs at no cost to people living with disabilities in developing nations. The Gala included [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/655105 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/653869 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 08:00:00 -0500 People living with disabilities in Nigeria are often invisible. The Monsanto Fund is changing the stigma of people with disabilities in Nigeria by opening doors to education, employment, and socialization with the simple gift of a wheelchair. Often individuals with disabilities in Nigeria are excluded from society. A grant of $42,851 from the Monsanto Fund provided Free Wheelchair Mission with the ability to manufacture, [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/653869 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/636575 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:28:10 -0400 Free Wheelchair Mission (FWM) has earned top ratings from GuideStar and Charity Navigator, two highly respected non-profit reporting services. As a “GuideStar Gold” recipient and a “4-Star” Charity Navigator designee FWM joins a select group of non-profits commended for their efficient use of donor dollars and responsible financial management. An organization must divulge its IRS filings and [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/636575 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/632358 Mon, 10 Aug 2015 18:01:04 -0400 Free Wheelchair Mission’s 12th Annual Miracle of Mobility Gala, held on July 23rd, 2015, raised over $1,647,000 to benefit people in need of mobility. More than 630 guests attended the Gala at Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Orange County, California. Major sponsors included imortgage and Loan Depot. Funds raised will provide wheelchairs to more than 21,000 recipients in the developing world. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/632358 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/594032 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 03:00:00 -0500 Free Wheelchair Mission is an Irvine, CA-based nonprofit that provides the transforming gift of mobility to people with disabilities living in impoverished areas in developing nations. FWM is proud to announce that through the generosity of their donors the x2 Gift Challenge campaign funded 16,000 wheelchairs, exceeding their goal of 10,000. The "TIMES TWO" gift challenge is an annual match campaign which runs [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/594032 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/562978 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 08:03:00 -0400 Four containers (2200 individual units) of Free Wheelchair Mission’s wheelchairs arrived in Bangladesh. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/562978 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/555744 Thu, 01 May 2014 07:00:00 -0400 Author Ellen Gaffney’s first children’s book “Wings for a Flower” was inspired by the story of wheelchair recipient Lotus Blossom. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/555744 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/555694 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 07:00:00 -0400 Five Free Wheelchair Mission volunteers recognized at OneOC’s annual Spirit of Volunteerism Awards. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/555694 Free Wheelchair Mission https://www.pr.com/press-release/547226 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 09:00:00 -0400 Free Wheelchair Mission has containers of wheelchairs en-route to Rwanda and Zambia in partnership with World Vision. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/547226 Free Wheelchair Mission