Ramp projects uplift both partner families and volunteers in multiple ways To an onlooker, it may seem like an ordinary triangle — albeit acute one. To a skilled construction worker or architect, it may seem like the simplest of projects. But to someone who is confined to a wheelchair or a person whose ability to […]
Long-time community servants get help building much-needed wheelchair ramp AMERICAN FORK, Utah — Bill and Annie Holman are beloved community servants with an extensive record of charitable and volunteer efforts. Most recently, the Holmans have volunteered with the Foster Grandparents Program at a local elementary school. Anticipating that they may need some mobility assistance as […]
(Photo: Americus-Sumter Fuller Center homeowner partner and frequent volunteer Thad Harris leads cyclists building a wheelchair ramp in Americus, Georgia.) The Fuller Center Bicycle Adventure’s primary purpose is to help raise funds for The Fuller Center for Housing’s affordable housing ministry — something it has succeeded in doing over the past 10 years to the […]
Last week, I spent a little time with Mr. Earnest Solomon of Americus, Georgia. At 78, he still gets around his home fairly well. It almost makes you wonder why he needed a wheelchair ramp added to his home. Actually, he didn’t. It was for his wife, Evelyn. As her health declined with her children […]
