“First and foremost, I want to thank you and all your volunteers for giving me an awesome gift of independence. I now can come and go as I would like to. For too many years all I could do was sit at the front door and stare into the abyss of what my life was like before the wheelchair ramp.” – 2023 San Antonio Ramp Recipient
Have you ever changed a person’s life in a single day?
The Texas Ramp Project (TRP) does it over 2,400 times a year! We build wheelchair ramps for disabled or elderly people who can’t afford to buy one. In a few hours on a Saturday morning, we give these folks the freedom to leave their home again – the home where they want to remain but whose steps have imprisoned them.
Many groups of volunteers gathered today for the United Way Day of Caring for many different worthy projects in the Amarillo area. The Texas Ramp Project has been involved with the Day of Caring for many years but this year was a special year. Texas Ramp Project Region Coordinator Henry …
Volunteers from Dallas-based Axxess, the leading global technology innovator for healthcare at home, joined Texas Ramp Project leaders Gary Stopani and Pete Carey to build wheelchair ramps for Dallas area neighbors, providing them with long awaited freedom and mobility.
When realizing a handicapped child needed a ramp at home, some individuals and organizations joined together to meet this need. First supplies had to be gathered so April and Anthony Bridgewater, along with some help from the Fairfield Lions Club, purchased what was needed. Then others with knowledge donated their …