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Greetings and Happy Friday!

February 23, 2007a

This is a different sort of Friday Wheelchair Story. I want to announce
a very bold campaign, ask for your prayers and seek your support.

We are well known here in southern California but, except for a few other areas of our country, most people are not aware that 100 million physically disabled human beings need a wheelchair and live without one. They are unaware that for a large percentage of these millions who suffer constantly, we have a solution, a very affordable solution - only $44.40 can provide a wheelchair and change a life forever!

So one might ask- how does a relatively new organization get the attention of a nation?  Here is our plan - Friends, supporters and anyone else who wants to participate can join Dr. Michael Bayer (our Medical Director) and me in a solidarity bicycle ride across the country. You may think “Big Deal”, as hundreds of people ride bicycles across the USA. Here is why we think this is special:

  • We have a story to tell, to anyone willing to listen.
  • Readers Digest will report our progress daily on their website and we get a portion of their website subscriptions.
  • We have an RV following us, a 40 foot billboard on wheels, decorated with our story and photos, compliments of Steve Bray who will ride the first 500 miles with us.
  • We will encourage people to become fundraisers and riders for this event through our website.
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Our campaign is called “Ride for Mobility”. We will leave from Readers Digest headquarters in Pleasantville, NY, on April 20th and conclude in California at the end of June. 

We so need your help! In a few days our website will describe our route. You know people in the states we will pass through. Help us get this news to them.

We need you to pray for us, for our families, for all the people who we hope will be out on the road for us, and for all those millions that need a wheelchair. Help us answer their prayers for a better life. 

God bless,

Don Schoendorfer