PRESS RELEASES - 2008

Press Release "500 Run for Mobility"
The partnership between the Free Wheelchair Mission and the Surf City USA Marathon was inked three years ago on a Diedrich Coffeehouse napkin.

ARTICLES - 2008

Irvine church, charity help send wheelchairs to China
June 3, 2008 The money flooded in, stopping at just the right amount.

Designer Honored for Sending 300,000 Wheelchairs to Needy - USAID FrontLines Newsletter
May 2008 After Donald Schoendorfer witnessed firsthand the needs of the disabled in poor countries around the world, he left a successful career in the medical equipment industry to devote his life to designing and delivering wheelchairs for some of most vulnerable people on earth.

Mobile Blessings - The gift of transport breaks down cultural and political barriers
May 17, 2008 Larry Remp is a businessman from Ohio. His friend, Ngyen Hoang Vu is a former underground pastor in Vietnam.

WHEELCHAIRS READY TO ROLL IN WHEELING RACE
April 8, 2008 Wheeling will be home to the first-ever ‘‘Run, Walk and Roll’’ 10-year marathon this month, and all runners, walkers and wheelchair users are invited to participate.

O.C. men honored at Arlington Cemetery
March 25, 2008 Medal of Honor recipients recognize citizens’ outstanding courage and selflessness.

Renton school sets service wheels in motion
March 30, 2008 You'd think, after delivering the same pitch time and time again, emotions might dull.

Irvine wheelchair maker gets civilian Medal of Honor
March 2008 Free Wheelchair MIssion founder Don Schoendorfer was recently awarded The Congressional Medal of Honor Above & Beyond Citizen Award - Photo.

Friday benefit raises funds for wheelchairs
May 8, 2008 Free Wheelchair Mission will roll into Northbrook for a fund-raiser from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, at Pinstripes, 1150 Willow Road, Northbrook.