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conulyDecided against liberating the walker - there's a limit to how many garbage bags I'm willing to move for charity, and two is that limit.
I don't know how these people can have a wheelchair in perfectly good condition and a walker in their home and not know how valuable those are to other people. Anyway, tomorrow I'll have my sister or one of the kids take pics of the wheelchair, our drafting table, and our random drum set and post those all up everywhere, see if I can move them. If I can't, I guess it's Goodwill.
I did google for charities in the NYC area that specifically take wheelchairs, but the first one I found ran "Every wheelchair donated is the opportunity for someone to experience the love and hope of Jesus Christ!" which... no. I'm not even saying that as an atheist, I'm saying that as somebody who thinks the most important reason to get a wheelchair is to move around.
I don't know how these people can have a wheelchair in perfectly good condition and a walker in their home and not know how valuable those are to other people. Anyway, tomorrow I'll have my sister or one of the kids take pics of the wheelchair, our drafting table, and our random drum set and post those all up everywhere, see if I can move them. If I can't, I guess it's Goodwill.
I did google for charities in the NYC area that specifically take wheelchairs, but the first one I found ran "Every wheelchair donated is the opportunity for someone to experience the love and hope of Jesus Christ!" which... no. I'm not even saying that as an atheist, I'm saying that as somebody who thinks the most important reason to get a wheelchair is to move around.
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Date: 2020-03-04 12:56 pm (UTC)The Pass It On Center continues to create national and state resources to foster the safe, effective and appropriate reuse of assistive technology (AT) so that people with disabilities can get the affordable AT they need in order to live, learn, work and play more independently in communities of their choice.
Our Mission
The Pass It On Center, as the National Assistive Technology Device Reutilization Coordination and Technical Assistance Center, fosters improvements in AT reuse practices and network among AT Reuse programs by:
Creating a national network to help current and emerging reuse programs share information to improve their services.
Providing technical assistance and support to current and emerging programs by conducting site visits, teleconferences and monthly webinars.
Forging relationships and working with AT vendors and manufacturers to identify areas of mutual concern and collaboration by having a presence at national AT conferences.
Identifying successful practices and quality indicators of AT reuse programs and promoting their use through an online Knowledge Base and program assessment tool, known as Indicators of Quality for AT Reuse (IQ-ATR).
Exploring collaboration with public and private organizations that are interested in effectively reutilizing AT they purchase.
Promoting public awareness of the economic and environmental benefits of AT reuse.