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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 01:02 pm (UTC)a) a death
b) someone suddenly went into hospital/a care home/hospice.
I suspect the family just don't have the mental or emotional energy or time to deal with the wheelchair because they've used it all up on the death/hospitalisation/move into a nursing home.
I 100% agree it's such a waste.
I've been using a wheelchair since 2010, I follow a lot of wheelchair users on Dreamwidth/Twitter/Facebook,
and SO OFTEN I see people on social media talking about how they need a wheelchair but can't afford one - they are not cheap! And people often need two because if one breaks [and airlines break them ALL THE TIME] its really helpful to have a spare.