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2020
- Free Wheelchair Mission Selected to Receive a $100,000 Donation From loanDepot to Transform 1,250 Lives
(December 15, 2020) - Irvine-Based Nonprofit Provides Over 1 Million Wheelchairs to Those in Need
(Irvine Community News and Views, October 24, 2020) - Lenders Extend Help to Nonprofits During COVID-19
(Mortgage Professional America, September 14, 2020) - Mobility Matters: How one Costa Rica Nonprofit has Changed Thousands of Lives
(The Tico Times, September 9, 2020) - Free Wheelchair Mission Exceeds Expectations by Raising $1.5 Million at Miracle of Mobility Live
(PR Newswire, July 29, 2020) - A Guide to Helping and Getting Help During the Coronavirus Crisis
(CNN, updated June 30, 2020) - How You Can Help Victims of the Coronavirus Pandemic
(The New York Times, April 27, 2020) - Meet Nuka Solomon, the Woman Running a Charity that Supplies Free Wheelchairs to Those in Need Around the World
(Travel Noire, April 22, 2020) - Free Wheelchair Mission Story - Hawk Ridge Systems
(Hawk Ridge Systems, January 7, 2020)
2019
- The Wheelchoir
(Boise Weekly, December 18, 2019) - Free Wheelchair Mission Gala Raises $1.8M
(Newport Beach Independent, September 29, 2019) - Free Wheelchair Mission Donations top $1.8 Million at Miracle of Mobility Gala
(Orange County Register, August 2, 2019) - Virtual Reality Showcases the Impact of Free Wheelchair Mission
(OC Weekly, August 2, 2019) - Free Wheelchair Mission Launches Fundraising Event with VR Experience
(AR Post, July 25, 2019) - Irvine Non-Profit Changes Lives Amidst Worldwide Wheelchair Shortage
(Spectrum News, July 17, 2019) - Invacare Europe's new partnership with Free Wheelchair Mission: Together, for mobility
(July 9, 2019) - Chef Works Cares Announces 2019 Grant Winners
(Chef Works, July 5, 2019) - AIB2B & ABAOC Raise Nearly $1,000 for "Free Wheelchair Mission"
(Los Angeles Post, June 24, 2019)
2018
- Wheelchair Ministry in Vietnam Frees People to Earn a Living
(Global Sisters Report, November 12, 2018) - Free Wheelchair Mission Founder Speaks at Stanford University on Social Entrepreneurship
(PR.com, November 8, 2018) - Mandela's Granddaughter to Deliver Keynote at Free Wheelchair Mission Event in Costa Mesa
(Los Angeles Times, July 25, 2018) - [VIDEO] Interview with Don Schoendorfer
(ABC 7 Eyewitness News, April 3, 2018) - Engineering Alumnus Changing Lives Globally with Free Wheelchair Mission
(Columbia Alumni News, January 19, 2018)
2017
- Adults and Children with Disabilities Receive Wheelchairs in Costa Rica
(Q Costa Rica, December 28, 2017) - Free Wheelchair Mission Gala Fundraiser Corona Del Mar
(Patch.com, December 11, 2017) - Stuart Rattray: Living the Mission
(Zip06.com; October 25, 2017) - "They get People off the Ground": Irvine Organization Celebrates Donation of 1 Million Wheelchairs
(Los Angeles Times, July 16, 2017) - 1 Million Wheelchair Donations and Irvine Nonprofit Keeps Rolling
(Orange County Register, July 13, 2017) - Disabled Man's Life Transformed by Wheelchair
(KHOU News, July 12, 2017)
2015
- 550 Wheelchairs for Persons with Disabilities
(Jamaica Information Service, April 13, 2015)
2013
- More Free Wheelchairs for Jamaica's Disabled
(Jamaica Observer, March 13, 2013)
2012
- Newport's Most Influential
(Newport Beach Magazine, November 7, 2012)
2011
- Irvine Man to Bring Wheelchairs to Zambia
(ABC 7 Eyewitness News, June 6, 2011) - Interview with Don Schoendorfer
(OC Register, April 7, 2011) - An Engineer Brings Mobility to Thousands
(Vocational Stewardship, March 27, 2011) - FWM, Sathyam get Together to Distribute Free Wheelchairs
(The Christian Messenger, February 16, 2011)
2010 and earlier
- A Moving Image got this Wheelchair Maker Rolling
(Los Angeles Times, July 10, 2010) - Irvine Wheelchair Maker gets Civilian Medal of Honor
(OC Register, April 10, 2008) - Free Wheelchair Mission
(BBC News, May 31, 2006)