Wheelchair Mission Update

The Knights of Columbus work in partnership with the American Wheelchair Mission to provide wheelchairs to an estimated over 100 million people worldwide that need one, but cannot afford it. The Texas Ladies Project will focus on the American Wheelchair Mission.

Some highlights of the Wheelchair Program:

• Wheelchairs allow children to go to school for the first time, adults to go to work, and the elderly to get out of bed.
• A life changing gift of mobility that answers prayers and delivers hope, dignity, freedom and independence.
• It is estimated that each wheelchair delivered changes and improves an average of 10 lives.
• Retailing at $500, each wheelchair is delivered at an average cost of $150.
• 100% of a donation goes towards the purchase and delivery of a wheelchair, as a Knights of Columbus grant covers overhead costs.
• A $150 donation allows you to request a personalized Certificate of Thanks, which includes a picture of a wheelchair recipient.
• A $500 donation allows you to request a framed 34” x 23” Our Lady of Guadalupe lithograph, blessed at her Basilica in Mexico City.
• A Council donation of $1,500 for 10 wheelchairs counts 2 points towards earning the Columbian Award.
• Wheelchair Sundays are an effective way to raise funds for this program and are also a good way to recruit new members.
• Helping at a Wheelchair Sunday counts as an event towards earning your Pro Life ACE Wings.

Thank you so much and God bless you to the 185 Councils and 8 Assemblies that raised a jurisdiction record $735,941 for the American Wheelchair Mission to provide 4,906 wheelchairs in fraternal year 2021-2022. It shatters the previous record of $476K raised by California Knights in 2015-2016 and is over $560K more than California raised this past fraternal year. Through you Texas Knights, many prayers were answered and you impacted the lives of 49,060 people.

The goal for this fraternal year is to increase the donations from each Diocese by holding more Wheelchair Sundays and by every Texas Council participating in the Wheelchair Program by donating at least $150 for one wheelchair. Please pickup materials at our table to learn more about the program and about holding a Wheelchair Sunday. If you have questions about the Wheelchair Program, need help with a Wheelchair Sunday, or need wheelchairs, please contact Texas Wheelchair Chairman Bill Weber at yankeesweb@tx.rr.com/214-405-8023 or Assistant Wheelchair Chairman Brian Nelson at abn091951@gmail.com/210-275-7921.