On 28 November 2014 we flew to St. Vincent to prepare for a wheelchair donation and training project. Through LDS charities the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donates wheelchairs that are to be given to those who cannot afford to by a wheelchair. Local people are trained to measure a recipient to assure that the right size wheelchair is provided. If the wrong size wheelchair is provided more damage than good results. We of course do not do the training but are there to assist the trainers in any way they need. This might entail purchasing things for the training as well as providing transportation.
Here we got some of the missionaries on St. Vincent to help unload the container of wheelchairs.
2nd day of unloading wheelchairs. There were 301 wheelchairs in the container plus walking aid, canes, crutches, and walkers. You can see an ex-truck driver inspecting the trailer.
Moving the wheelchairs into storage. Of course Sister Moore is directing the operation.
Our unloading crew.
After they had unloaded the container we took the crew to Subway® for breakfast. You can see part of the crew still in line getting there breakfast.
We sure appreciate all the work they did. It was a hard task made easy by having a great crew.
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