Knights of Columbus
Since 2003, the Knights of Columbus has funded the delivery of tens of thousands of wheelchairs around the world, and right here at home. Thousands of veterans and their families across the United States in need of wheelchairs have received new mobility, and honor the Knights with their thanks and prayers.
Since 2007, Knights across the U.S. have been having "Wheelchair Sunday" parish drives to raise funds for the delivery of wheelchairs. Beginning with Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Pasadena, California where Fr. Gerard O'Brien coined the phrase "Wheelchair Sunday," this program has spread to several states and is catching on quickly.
The first 5 parish drives in Southern California raised enough money to sponsor the delivery of 1,000 brand new wheelchairs and added more than 150 new Knights to the local membership.
Knights and their families are getting involved in a hands on life changing mission that allows children, teens and adults around the world to have their prayers answered with the gift of hope, freedom, dignity, independence...a wheelchair!
Articles and Slideshows
- Knight Vision - Click Here for Article and Slideshow
- A New World of Charity - Click Here for Article and Slideshow
- Wheelchair Sundays - Click Here for Article and Slideshow
- Bay Pines, Florida VA Gets Wheelchairs - Click Here for Article and Slideshow
- Padua Place, San Antonio - Click Here for Article and Slideshow
- In the Heart of Nuevo Laredo - Click Here for Article and Slideshow
Videos
- Touching Lives A World Away - Click Here for Video
- Florida Knights Helping Veterans - Click Here for Video
- Georgia Knights Wheelchair Distribution - Click Here for Video
- Texas Knights Wheelchair Mission Nuevo Laredo - Click Here for Video
- California and Tennessee Knights In Mexico City - Click Here for Video
- Donation Form - Click Here to Download
More Information
For more information about the American Wheelchair Mission, please contact:
Brother Dan Moberg
Director – Public Education
2600 E. Seltice Way, Ste. A172
Post Falls, Idaho 83854-7991 USA
dmoberg@amwheelchair.org — (208) 457-0745 — Fax (208) 457-1248 — www.amwheelchair.org