Yarmouth Rotary Collected Over 600 Devices for Crutches 4 Africa!

Thanks to many local donors, the Rotary Club of Yarmouth has concluded its latest project of collecting unused mobility devices on Cape Cod to send to disabled adults and children in developing countries in Africa. Many of the intended recipients are the victims of the polio disease and have been left disabled. They are often unable to be active members of their communities because of the lack of mobility. These devices will help people be able to reach their villages to collect water, go to school, accept jobs, and be active members of their communities.

 

In total, over 600 devices were collected, including 410 walkers, 109 pairs of crutches, 35 canes, 43 wheelchairs, and miscellaneous leg braces, air casts, boots, and other devices. Special credit and thanks go to the many collection sites in the mid-Cape area include, including Adrene Jewelers, CapeAbilities, Cape & Islands Boy Scout Council, Community Connections, George Davis Builders, Glivinski & Associates, Platinum Auto Service, ReStore South Yarmouth, Subway of South Yarmouth, the Town of Yarmouth Disposal Area and the Brewster Baptist Church. Frank Mastromauro, owner of Lighthouse Landing plaza in South Yarmouth, donated the use of a storage facility to store the items until pickup. These locations made it easy for donors to discard their unused and unwanted devices.

 

This is the second collection the club has conducted, the first being in April of 2016, where over 750 devices were collected and sent to Africa. This project links the local community is to help those in need globally and puts to use the many unused mobility devices found in the many area senior centers, in attics, basements, and garages around the Cape.

 

The mobility devices were loaded into a trailer on Wednesday, May 2, and were transported to Biddeford, Maine, where they will be combined with other collected devices and shipped to Africa in the coming months in a shipping container.

 

Thanks to many local donors, the Rotary Club of Yarmouth has concluded its latest project of collecting unused mobility devices on Cape Cod to send to disabled adults and children in developing countries in Africa. Many of the intended recipients are the victims of the polio disease and have been left disabled. They are often unable to be active members of their communities because of the lack of mobility. These devices will help people be able to reach their villages to collect water, go to school, accept jobs, and be active members of their communities.

 

In total, over 600 devices were collected, including 410 walkers, 109 pairs of crutches, 35 canes, 43 wheelchairs, and miscellaneous leg braces, air casts, boots, and other devices. Special credit and thanks go to the many collection sites in the mid-Cape area include, including Adrene Jewelers, CapeAbilities, Cape & Islands Boy Scout Council, Community Connections, George Davis Builders, Glivinski & Associates, Platinum Auto Service, ReStore South Yarmouth, Subway of South Yarmouth, the Town of Yarmouth Disposal Area and the Brewster Baptist Church. Frank Mastromauro, owner of Lighthouse Landing plaza in South Yarmouth, donated the use of a storage facility to store the items until pickup. These locations made it easy for donors to discard their unused and unwanted devices.

 

This is the second collection the club has conducted, the first being in April of 2016, where over 750 devices were collected and sent to Africa. This project links the local community is to help those in need globally and puts to use the many unused mobility devices found in the many area senior centers, in attics, basements, and garages around the Cape.

 

The mobility devices were loaded into a trailer on Wednesday, May 2, and were transported to Biddeford, Maine, where they will be combined with other collected devices and shipped to Africa in the coming months in a shipping container.