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Kiwanis, Lions support for Texas Ramp Projects

Kiwanis, Lions support for Texas Ramp Projects
  • PublishedSeptember 12, 2022


 

The local Noon Kiwanis club, with assistance from the Lion’s club, helped to build a ramp for a local Hopkins County resident this past weekend. The two organizations came together to provide mobility for this resident that will hopefully, help to allow her to make it to doctor’s appointments, explore the outside and just over all give her the ability to leave her home.

This ramp build was made possible by the Texas Ramps Project. The Texas Ramp Project has a yearly budget of around 2 million dollars, in which they use to purchase supplies, to help increase the mobility of Texans, across the state. The majority of their funds are donated via grants and large corporate sponsors. They rely on organizations such as the Kiwanis and Lion’s club to provide the labor for putting up the ramps, to help reduce the cost associated with installation.

A ramp for many individuals equates to freedom. The freedom to leave their home, see the doctor and friends, or just the freedom to be outside the confines of a building. For many without the assistance of a ramp would by more likely to end up in a care facility. Since the inception of the Texas Ramps program in June of 2006, they have built over 1,400 ramps, equating to over 100 miles. Donations can be made for future ramps at https://donorbox.org/texasrampgeneralcampaign.

All applications for a ramp must be submitted through a doctor’s office or home health service, to verify the need of the resident requesting a ramp. Once the request has been accepted a site review of the location will take place a then the ramp will be built shortly after. If you know someone in need of a ramp, please have them reach out to their doctor to make a request.

The Kiwanis and Lions Club’s are looking forward to helping other Hopkins County residents increase their mobility in the coming months. They hope to work together to streamline the process by pre-fabricating the 8×4 and 4×4 sections ahead of time, to make installation faster. By consolidating efforts the groups hope to be able to help more residents.

If you would like to volunteer to help in the next ramp building project please reach out to the Noon Kiwanis Club for more information, Dave Froneberger is the president and can be reached at david.froneberger@gmail.com. 

Contributed by Allison Libby-Thesing



Written By
Taylor Nye

Taylor Nye is the editor of Front Porch News. She has degrees from the University of Wisconsin in human biology, Latin American studies, and public health. She has previously worked at the Wisconsin State Journal, Tucson Weekly and Sulphur Springs News-Telegram. As a sixth generation Hopkins County resident, she loves celebrating our heritage and history.