To donate your wheelchair or if you need a wheelchair or to make a
donation towards this project and receive a tax deduction, please
contact Alix Kubik at alix@lifenets.org or call at 317 536-5219 (Monday
through Friday 9 to 9 Eastern Time).

LifeNets The Wheelchair Project 3707 Turfway Ct. Indianapolis, IN 46228

You may also donate now by Visa/Master Card/Discover

Alix Kubik is our wheelchair coordinator. She will make every effort to match up available wheelchairs with those who need them. She is a graduate of Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan with a Masters Degree in Social Work.

HOW to Make a Wheelchair Donation or Make a Request For a Wheelchair   Please see our US inventory.  Our mission is to match available donated wheelchairs to those in need. We do not put a price on the wheelchairs; we only ask that the recipient make arrangements to pick up the chair or pay shipping charges when it is necessary.  LifeNets Home   USA TODAY speaks of LifeNets Wheelchair Project (also here)   Real Simple magazine, circulation 2,000,000, mentions LifeNets as a good place to go to to recycle your wheelchair. See Web version.   Archives of Wheelchair Project stories BACKGROUND INFO about the Wheelchair Project

Read some of our happy wheelchair stories.....

 

Updated June 12, 2009  Seattle’s ABC Affiliate KOMO News 4’s (www.komonews.com) Problem Solver’s program helped a Tacoma man obtain another wheelchair – see story.  In response to the story, several people volunteered a wheelchair, including LifeNets.  A deluxe model was chosen and given to Andrew Hagan Monday, the day after KOMO aired the story which was May 11, 2009..  Unfortunately, it turned out that new chair too heavy and not easily collapsed so it could be put into his Mother ‘s car when she picked him up from his classes.  A couple of days later, KOMO’s Jennifer Austin called Catherine Brumbaugh, LifeNets Puget Sound member, who had called after seeing the program but could not obtain a chair that Monday.  Working with Alix Kubik, LifeNets wheelchair program coordinator, a chair was located in the Seattle area, picked up in north Seattle and taken south to an arranged meeting with Ms. Hagan and her son Andrew.  Ms. Hagan was very happy to have a lighter weight model that was easy to fold and store in her car’s trunk.  KOMO added information about LifeNets to its website story about the Hagans. -- Catherine Brumbaugh, LifeNets Puget Sound Chapter

Updated June 3, 2009 Dear Alix This morning (May 31) Gerald Hoyer brought the power chair to our home in Mesa, AZ.  Johnny and Vicki Rose were here with their daughters to receive the chair and meet the Hoyer's. They were such sweet people! We were shocked at what fantastic condition it was in and still cannot believe our good fortune. If there is ever anything we can do to assist in the Phoenix area, please do not hesitate to contact us. We our forever grateful for how much easier things will be for Johnny.  Thank you for facilitating this transfer! Warm Regards, Tracy Updated April 3, 2009 The April 2009 issue of Indianapolis Monthly mentions The LifeNets Wheelchair Project in its cover article "How to Get Rid of Stuff"  It is mentioned on page 63 in section on Wheelchairs: "No use spinning your wheels. Donate.  The Indianapolis based LifeNets Wheelchair Project matches available wheelchairs with people in need throughout the country via an online data base. The organization accepts all types of wheelchairs in usable condition."  On page 113 in a list of places to donate to telephone number and Web site for LifeNets is given   Updated February 9, 2009 Top: Chiphale Njewa with wife Lester Bottom: With elder Eliphazi Salawilla Right: With great-grandchildren Wordsworth Rashid, our LifeNets representative in Lilongwe, Malawi writes to us about this wheelchair  delivery on December 23, 2008 I went to collect the wheelchair today and indeed I was very successful as I planned to wait for the Minister for Elderly and Disabled, Hon. Clement Khembo till he came and gave me the wheelchair for Mr. Chiphale Njewa. He had also helped me to get it near my home by the staff bus.  Finally, let me give thanks to Mr. Henry Khembo, Mr. Clement Khembo and Beverly Kubik for such an input that Mr. Njewa should get this wheelchair.  Regards to all,  Wordsworth. Chiphale Njewa suffered stroke and has had no mobility for months. When we visited him in his home in October 2008 we promised a wheelchair. (See blog) It was delivered just before the end of 2008.  December 27, 2008 The Marion Star Press, central Indiana newspaper recommends LifeNets as a place to recycle wheelchairs.   On the left is wheelchair delivery by Bev Kubik to Nelson Arnold at the Terre Haute, Indiana congregation on November 22 for needy recipient in the Bloomington, Illinois area later in the week.    December 10, 2008 On October 3, 2008 we received this nice letter from the North City Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:   See entire letter   October 2, 2008 Real Simple magazine, circulation 2,000,000, mentions LifeNets as a good place to go to to recycle your wheelchair. See Web version. Real Simple is a monthly women's interest magazine, which was launched by Time in 2000, features articles and information related to homekeeping, childcare, cooking and emotional wellbeing. Real Simple is distinguished by its clean, uncluttered style of layout and photos. Real Simple made its television debut in 2006, with a half-hour segment airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). We appreciated the coverage and support! July 13, 2008 July 13, 2008 LifeNets helps Indianapolis residents with two wheelchairs. Tom (right) picks these two up...one for brother and one for another needy person.   July 2, 2008 From Mexico - With special happiness I present my testimony. My name is Guillermo, my mother Alma suffers from the terrible illness of Alzheimer Disease for the past eight years. It exceeds to say and enumerate the sacrifices that an illness as devastating as this one takes with it. I believe that the most painful thing  is always the permanent nostalgia of the  "original identity " of whom we love. My mother Alma, who has been a Chemical Biologist Bacteriologist, always had the suspicion that her neurological system was vulnerable. The years have passed also a lot of experiences. My mother with love and patience has brought us  to God ... without her fortitude we had never achieved anything. Curiously after carrying an illness like that, there are tools that are really indispensable. Doctors, medications, caregivers, etc have concentrated on my mother, but I have never considered how indispensable a wheelchair is. My family economy every day across this illness has been more and more difficult but with Alzheimer's Disease the most important thing  is not the " external attention " but the unconditional love that is professed to our love one, nevertheless in my economic budget I did not have a surplus to be able to acquire a wheelchair that really was indispensable for us. Being I in Georgia, United States  I sent an e-mail  to Alex and I asked her for a wheelchair in donation for my Mom. Since an involuntary separation of my mother I decided to make it a life's project to take care of her and provide for her well-being. After a time, I received a telephone call of Alex to inform me that there was the possibility that I receiving a wheelchair. She said to me that she would call me later to give me the confirmation. She and her husband are a beautiful and sweet couple. I would say a classic American couple;  honorable, kind, generous and concerned about others needs, typical qualities typical of US citizens which is the most generous country of the world. There were not many words between us. I believe in  five  minutes the gentleman took out the  wheelchair from the trunk of his car. These five minutes literally changed forever our lives!!! It was difficult to bring this wheelchair up to Mexico by land.  But at the end I have managed to bring it! This used wheelchair is wonderful!!!!  Now it is a part of our lives ... it is true!!!   We hope God always bless you dear Alex as well  that beautiful couple...  Thank You!!!   With our Love, Alma  and Guillermo                MEXICO July 2, 2008 Dear Ms. Kubik, Our family can never thank you enough for the wonderful gift of mobility that you have provided for Ryan. It will make his life so much easier and always reminds him that there are "good people" who care about his life and well-being.  We appreciate everything your organization does. - Black Mountain, North Carolina The chair will make such a difference in my life. - Ryan June 14, 2008 Another LifeNets wheelchair delivered! Sally from Indianapolis (on left) helps Kim who has vascular disease and has had one of her legs amputated. Kim, about age 50, was not able to afford or qualify for a chair will now how mobility. Chair was picked up from from on June 13, 2008. We have given away nearly 50 wheelchairs in 2008 -- on target with our 100 chair goal for the year. May 30, 2008 LifeNets specializes in helping out when no one else can. This chair on right is for a person injured in train accident who lost limbs. Picked up by friend Jenny in Indianapolis, Indiana on Friday, May 30, 2008 May 25, 2008 Latest wheelchair provided by LifeNets on Sunday, May 25, 2008. Dave and Hope (left) picked up this pediatric wheelchair in Indianapolis for their developmentally disabled four year-old granddaughter in Champaign, Illinois. April 9, 2008 Alix,   My chair arrived yesterday. I must say it has been worth the wait.  Never in a million years did I expect to receive such a nice chair.  It was everything I could dream of.  The tilt system is a dream because it allows me to take the pressure of arthritis off my back and get some relief.  I can even drive titled somewhat.  While that option alone makes it a great gift there is one far greater.  The gift of mobility.  I can only walk about a quarter of a mile before my feet start to hurt excruciatingly and it allows me to be pain free and to get out there and do what I have to do.  No more waiting for rides, now I can take myself.  Although I've yet to do it because I'm still getting used to the chair, I look forward to being able to attend church again because of my chair.   I just wanted to say thanks to the nice lady, her husband, and her dad who have blessed me with such an awesome gift.   Sincerely.   Happy in Phoenix April 3, 2008 Another nice card to us-- To the Wheelchair Program -- We can't thank you enough for your agency and the wheelchair that was provided to Willaim K.  He was truly pleased with the new product and we believe that his quality of life will be improved greatly. I couldn't help but laugh in a resent conversation between Mr. K and another individual at our facility.  They were jokingly arguing and when "threatened" to be put out of the building he replied, "I will just wheel right back in!" I would say he's pretty happy. Thank you again for the wheelchair that was given to Mr. K  You are all great ly appreciated!!! Dialysis Clinic, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana Sarah G. Tamara M.

 

UPDATED April 1, 2008 Donation of Invacare power chair and walker in Aurora, Illinois from Lesley (on left). Her friend Laurie on right helped facilitate this wonderful donation that will give a person mobility that could not have afforded it. In the first quarter of 2008 LifeNets provides 25 wheelchairs for those who cannot afford them. We're well on the way to another 100 wheelchair year.

 

UPDATED October 26, 2007 Another happy wheelchair delivery. Alix Kubik (right) helps load wheelchair for social worker coming to pick it up for needy recipient in Indianapolis, Indiana.

 

UPDATED October 25, 2007 North Dakota LifeNets Chapter President Pam Redline with husband Ralph with first donated wheelchair from North Dakota.

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