Casper Group Raises over $10,000 to Buy Wheelchairs
The group Free Wheelchair Mission has raised over $10,000 in May, culminating with a kayak event and 5k run to help boost awareness, with the money being used to buy wheelchairs for people in developing nations who can t afford them.
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People of all ages participated in the running event, Move for Mobility, which went from Monrad park to the Fort Caspar Museum
, which is done annually across the country, and is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
Sarah Schaff, who helped organize the event in Casper, along with her father George Hage, who runs a group supporting the Free Wheelchair Mission in Idaho, said this was the first time Move for Mobility was held in Casper, and she hopes to make it an annual occurrence.