Kiwanians are for kids, and that s no kidding
Tim Adcock
Kids need Kiwanis!
For more than a century, Kiwanis has created opportunities for children to be curious, safe, and healthy regardless of the community in which they live.
The defining motto of Kiwanis International is “Serving the children of the world.”
In 1921, the Kiwanis Club of Abilene was organized to serve the children of the Abilene community. Some of the first service projects were starting a milk and ice fund for children, placing “Drive Carefully” signs at school entrances at a time when automobiles were just coming into being and delivering used clothing to indigent families at Christmas.
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Veteran Leonardo Cantu looks over the ramp just installed at his Sinton home last Tuesday by the Texas Ramp Project out of San Antonio. While he doesnât use a motorized wheelchair just yet, he did say that he may have to in the very near future.
Sounds easy â but not for Nash, who uses a wheelchair.
Just to leave or enter her home, the 50-year-old had to have a family member carry her in and out.
That changed Tuesday. Nine members of Immanuel Lutheran Ministries spent around two hours sawing, hammering and sanding wood to make Nash a ramp so she can safely leave her home.
âItâs a blessing that they did this for us. Itâs a blessing,â Nash said, tears welling in her eyes and rolling down her cheeks.
Sawdust-covered Royce Winkler was one of the men building Nashâs ramp. He said the volunteers are part of the Texas Ramp Project, a nonprofit that provides free wheelchair ramps to low-income older adults and people with disabilities.
Sounds easy â but not for Nash, who uses a wheelchair.
Just to leave or enter her home, the 50-year-old had to have a family member carry her in and out.
That changed Tuesday. Nine members of Immanuel Lutheran Ministries spent around two hours sawing, hammering and sanding wood to make Nash a ramp so she can safely leave her home.
âItâs a blessing that they did this for us. Itâs a blessing,â Nash said, tears welling in her eyes and rolling down her cheeks.
Sawdust-covered Royce Winkler was one of the men building Nashâs ramp. He said the volunteers are part of the Texas Ramp Project, a nonprofit that provides free wheelchair ramps to low-income older adults and people with disabilities.