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 46228You may also donate now by Visa/Master Card
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.
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Read some of our happy wheelchair stories......
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 PhoenixApril 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, IndianaSarah 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.
