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Summer 2007 | Ground Breaking | Lucky Winner | Grant for Van

Grant for Van

Imagine not being able to go to a store, out to eat, or visit a friend.

Imagine having to rely on public transportation every time you needed to see a doctor, attend church, do banking or having to arrange transportation weeks in advance.

Now imagine being able to go anywhere!

Which is what happened for many Welcome House clients when a $50,000 grant from Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation was awarded to Welcome House to purchase a Ford Paratransit Van. This vehicle provides safety, convenience and more importantly independence.

Although the van is available to all Welcome House clients, the new van is housed in Olmsted Falls at one of the newer sites where four women live, three of them in power wheelchairs. For their first outing in the new van, Executive Director Tony Thomas transported the women to Wal-Mart for a shopping extravaganza. The women were thrilled, not only because they were being chauffeured by Tony Thomas but because they were finally able to go shopping!