Fil-Am teener gives 550 wheelchairs
Written by Ms. Confuse on Sunday, May 11, 2008
A wheelchair-bound 18-years-old American girl who was born in the Philippines is changing the lives of similarly situated people with her gift 550 special wheelchairs this month. Michelle Dalrympe, the youngest of three children of a couple from California, shares the experience with the pre-qualified recipients of these wheelchairs.
A male schoolmate, an off-duty security officer, accidentally discharged his 9mm gun, in his backpack. The bulet hit Michelle and severed her spinal cord. While the man pleaded guilty to one felony and two misdemeanors in the case and was sentenced to 270 days in jail, Michelle was unable to walk again.
But her experience as a paraplegic inspired her to organize a wheelchair project with the help of her father. She decided to distribute some to the Philippines where she was born and shere she grew up until she was seven years old while her parents served as missionaries.
A team of 15 people, mostly from Big Valley Grace Community Church in Modesto, California, raised funds for the wheelchairs. The wheelchairs will arrive in the country on May 8 to 20 and will be distributed to the beneficiaries in coordination with Life Wind International, Free Wheelchair Mission in Irvine, California and Holistic Community Development Initiatives (HDCI) based in the Philippines.
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