Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Got Crutches, Wheel Chairs, Walkers, Hospital Beds or Other Medical Equipment You Don’t Need? The American Disabled Equipment Fund Wants Them
Don't throw them away.
Call a not-for-profit organization called The American Disabled Equipment Fund at 815-338-3863.
Three years old, the group was founded by Ted Liegel, who was born with Spina Bifida. He established the fund "because he understood the difficulties of a lifetime--or even a month's time--trying to accommodate changing medical requirements and their ever-increasing expense," according to a leaflet I was handed by a woman at Crystal Lake's Jewel this past week.
"It was so difficult for me to get my equipment, I can imagine how difficult for other people who can't afford the equipment to obtain it," said Mr. Liegel. "The misconception is that Social Security covers everything."
The group, whose acronym is TADEF, has donated almost $100,000 of equipment to disabled and disadvantaged residents so far.
"One by one, you've made it possible for us to bring hope to dozens of people whose only crime was to sustain an injury or suffer from disability," the brochure says.
TADEF asks not only for donations of medical equipment, but checks, which may be sent in care of Amcore Bank, 225 W. Jackson St., Woodstock, IL 60098.
Anyone "who is in need of medical equipment for convalescence, mobility or self-care" is also invited to contact TADEF at 815-338-3863.
Mr. Leigel asks that those willing to volunteer to sit outside of supermarkets to help the cause give him a call at the same number.
Call a not-for-profit organization called The American Disabled Equipment Fund at 815-338-3863.
Three years old, the group was founded by Ted Liegel, who was born with Spina Bifida. He established the fund "because he understood the difficulties of a lifetime--or even a month's time--trying to accommodate changing medical requirements and their ever-increasing expense," according to a leaflet I was handed by a woman at Crystal Lake's Jewel this past week.
"It was so difficult for me to get my equipment, I can imagine how difficult for other people who can't afford the equipment to obtain it," said Mr. Liegel. "The misconception is that Social Security covers everything."
The group, whose acronym is TADEF, has donated almost $100,000 of equipment to disabled and disadvantaged residents so far.
"One by one, you've made it possible for us to bring hope to dozens of people whose only crime was to sustain an injury or suffer from disability," the brochure says.
TADEF asks not only for donations of medical equipment, but checks, which may be sent in care of Amcore Bank, 225 W. Jackson St., Woodstock, IL 60098.
Anyone "who is in need of medical equipment for convalescence, mobility or self-care" is also invited to contact TADEF at 815-338-3863.
Mr. Leigel asks that those willing to volunteer to sit outside of supermarkets to help the cause give him a call at the same number.
Labels: Ted Liegel, The American Disabled Equipment Fund
