Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity seeks wheelchair ramps

MATTAPOISETT — Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity is seeking metal wheelchair ramp donations for their Ramp Donation Program. 

The Ramp Donation program gives low-income homeowners the accessibility they need to remain safe in their homes.

According to Executive Director Christine Lacourse, “There are so many people that need wheelchair ramps but cannot afford them, so they go without and live in unsafe conditions.”

Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity has installed nineteen ramps to date this year for elderly and disabled individuals. Ramp recipients have ranged in ages from 17 to 95-years-old. 

Ramps are expensive, often needed on short notice and frequently needed only temporarily. When a family no longer requires the ramp, it is picked up by Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity and then loaned to another low-income family in need. 

Lacourse said, “Our Ramp Donation program is transforming people’s lives who need our help.”

The Ramp Donation program helps those with existing accessibility issues, temporary injuries, or those who are checking out of a rehabilitation facility with hopes of returning home.

For more information about the Ramp Donation program, contact BuzzardsBayAreaHabitat@yahoo.com or call (508) 758-4517. 

Tax-deductible donations to support the program may be made at www.BuzzardsBayHabitat.org or by sending a check to Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity, P.O. Box 1584, Mattapoisett, MA 02739.