Texas Ramp Build Makes Home Accessible For A Wichita Falls Resident
By: Lindsey Wopschall
Updated: January 26, 2013
A
group of volunteers spent this Saturday building an addition to the
home of a Wichita Falls resident that will make a big difference in
their life.
Volunteers drilled and hammered at this house in the 12 hundred block of 32nd Street.
Volunteers drilled and hammered at this house in the 12 hundred block of 32nd Street.
And it was all to build a ramp through the Texas Ramp Project.
You see, social agencies refer candidates to the organization who don't have proper access in and out of their homes.
And for many of those candidates leaving home has not been an option.
"It's very very isolated. It's not a fun position to be in, and sometimes they get the feeling that they are desperate," said Alan Ballard, coordinator of the Texas Ramp Project.
It took volunteers about 5 hours to finish the ramp.. Which now gives the resident the freedom to come and go.
The Texas Ramp Project tries to build about 12 ramps each year here in Texoma.
