Visit us! Go to nwpm.org or facebook at http This video was prepared by Northwest Portland Ministries volunteers to provide an understanding of a Guide Dog applicant’s needs, as well as for use in evaluating his travel skills. It demonstrates the applicant traveling in full, front, side, and back views and demonstrates safe and independent street crossings and independent navigation in his home area. It includes aspects of the applicant’s daily routes: traveling on roads, cement sidewalks, paths to the grocery and boarding the public transportation he normally uses. It also shows the applicant’s home and work area, including desk, break area, and the guide dog’s anticipated rest area. Travel speed is demonstrated with a sighted guide – an NWPM volunteer. NWPM inspires volunteers from congregations and the larger community to help neighbors live with dignity and purpose. We provide food, recreation and helping hands. Please consider donating to NWPM! It’s easy to use our secure payment form on our web site at: nwpm.org With many ongoing activities, we’re continually seeking new volunteers to help our neighbors in Northwest and Downtown Portland. Please contact us if you would like to join our caring community of volunteers at 503-221-1224 or info@nwpm.org. Learn more here: nwpm.org Service seniors elderly disabled testimonials “making a difference” “helping people” NWPM Northwest Portland Oregon interfaith “helping hands” food “emergency food” “food pantry” “loaves …
Ally is learning to drive her loaner power chair. She mostly goes in circles, but is starting to change directions (which I had a hard time capturing on film). She is 3 years and 4 months old and has Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). We are in the process of ordering her own chair ; )
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I built a 4-grocery bag sized trailer for my dad and his wife for his Jazzy Power Chair for warm weather grocery shopping. The basket is an Elfa shelf system #3 sized basket. I machined the 3-axis hitch (roll, pitch and yaw or turn) and trailer draw bar out of 6061 aluminum with a steel eye rolling in a 1018 steel pitch axis rotation pin. The trailer hitches up using the smooth shank section and head of a cut down 5/8″ dia. bolt and it is retained with a 1/8″ dia. hair pin. The 14″ dia. semi-pneumatic ball bearing wheels were bought from McMaster-Carr. The basket is attached to the axle/draw bar unit with small hose clamps whose tails are turned downwards to insure the interior of the basket remained totally snag free.
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