Posted by Franz Huber
Geoff Croad, our Wheelchair Trust chairman, has negotiated an arrangement with RARE (Rotary Australia Repurposing Equipment) to dispose hospital beds, medical equipment etc that occasionally ends up at our project shed. Recently, a load of hospital beds, mattresses and some 500 bedsheets, destined for Timor Leste, was picked up. In the same consignment, there were 18 new or almost new "normal" wheelchairs (going to Bougainville), and three boxed 'Rough Terrain' wheelchairs to be shipped to where RAWCS (Rotary Australia World Community Service) deems there is a need. Amazing, what some effective communication can achieve! Well done, Geoff.
 
Photo: Hospital beds and mattresses, ready to be loaded. From left: Geoff Croad, Bryan Tuesley, Iain Campbell. Check our Facebook pages for heaps more photos: www.facebook.com/rcsurferssunrise and www.facebook.com/wheelchairtrust