Every year, Gold Coast Veterans Foundation receives 100 or more calls (often desperate) from veterans and family members requesting emergency delivery of a wheelchair, power-lift, or mobility scooter:

• A veteran may have been injured, or had an emergency surgery…and had no idea they would not be eligible for a wheelchair when they got home.
• Some veterans may not qualify… others may have to wait weeks or even months.
• Some veterans are discharged from the hospital in a wheelchair, rolled out to the sidewalk, and then told that the wheelchair has to stay behind.

A critical and often completely un-met need arises at these moments. Without a wheelchair, there is a genuine threat to a veteran’s recovery, their health, and their safety. Not to mention the feeling of helplessness, loss of dignity, and even betrayal that a veteran might feel at that difficult moment.

Gold Coast Veterans Foundation has addressed this need by developing a rapid response wheelchair program. Our strategic repair/refurbish, storage and distribution system will get a wheelchair delivered to any Ventura County veteran in need with one phone call and usually within a few hours.

We’re deeply grateful to the Knights of Columbus, Los Padres Chapter and all our partner agencies for supporting and continuing this vital free program for veterans and their families.