For Veterans Only
| 740-456-5979 |
| Medical Equipment For Vets Only |
Along with other things Veterans Helping Veterans & Others do
for our veterans free of charge is help with hospital equipment
when we have it.
We have given out regular & electric wheelchairs, hospital beds,
walkers, canes, crutches, bath stools, and other equipment to
veterans who can not afford them or can not get help with them
from the VA.
All that is required is for the veteran or a care giver or person
caring for the veteran, {if the veteran is not able to}, to come in
and fill out the necessary papers. We will need the following:
* A letter from the doctor saying the
veteran needs a certain item.
* Their DD214 {discharge papers}
* Picture ID or their VA Card
* Fill out a form.
We need people who have these items to donate them to us
when they are finished with them. We are a 501c3 organization
and we can give a tax receipt for them. They can be dropped off
at the store or we can pick them up. Call us at 740-456-4009 for
more information or if you have questions.
for our veterans free of charge is help with hospital equipment
when we have it.
We have given out regular & electric wheelchairs, hospital beds,
walkers, canes, crutches, bath stools, and other equipment to
veterans who can not afford them or can not get help with them
from the VA.
All that is required is for the veteran or a care giver or person
caring for the veteran, {if the veteran is not able to}, to come in
and fill out the necessary papers. We will need the following:
* A letter from the doctor saying the
veteran needs a certain item.
* Their DD214 {discharge papers}
* Picture ID or their VA Card
* Fill out a form.
We need people who have these items to donate them to us
when they are finished with them. We are a 501c3 organization
and we can give a tax receipt for them. They can be dropped off
at the store or we can pick them up. Call us at 740-456-4009 for
more information or if you have questions.
| Hospital Beds |
| If you have hospital equipment you would like to donate to a needy veteran please give us a call! |
| In Loving Memory of Mr. Mahoney |
We were honored and privileged to have a real live hero among us for a few minutes at the thrift store on April 22,
2009. Joe Mahoney from Boston, MA was bound and determined to deliver walkers to us to give to our handicap
and needy veterans in honor and memory of his father who invented them. It seems that Joe's father service in
the Marines. Joe's grandfather was also a Marine. When Joe's father invented the walkers, he named them after
his brother who was paralyzed in Korea, "The Buddy Safety Roller." Joe told us that the walkers were in storage
for a few years doing no one any good. He said he and his mother were talking and said they would like to give
them to a organization that helps the veterans. He did some research on the web and found Veterans Helping
Veterans & Others. He checked us out, liked what he saw and read and gave us a call. He said he liked what we
were doing and asked if we would like to have them. Of course we said yes.
We had to find a way to get the walkers from Boston, MA. to Portsmouth, OH. We called our friend Andy Glockner
and told him about it and he found a way for us to get them. When we told him Joe Mahoney's name he jokingly
said, "He sounds like a good Catholic to me. Andy called Joe and they got things worked out. Joe said he didn't
want Andy to pay a big price for freight. The next thing we knew we received a phone call while out on the truck
and it was Joe. He said I am about an hour away and I will be there shortly.
Joe liked Veterans Helping Veterans & Others so much that he wanted to meet Commander Foster in person and
present the walkers in memory and in honor of his father.
Joe Mahoney is some kind of a guy. Not everyone would take their vacation time, use their money and drive more
than 1600 miles round trip to help our veterans in Southern OH in memory and honor of their father. His father
would have been proud of his son for what he done.
Why do we call Joe a real live hero? He served his country in the Navy and fought in Desert Storm defending our
great nation. He is now a Boston Fire Fighter putting his life on the line to keep people safe and to save lives,
which he did. By bringing his dad's walkers to us, he has made a way for our needy veterans to get around safely
that can not afford to pay for one. We found that Joe is a Hockey Player too. We wish he had more time to spend
with us, but he had to get back to Boston.
Yes, we had a real live hero among us for a few minutes in April. His life has been about risking his to keep
America safe and free, and putting his life in danger as a Boston Fire Fighter to save lives. We are thankful that
the Lord sent him our way. We wish him the best in everything he does. God bless all the Joe's of the world.
2009. Joe Mahoney from Boston, MA was bound and determined to deliver walkers to us to give to our handicap
and needy veterans in honor and memory of his father who invented them. It seems that Joe's father service in
the Marines. Joe's grandfather was also a Marine. When Joe's father invented the walkers, he named them after
his brother who was paralyzed in Korea, "The Buddy Safety Roller." Joe told us that the walkers were in storage
for a few years doing no one any good. He said he and his mother were talking and said they would like to give
them to a organization that helps the veterans. He did some research on the web and found Veterans Helping
Veterans & Others. He checked us out, liked what he saw and read and gave us a call. He said he liked what we
were doing and asked if we would like to have them. Of course we said yes.
We had to find a way to get the walkers from Boston, MA. to Portsmouth, OH. We called our friend Andy Glockner
and told him about it and he found a way for us to get them. When we told him Joe Mahoney's name he jokingly
said, "He sounds like a good Catholic to me. Andy called Joe and they got things worked out. Joe said he didn't
want Andy to pay a big price for freight. The next thing we knew we received a phone call while out on the truck
and it was Joe. He said I am about an hour away and I will be there shortly.
Joe liked Veterans Helping Veterans & Others so much that he wanted to meet Commander Foster in person and
present the walkers in memory and in honor of his father.
Joe Mahoney is some kind of a guy. Not everyone would take their vacation time, use their money and drive more
than 1600 miles round trip to help our veterans in Southern OH in memory and honor of their father. His father
would have been proud of his son for what he done.
Why do we call Joe a real live hero? He served his country in the Navy and fought in Desert Storm defending our
great nation. He is now a Boston Fire Fighter putting his life on the line to keep people safe and to save lives,
which he did. By bringing his dad's walkers to us, he has made a way for our needy veterans to get around safely
that can not afford to pay for one. We found that Joe is a Hockey Player too. We wish he had more time to spend
with us, but he had to get back to Boston.
Yes, we had a real live hero among us for a few minutes in April. His life has been about risking his to keep
America safe and free, and putting his life in danger as a Boston Fire Fighter to save lives. We are thankful that
the Lord sent him our way. We wish him the best in everything he does. God bless all the Joe's of the world.
| Joe Mahoney's Walkers |
| Walkers donated by our friend Joe Mahoney from Boston, MA are making their way into nursing homes and homes of veterans coming into the store. Pictured are veterans residing in the Pleasant Hill Manor nursing home in Piketon, OH just 50 miles from V.H.V.O. location. |
| These are just a few veterans that will benefit from Joe's long journey to Southern Ohio. Our needy veterans in nursing homes and elsewhere will benefit because of the Joe Mahoney's, the Bob Wells's and people who donate to Veterans Helping Veterans & Others. Handicap equipment is donated to V.H.V.O. and they are in turn given to veterans who can not afford them or do not qualify through the VA. The Joe Mahoney's of the world are few and far in between. How many people do you know that would take it upon themselves to load up their father's walkers that he made and travel from Boston, MA to Portsmouth, OH to help our needy veterans in a poverty stricken area? |
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| Veterans Helping Veterans & Others salute the Joe Mahoney's of the world. They are what it is all about. |
| An inspirationally clip for the handicap. Click on picture and watch. |