Every single day, 22 veterans take their own lives. Thatโs 22 suicides a day, a suicide every 65 minutes. As shocking as that number is, the real number may actually be higher. What we've learned from our recipients, is that immobility leads to isolation, and isolation erodes mental health, with too many becoming one of the 22.
As Jacob McWhorter, one of our courageous recipients, shared: "๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ 22 ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ. ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐จ, ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐จ,โ said Jacob, โ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ค๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐.โ
Wheelchairs for Warriors remains determined to provide custom-fit, mobility solutions to ensure our injured heroes can rejoin their lives at the highest level of INDEPENDENT mobility and function possible...with the ability to ROLL STRONG.
Your $22 donation every month will help tremendously to alleviate some of the obstacles standing in the way of our veterans who sacrificed so much for us.
Watch Jacob's story in his own words, he was the inspiration for our Touch-22 Program: