Vermilion County group builds 200th wheelchair ramp
By Pat Phillips
Monday June 22, 2009
Pat Phillips
Kip Sullivan, left, of Danville and Norm Crawford of Windfall, Ind., start the installation of the hand rails as the Vermilion County Handicapped Association constructed its 200th wheelchair ramp Sunday at the home of Ernie and Linda Strain in Danville.
DANVILLE – On Father's Day, you would expect sons to be taking their dads out to lunch or sitting down to dinner together at home.
Instead, three sets of fathers and sons and one mother and son associated with the Vermilion County Handicapped Association spent most of Sunday building a wheelchair ramp.
"It's becoming a tradition," said Greg "Flea" Heath, who was among the father-and-son teams.
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