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-Mission Statement: To provide mobility products for people with disabilities in developing countries and to foster partnerships through ministry, youth empowerment, wheelchair distributions, manufacturing opportunities, and educational development.

-ROC Wheels has provided wheelchairs for more than 8,000 children and adults affected by disabilities worldwide. Of these, over 4500 were the therapeutic pediatric ROC Chair designed by ROC Wheel’s co-founder Wayne Hanson.

-ROC Wheels is not about “dropping off wheelchairs.” It’s about ministering to people’s physical, emotional and spiritual needs with the love of God. ROC Wheels serves people regardless of political affiliation, religious belief, or ethnic identity.

-Over 20 million people with disabilities do not have wheelchairs for mobility. Approximately 1/3 of these are children. Help us to give the joy and freedom of mobility to people affected by disability around the world. Adopt a Chair.

-ROC Wheels is a faith-based non-profit that aims to empower people affected by disabilities around the world by distributing custom-fit wheelchairs and mobility products and supporting the development of wheelchair manufacturing facilities in developing nations.

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What is "ROC Wheels" ?

ROC Wheels is an abbreviation for Reach Out and Care Wheels. ROC Wheels is a 501 (c)(3) faith-based non-profit that provides mobility and hope for people with disabilities and supports the development of manufacturing facilities with a focus on developing nations. Additionally through our YEWTHS ROC Program, ROC Wheels aims to mobilize, educate and empower youth to make a positive impact globally and locally by providing opportunities to participate in service learning, social entrepreneurship, and the assembly and distribution of highly specialized pediatric wheelchairs and other mobility devices to children with disabilities and their families throughout less resourced countries. Overall, our organization exists to minister to people’s physical, emotional and spiritual needs with the love of God. ROC Wheels serves people regardless of political affiliation, religious belief, or ethnic identity. back to top

What is the mission of ROC Wheels?

"The mission of ROC Wheels is to provide mobility products for people with disabilities in developing countries and to foster partnerships through ministry, youth empowerment, wheelchair distributions, manufacturing opportunities, and educational development." back to top

Where is ROC Wheels based?

ROC Wheels' home office is in Bozeman, Montana. back to top

Who benefits from the services of ROC Wheels?

ROC Wheels serves people both locally and internationally. Our target population is twofold: Internationally, we serve children and families with disabilities in developing countries. Locally, ROC Wheels empowers youth in our local community in Bozeman, Montana and provides opportunities for prisoners in South Dakota to make a positive contribution to society through the production of ROC Chairs for wheelchair distributions around the world. ROC Wheels serves people regardless of political affiliation, religious belief, or ethnic identity. back to top

How and when did ROC Wheels start?

In 1989, Wayne Hanson founded Kid-Kart in the garage of their family home in Bozeman, Montana. While manufacturing strollers for the pediatric market from 1990-1996, Kid-Kart grew to become a national leader in seating and mobility for children with moderate to severe disabilities, from infancy to 8 years old. Kid-Kart provided custom seating and mobility systems on a large scale that could address the specific needs of children. Kid-Kart was purchased by Sunrise Medical in 1996.

Three years later in 1999, Wayne took his passion of 13 years of experience in wheelchair production and collaborated with another entrepreneur to manufacture and develop wheelchairs for developing countries. In 2003, he and his wife Lee Ann founded and incorporated ROC Wheels in order to provide mobility products for people with disabilities in developing countries and to foster partnerships through ministry, youth empowerment, wheelchair distributions, manufacturing opportunities, and educational development. In July of 2004, ROC Wheels became a registered 501(c)(3). back to top

How many wheelchairs has ROC Wheels distributed?

ROC Wheels has distributed more than 8,000 wheelchairs to children with disabilities and their families worldwide. Of these over 4500 were the theraputic pediatric ROC Chair designed by Wayne Hanson. back to top

Is your organization a non-profit? Is ROC Wheels incorporated?
ROC Wheels was originally incorporated in the state of Montana in December of 2003. We received our IRS tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status in July of 2004, retroactive to our incorporation date. back to top

Is my donation tax deductible?
Yes, ROC Wheels is a 501(c)(3)tax exaempt organization. back to top

How many people are on your staff?
Here at ROC Wheels, we have over 100 volunteers around the world. We are grateful for our volunteers because without them, all of our services would not be possible. Currently, we have a team of five people as our paid staff:
• Andrew Babcock, Executive Director, andrew@rocwheels.org
• Holly Floyd, Associate Director, holly@rocwheels.org
• Amina Hammoumi, International Cultural Liason, mina@rocwheels.org
• Sid Sinmema, Manufacturing Specialist
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What countries have you been to?

ROC Wheels has worked to empower children with disabilities and their families by forming partnerships with organizations in Kenya, Romania, Vietnam, Peru, the West Bank/Palestine, Morocco, China, Israel, Jamaica, Russia, Mexico, Ukraine, Iraq, Mali, and Tanzania. back to top

What’s your annual budget?

Our 2009 budget was $513,108. Our projected budget for 2010 is $1,013,000. back to top

How much of your annual budget reaches disabled children and their families?

About 91% of our 2009 annual budget reached our target populations, 79% to disabled children in developing nations, and 12% for local Yewth ROC programs here in Bozeman, Montana. back to top

What other organizations do you partner with?

Currently, ROC Wheels has ongoing partnerships with Hope Haven International Ministries, Wheelchairs For Iraqi Kids, The Morocco Foundation, Amicale Marocaine des Handicapes (AMH), and The Centre Noor. ROC Wheels is always motivated to expand partnerships to help serve more people. We have also partnered with Whirlwind International Wheelchairs, several Rotary Clubs, Wheels for Humanity, The World Is Our Neighborhood, Feed the Children, Koenes Ministries, Rocky Mountain Ministries, Food for the Poor to name a few.
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How can I get involved?

You can get involved in a number of ways:
• You can sponsor a child’s wheelchair through our Adopt-A-Chair Program.
• You can mail us a donation or make a on-line donation.
• You can give your time by volunteering locally at our headquarters in Bozeman or internationally by volunteering on one of our international distribution trips. For volunteer information please contact Holly Floyd, our Associate Director at: 406.556.8065. Or by e-mail at: holly@rocwheels.org
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What are you doing locally? How much of your funds are being spent to improve the lives of the people in your community?

Through our local YEWTHS (Youth Empowered With The Helper Spirit) ROC School Program, ROC Wheels aims to mobilize, educate and empower youth to make a positive impact globally and locally by providing opportunities to participate in service learning, social entrepreneurship, and the assembly and distribution of highly specialized pediatric wheelchairs and other mobility devices to children with disabilities and their families throughout developing nations.

In the future, we hope to empower students throughout the United States by expanding our YEWTHS ROC School Program into other states. Thanks to all of our incredible local volunteers, we are able to successfully run our youth educational program YEWTHS ROC using 12% of our program budget.
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ROCWheel'ss tax ID number is 20-0402658

ROC Wheels, 301 Gallatin Park Dr , Bozeman, Montana 59715
www.RocWheels.org
Andrew Babcock, Executive Director, Andrew@ROCWheels.org
Phone/Fax #: 406.556.8065
ROC Wheels is a 501 (c ) (3) Non-profit Organization

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