Jamaica Mon'!

Here at ROC Wheels, we’re getting geared up for the YEWTHS (Youth Empowered With The Helper Spirit) ROC Jamaica Spring Break Expedition 2011. During March 11-20th 2011, we will be taking a team of 24 students, adults and physical therapists to Montego Bay, Jamaica with the goal of improving the lives of children and adults with disabilities and sharing God’s love with the people of Jamaica. We will be distributing ROC Wheelchairs and other mobility devices that have been made here locally in Bozeman by local students and other volunteers. Lately, Travis Volkman, ROC’s School Wheelchair Manufacturing Consultant, has been busy assembling ROC Chairs at our new Headquarters with the help of volunteers. After the wheelchairs are shipped to Jamaica, we will coordinate with our partners in Jamaica to custom fit 100 highly specialized wheelchairs to their new owner’s needs. ROC Wheels’ YEWTHS ROC Program Director Lee Hanson is still pulling together the details of the Jamaica Spring Break Expedition. We plan on teaming up with the Montego Bay Rotary Club to serve people affected by disabilities in Montego Bay. And of course, we are also in the process of planning fun activities for the ROC Team to participate in during their stay in Jamaica. Last time the ROC Team made a trip to Jamaica in 2009, they spent time at two different orphanages and they also enjoyed time on the beaches, snorkeling and sailing.

“The distribution to Jamaica last year was filled with God’s love! I was amazed as we prayed for people and witnessed the new joy found in each person that received a wheelchair,” Holly Floyd, ROC Wheels Associate Director.

If you are interested in possibly joining our ROC Team in Jamaica you can e-mail me at: rashelle@rocwheels.org. You can also reach me at our ROC Wheels office here in Bozeman, MT at: 406.556.8065. If you would like more details on how you can be a part of improving the life of a child affected by disabilities, please do not hesitate to call us or you can visit our website at: http://www.rocwheels.org/. For a one-time donation of $350, you will have the opportunity to be a contributor to our Adopt-a-Chair Fund. I just want to take the time to say thank you to all of you around the world that have prayed for ROC Wheels and given your time and your financial resources to make an eternal impact on the lives of the people that we serve. May God bless you abundantly!

In Love,
RaShelle Soper
Associate Director of YEWTHS ROC Program