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PBS Frontline World - June 2009PBS Frontline World covered Whirlwind in June 2009 in a piece called "Wheels of Change." The story focuses on Whirlwind's RoughRider wheelchair manufactured in Vietnam. Watch the video from our Video Gallery. |
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PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer reported by Spencer MichelsPBS NewsHour covers Whirlwind Wheelchair International's efforts to send low-cost durable wheelchairs to Haiti for amputees after the January 2010 earthquake. Watch the video from our Video Gallery. |
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ABC7 Morning NewsFreedom of Mobility done by ABC7 local San Francisco with Kristen Sze. This piece provides a great overview on Whirlwind and our project to get RoughRider wheelchairs to people in Iraq during in the Spring of 2009 in partnership with Brad Blauser and wheelchairsforiraqikids.com Watch the video from our Video Gallery. |
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FastCompany - January 2012FastCoExist, a project of FastCompany Magazine, covers Whirlwind's offering to US wheelchair riders who'll access trais, gardens, and beaches like never before. Read the story here. |
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Diverse - October 2011Ralf Hotchkiss teaches a wheelchair design and fabrication class at San Francisco State University and enlists the help of students in continually improving wheelchair designs for the developing world. Read the story here. |
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Mission Local - October 2011Ralf Hotchkiss experiences the travails of a wheelchair rider on San Francisco public transit. Read the story here. |
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Jezebel - October 2011"Charity Gives People In Haiti These Awesome All-Terrain Wheelchairs" Bill Clinton and other fabulous guests attended the premier of The Way by Emilio Estevez with Martin Sheen. This even was also a benefit for The Walkabout Foundation. Read the story here. |
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SF State Magazine - Sept 2010"Hope for Haiti" Whirlwind's May 2010 trip to Haiti to provide 300 RoughRiders was a learning experience even for Whirlwind's seasoned international travelers who saw first hand the terrible poverty and miserable conditions following the January 2010 earthquake. Read the story here. |
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Partners In Health Blog - June 2010"Wheeling around Haiti” Whirlwind and Partners in Health team up to distribute RoughRiders in Haiti - May 2010. Read the story here.
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Rolling Rains Report - April 2010"Green, Ingenious, and Pro-Disabled Design from Whirlwind and IDEO" As part of Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics Whirlwind partners with design firm IDEO to design stadium seating that can be reused in wheelchairs. Read the story here. |
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PBS NewsHour - February 2010PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: Reporter Spencer Michels covers Whirlwind Wheelchair International's efforts to send low-cost, durable wheelchairs to Haiti for amputees after the January 2010 earthquake. Whirlwind has worked in 40 countries since 1979 to deliver the best wheelchairs for rugged developing world riders. Ralf Hotchkiss is speaking from Whirlwind headquarters at San Francisco State University. Watch the video here. |
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Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People - October 2009The Whirlwind RoughRider is one of the featured products in this compilation of inventions and designs that help people help themselves. Buy the book here. |
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Rolling Rains Report - April 2010"More on Darren Brehm's ’Stadium Seats as Wheelchairs‘: Green/UD Convergence Thinking" Stadium Seats as Wheelchairs. Whirlwind partners with Chicago’s Olympic Bid Committee and IDEO on an innovative project. Read the story here.
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Hack Ability - August 2010"Visiting Whirlwind Wheelchair International“ An inside view of Whirlwind from Liz Henry, who blogs about her visit to Whirlwind's shop and office at San Francisco State University. Read the story here.
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ABC7 - April 2010"Freedom of Mobility" by ABC7 local San Francisco with Kristen Sze. This piece provides a great overview on Whirlwind and our project to get RoughRider wheelchairs to people in Iraq during the Spring of 2009 in partnership with Brad Blauser and wheelchairsforiraqikids.com Watch the video here.
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PBS Frontline/World - June 2010"Wheels of Change" This beautiful 10-minute video covers Whirlwind, our Vietnamese manufacturing partner, and the personal stories of Tong Geong a post-polio wheelchair rider and his friend Quan Dien who lost his legs in the war with Cambodia. These two men work together and have an outstanding ping pong game. Watch the video here.
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Common Dreams - December 2010"Ralf Hotchkiss & His Whirlwind Wheelchairs" Ralph Nader writes about one of his former Nader's Raiders, Whirlwind founder Ralf Hotchkiss, and urges readers to support Whirlwind. Read the story here. |
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