Madison County Rotary Club

The Inspiration: 

In 1996 the Rotary Club of Madison County had a Meals on Wheels service program.  One of its members noticed a client was living in a house without air conditioning and in the process of installing one for him, the club realized that the polio victim was crawling in and out of his house and down the steps to his vehicle. 

The Action: 

The Rotary Club built their first wheelchair ramp and never stopped building.  They built 3 in 1996, 7 in 1997, and 17 in 1998 then about 35 to 40 each year since. As of September 2007, the Madison County Rotary Club has constructed 335 ramps, the largest being 48 feet long.  The first ramp took almost a day to build, now they can build the same ramp in one hour.  The ramps are built at no direct costs to the recipient and members of the Rotary Club of Madison County provide all the labor.

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