Families Helping Families
Van Donation Program
Families with a good condition Wheelchair van are encouraged to consider donating the vehicle to The Independence Foundation – a tax write off letter will be provided. The Foundation will then match families in need with vans available.
- Call 685-3976 to donate a vehicle.
Families Helping Families
Volunteer Driver program
Volunteer drivers need to fill out a DMV Driver Check form
Volunteer driver needs insurance in place
You would volunteer to drive an individual in your / or their wheelchair van.
Families Helping Families
Emergency Ride program
Families add their names to a volunteer data base to be called in the event that another family has wheelchair van breakdown. You would agree to provide a ride for another family in the event of an emergency.
Families volunteering to be placed on the emergency van data list need to provide:
- Name
- Address
- Contact number and cell if necessary
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Location:
Buffalo – downtown
Greater Buffalo North
Greater Buffalo South
Not Buffalo area:
- Clearance from lift to ceiling entrance:
- How many tie downs?
- Your vehicle must be registered and insured when providing a ride – proof of insurance will be required to volunteer for this program.
- The rider must sign a waiver of liability.
(We can mail this to the volunteer family to keep in their glove box.)
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The rider must provide clearance needed to make sure we can arrange for a ride that accommodates them.
(This would be relayed to our scheduler, when a call is placed for emergency help.)
