Wheelchair accessible transportation
Sylvan Lake Community Partners Association
Details
Northern Alberta
The Idea
Looking to purchase a wheelchair accessible van to provide transportation for individuals needing a ride to medical appointments in the nearby city and in the local community. A contract driver would be hired with the needed qualifications. A contract with a local mechanics shop would need to be secured with the idea of providing services to keep the vehicle in good running order.
Who Will Benefit?
This service will be available free of charge to any low income individuals, seniors and handicapped persons requiring a wheelchair who cannot afford to pay the cost of hiring a taxi to deliver them and pick them up from an appointment in Red Deer. There is currently no available transportation for individuals in a wheelchair in the local community of Sylvan Lake so their only transportation availability is to have a suitably equipped mode of transportation to come out of the city to pick them up and deliver them back home. Unfortunately this is mostly to costly for these individuals. This service would be free of charge for them and any other senior or low income person.