FAME receives donations of Canes. Lots of Canes. We also receive crutches, walkers, wheelchairs, and thousands of other types of medical equipment and supplies.
Every cane has a story. It was acquired at the time of need for someone here in the USA. A dad, uncle, grandfather, grandmother; someone needed mobility help. Someone in the family went to Walmart or a CVS-type store and bought it. It wasn’t expensive, it wasn’t even hard to get. But then they no longer needed it. Some time passed, and there was the cane or crutches. When they are donated to FAME, they are given a new life. They come to Indianapolis, they receive new tips or parts. The cane rests for a while and then it goes on a long journey. Maybe to Asia, to South America, or Ukraine- but wherever it goes, it becomes a life-changing tool for someone who has NO ACCESS to mobility equipment. They don’t have a Walmart and many can’t afford to send someone on a journey for many days to acquire one. They probably have made something to use, but it is a wonderful thing to be a cane and help time and time again.
Do you have medical equipment or supplies you no longer need? Go to this link and take a look at the medical equipment and supplies which can be donated to FAME.
And your “cane” can have a long life-impacting story.
