Ring Pulls For Wheelchairs Australia

It will only take a few seconds out of your lifetime to remove the ring pull from your can.

Ring pulls for wheelchairs australia. 2500 ring pulls 1 kg aluminium. South australian viet nam charity group inc. Amputations from birth defects chronic diabetes cancer snake bite as well as land mines and. Also there has noted events where the pull tabs for wheelchairs have fallen flat.

Pull tabs for wheelchairs also known as pop tabs for wheelchairs is an initiative that encourages the public to collect the ring tab on the top of any standard aluminum drink cans and exchange them for a wheelchair however there are many questions and concerns surrounding this initiative. Savcg abn 45480440312. The foundation closed down but the ring pulls were still coming in to me and i didn t know what. Any amputee is eligible.

Virtually any aluminium is worth collecting including old window frames showers screens industrial off cuts but the most often is the common drink can. She recently swiped the can i had just finished and pull off the ring tab on top. There is no reason to separate the aluminium ring pull from. Wheelchairs for kids a west australian volunteer run organisation builds wheelchairs for children all over the world and collects ring pulls to sell them as scrap metal and raise money for.

Collect these and you can change it for a wheelchair i started to wonder whether this is an urban myth. But it could mean a lifetime of difference for a limbless person. My mom is on a roll. 7 sets of joints are made from money paid for this 1 kg of ring pulls.

I started collecting ring pulls in 2001 fundraising for a wheelchairs charity ms wixon said. After collecting these tabs who to you contact and who do you. The hoax claimed that the titanium ring pulls could be melted down to make wheelchairs in australia or prosthetic limbs in some third world. The riverstone children have been collecting the metal ring pulls off the top of cans to submit to rotary of australia for the wheelchairs for kids program which makes wheelchairs for disadvantaged children in developing countries.

Many schools wishing to support our project collect only the ring pulls and not the cans for the reasons mentioned above. Aluminium ring pulls are a part of our recycling drive but it takes about 276 000 ring pulls at about 1 per kilo to raise the 100 to build a wheelchair. The funds from this goes to rawcs in western australia and is then sent to thailand through reputable channels.