By Catherine Richard
After suffering from a seizure last November, Israel and Gloria Garza’s 32 year old son has had limited mobility. When he was released from the hospital in Feb., a door was quickly installed in the side of his parents’ house along with a steep makeshift plywood ramp to get his mobile bed in and out.
A nurse at the hospital urged the Garzas to reach out to The Texas Ramp Project, and on Wednesday, Sept. 18, construction began for a new ramp.
A group of 22 people assembled to complete the project, six of which were volunteers for The Texas Ramp Project.
Roland Guzman, the team leader for The Texas Ramp Project volunteers, said that without a ramp, many ill or disabled people end up unable to leave their homes, unable to go to doctor appointments or make other essential trips.
“We need to make sure we get people out and about,” Guzman said.
The Texas Ramp Project has built 27,917 ramps in the state. With its origins in Dallas, in 2006 the organization was officially started in order to build wheelchair ramps to for low-income elderly or disabled Texans. It now operates in 132 counties.
The Texas Ramp Project crew arrived early in the morning, equipped with a plan and…
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