March 3, 2026 • 16 mins
This podcast edition of Kenny Webster's Pursuit of Happiness features Crystal Laramore from Wheelchairs for Warriors. ( @KennethRWebster )
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Giganic government sucksess radio is DeLux. Liberty and freedom will
make you smile the Asuda happing us on your radio
tole justice cheeseburgers, a liberty fries at.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Oh no, this isn't good, guys. A water park is
selling ranch flavored milkshakes. E yuck is disgusting. Cannot believe that.
I mean, seriously, who goes to a water park? Gross?
Hi everybody, it is early, ladies. It's election day in Texas.
We're gonna replay our interview from this morning with Alex
(00:45):
Mieler and Ken Paxton coming up in a little bit.
To stick around for that before we do. The Luigi
Mengione Musical is tiptoeing back into New York like a
cat burglar with jazz hands planting its satirical spikes. Just
a twenty minute cab ride from that eightful Midtown pavement
where the United Healthcare CEO met his untimely policy expiration.
(01:06):
It says, if the Universe's scriptwriter decided to crank up
the irony dial it to eleven. Here's a show about
a dude allegedly popping caps and corporate fat cats now
crooning about greed and grievances from a stage so close
the echoes of sirens might harmonize with the overture. All right, guys,
hold the applause. This isn't some fresh plot twist in
(01:30):
the Theater of the absurd. No, it's just the latest
encore in liberal Hollywood and the media's long running love
affair with turning trigger happy troublemakers into tragic troubadours. They
don't just report the carnage, they remix it into romance,
wrapping violence and velvet curtains and spotlights, making murderers look
less like monsters and more like misunderstood mant matinee idols.
(01:54):
It's like they've got a secret recipe. Take one heinous act,
add a dash it daddy shoes, stir in some social commentary,
and voila, your villains now a vibe. Take that infamous
Rolling Stone cover from back in twenty thirteen where they
slapped the Boston Marathon bomber front and center, looking all
brooding and boy band dreamy, like he was auditioning for
(02:17):
a one direction reunion tour gone explosive. Do you remember
the headline the Bomber, How a popular promising student was
failed by his family fell into radical Islam and became
a monster. Oh failed by his family, more like magazine
failed basic decency, turning a terrorist into a teen heart throb.
(02:39):
Critics called it bombshell journalism, but really it was just
bombing ethically, glamorizing a guy whose radical idea of a
bang was actual bombs at a finish line, you know,
the punchline was sales skyrocketed, proving the controversy doesn't just sell,
it detonates ratings. Analogy time, guys, It's like dressing up
(02:59):
a green is a Grammy winner and wondering why people
pull the pin for selfies. And oh, Hollywood's been directing
this drama for decades, casting killers as complex characters who'd
be perfect for a rom com if only the body
count was confetti. Y'all remember Bonnie and Kline back in
the sixties. I think Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway turned
a pair of Depression era desperadoes who robbed banks and
(03:23):
blasted cops like it was a bad habit into sex symbols.
They weren't just crooks, they were couture criminals, dancing through
dust bowls with Tommy guns as tango partners. The media
ate it up, metaphorically turning bullet holes into beauty marks,
romanticizing their rampage as a lover's lane littered with lead.
(03:44):
Fast forward to the nineties, we had Oliver Stone's Natural
Born Killers hitting screens like a sledgehammer to being subtle
at the time. Woody Harrelson and Juliet Lewis played Mickey
and Mallory Knox, a couple of spree killing sweethearts who
murdered their way across America, all while the tabloid press
turned them into tabloid treasures. The film is a fever
(04:04):
dream of satire on media sensationalism. But here's the irony.
It ended up glamorizing the very violence it was trying
to mock. Critics accused Oliver Stone of making Massacre look
like a music video montage. The punchline in this case
was the killers became celebrities faster than you could say
breaking news, proving Hollywood's got a knack for turning bloodbaths
(04:26):
into blockbusters. It's as if The Evening News was directed
by MTV, where every homicide gets a hype track and
a highlight reel. Y'all remember Ted Bundy, Liberal Tinseltown's gift
that keeps on giving restraining orders. In twenty nineteen's Extremely Wicked,
there was a shockingly evil and vile cast starring Zach Affron,
(04:47):
the high school musical heart throb, as a serial killer
slaughterer who charmed and choked his way through dozens of women.
Zach plays Ted Bundy like a law school dropout with
a lethal side gig, all charisma and cheekbones, making audiences
forget the necrophilia for a narrative. The media hyped it
as a sexy psycho cinema, with headlines drooling over zax
(05:10):
abs instead of actually focusing on the atrocities. So yeah,
I guess you could say Hollywood's got a history of
doing this kind of thing. They did it again with
a Jeffrey Dahmer story in two thousand and two that
was on Netflix. Speaking of y'all, remember the Menendez Brothers
in twenty twenty four amide a documentary that was so
flattering people wanted them to get a retrial. And now
(05:32):
we've got Luigi Mangione, the alleged CEO slayer, immortalized in
a musical where he shares the stage with Diddy an
SBF in a cell block chorus line. You remember the
crypto bro. Yeah, they're all part of the movie. The
play that is, they're belting ballads about broken systems and
bad bosses turning assassinations into art. The show's bounced from
(05:53):
San fran to Edinburgh like a bad check, now landing
near the crime scene, close enough for the audience to
feel the coverage gap in the souls, the patterns, no accident,
It's a playbook. Guys. They love this on the left.
They love to romanticize violence because outrage outsells ethics and
nothing hooks a hooker like a homicide hobby. But next
(06:13):
time you're humming along to a killer's lament, remember the
real tragedy is not the tune. Oh no it's not.
It's the tombstones tuned out. Break a system, Nah, just
break even on Broadway. Some radio shows are so hot
you'll literally burn your eyes. Fortunately, this is it one
(06:33):
of those shows.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
I never listening to you all again.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Pursuit of Happiness Radio. You may have heard that war
overseas is making the market take a little tumble. Hi, everybody,
Kenny Webster here jumping in like a guy who just
checked his four oh one k ouch. The market's having
a meltdown, and there's a reason why. Obviously, you're probably
wondering what could you have invested in while we went
(06:57):
to war with a Middle Eastern country. It turns out
gold and silk always a good idea. It's a great
buying opportunity in silver, obviously a smart investment as well.
National debt's still ballooning like my uncle's barbecue gut dollars
flexing today but could wobble tomorrow inflations that persistent mosquito
buzzing around your wallet. Gold is the ultimate survivor, hedged
(07:17):
through wars, crashes and my questionable life choices for centuries.
So go ahead, call Leer Capital today. The same company
I trust is the company that Rush Limbaugh trusts eight
hundred three sixty four ninety two hundred. That's eight hundred
three six four ninety two hundred. Call Deer Capital eight
zero zero three six four nine two zero zero for
lear Capital today. Actress and professional meltdown artist Lindsay Lohan
(07:42):
says she's safe after I ran attack Dubai. Even if
Iran does reduce Dubai to powder, can't she just snort it?
Show be fine? Hi, everybody, welcome back from break. War sucks, obviously,
and in fact, there's a consequence to war. The men
and women who we send over there sometimes don't come
back in the same shape they were in when we
(08:04):
send them there. That's just one of the realities of it.
Whether you support the war in Iran or not, one
thing we want to remind you of is things often
don't end well for America's servicemen and women. As a
matter of fact, today on the show, I wanted to
talk about this for just a little bit, if y'all
don't mind. I have been a big fan of Wheelchairs
for Warriors for many years. I encourage you to donate.
(08:26):
It's a tax deductible donation. It's tax time, guys. And
today we're honored to welcome Crystal Lee Lara Morey, the
visionary founder and executive director of Wheelchairs for Warriors. A
proud Texas native, Daughters of the American Revolution, and patriot
with deep family roots in the service to our country.
Crystal's journey took her from serving as a liaison for
(08:47):
the US Ambassador Ambassador in Iraq, to building successful ventures
in pr and media, and ultimately to a calling that
has changed countless lives, driven by the unbreakable ethos no
man left behind, she found. I did Wheelchairs for Warriors
in twenty sixteen to provide custom fitted life for storing
mobility solutions to wounded veterans and first responders, helping them
(09:08):
reclaim independence, freedom, and the ability to roll. Strong. Crystal,
thank you so much for joining us this afternoon.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
Wow, that was quite the introduction there, Kenny Webster.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Yeah, I've been getting pretty good at doing this little
I've been doing this for long enough at this point.
I don't mean to brag, but kind of like how
you're very good at helping military veterans. I'm very good
at talking fancy.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
You are good. And you said my name is so French,
Lara Moray. I like it. It's like the French say it.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
How do you like to say your last name?
Speaker 3 (09:38):
I like that. It's just fine.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Well me too.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
My redneck family says Lara Moore, but my French friends
say Lara more.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
All right, right, now, you've got some waiting lists. What
are the biggest challenges Wheelchairs for Warriors is dealing with
this week? What with the supply chain issues for custom
equipment funding wait lists what's going on with you?
Speaker 3 (09:58):
Yeah, And it just seems to the government is just
going to keep providing us with some veterans who need wheelchairs.
It doesn't seem like I feel, you know, we kind
of want our job to end because it's it's heartbreaking
to have to talk to these men, some women, mostly men,
and hear their stories of how their government has failed
(10:20):
them and left them behind. And one of the recipients
said to me recently, he said, you know, when my
country needed me, I was right there. I didn't ask
any questions. But when I need my country, I have
to beg I have to get upset. Some people set
themselves on fire and kill themselves at the VA, you know,
to make a point. And it's just it's just extremely frustrating.
(10:44):
And our challenge is always money. It's never ever going
to change. It is always the money, because this isn't
you know, freedom isn't free, and neither are wheelchairs. I
have to pay my staff, we have to pay for
the equipment, We have to pay to try level to
the recipient. We pay for a professional rehab seating specialist
(11:05):
to go anywhere in the United States that our veterans need.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Us to go.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
To we put the owners on us, so you know,
none of this is free. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Absolutely. Now for listeners who want to support for wheelchairs
for warriors, whether through donations, volunteering, or spreading the word,
what's the most impactful way they can get involved right now?
Speaker 3 (11:27):
You know that's a really good question. I have one
donor that has promised us in increments ten thousand dollars
and three increments as long as we can get it matched.
So he doesn't want to start out with thirty thousand,
but he said, I'll give you ten thousand dollars this
quarter if you can get it matched. So we're we're there.
(11:49):
The other way is, you know, if you're if you're
going to be at a golf tournament, if you're an association,
a corporation, an individual and you want a company, you know,
host a company golf tournament, you want to raise funds
ruel chairs for warriors. We love that too. We're too
small to host our own golf tournament because we're all
of our energy is seriously in the recipient. So we're
(12:11):
not big and we're not rolling in a lot of money,
nor do we want to. We don't want to have
a savings account we our money comes in and it
goes right back out into the programs. So hosting events
for us is fantastic. We love it.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
I have noticed that the women that work at Wheelchairs
for Warriors are more beautiful and attractive than the women
that work at other nonprofit military veteran charities. What do
you think that is?
Speaker 3 (12:32):
I think it's because we're conservative.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
That must be it. That's got to be the answer. Absolutely,
we love Trump. What is it that? What is it
that sets Wheelchairs for Warriors apart from other va you
know military veteran nonprofits.
Speaker 3 (12:47):
Well, there are a lot of really good vsos out there,
and that's STI Lingo Veteran Service organizations, and also there
are a lot of really bad ones. We are transparent
with our numbers. We FOLLO our nine nineties, we paid,
we file our taxes, our tax How much money we
put into the program is eighty cents of every dollar
(13:08):
goes straight back into the program. We don't host big galas.
We do like comedy shows however, and we're just you know,
boots on the ground all the time.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
I love that, And we are going to do a
comedy show coming up at the end of the year.
Here it's been ten years since you guys started doing
this little song and dance called Wheelchairs for Warriors. How
many military veterans have you helped get a wheelchair over
the years?
Speaker 3 (13:36):
Over three hundred?
Speaker 2 (13:37):
That's beautiful.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
The number could be higher now we just did that.
We just did I think at the end of last
year we counted it was over three hundred wheelchairs, but
we've served over seven or eight hundred just in service parts,
talking to them, referring them to someone else, helping them
get help from the VA because we're not the first stop.
So if they haven't gone to the VA yet, we
(13:59):
do lead them down that path, you know, because it
is a job to help them.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
One of the things I think that surprises people so
much is there really is a need for this. There's
not enough resources at the VA hospitals out there. People
aren't getting the wheelchairs that they need. And you guys,
you know you've made a life out of this. How's
the organization grown since it's founding and what role of
partnerships or donors or volunteers played in that success.
Speaker 3 (14:27):
One of the one of the best things we ever
did was to reach out to you guys, to the
Watson and Johnson Show to help us grow and it
has just been and I'm not saying this because you're
cute or because you're successful or famous or anything like that.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Go start.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
It is the God's honest truth. You guys have helped
us grow and when we grow financially, we can grow
and help and believe it or not, we turn people
away because we don't have the funding. So all we
typically do is manual wheelchairs. We don't do the outdoor
the track chairs for outdoor outdoors. Yet we did a couple,
(15:11):
but they were so expensive it was pulling us away
from our core mission of daily living. So we're doing
rigid chairs only right now for daily living and for
like sports, like for basketball, baseball. And here's one of
the fun ways that we've grown that we just discovered.
We have done eight different kinds of adaptive sports wheelchairs.
(15:33):
We've done archery, shooting, air rifle, basketball, pickleball, baseball. That's crazy,
how many archery, how many out adaptive sports that there are?
Speaker 2 (15:47):
I love it. So explain this one more time. If
people donate right now, someone will match their donation.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
Yep, we have to get up to ten thousand dollars
so it doesn't have to be one person donating it.
So we just have to have ten thousand dollars in
donations and then he will match it. And when you donate,
you have to say it's for the matching donation.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
I love it. Christo. That is fantastic. God bless you
and all the awesome work that you do. Wheelchairs for
Warriors dot org. Make a donation today, you'll feel good
about yourself. Ken Webster's Pursuit of Happiness a radio show
that's just as good when you're driving around Soba as
it is when you're drunk at home
Giganic government sucksess radio is DeLux. Liberty and freedom will
make you smile the Asuda happing us on your radio
tole justice cheeseburgers, a liberty fries at.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Oh no, this isn't good, guys. A water park is
selling ranch flavored milkshakes. E yuck is disgusting. Cannot believe that.
I mean, seriously, who goes to a water park? Gross?
Hi everybody, it is early, ladies. It's election day in Texas.
We're gonna replay our interview from this morning with Alex
(00:45):
Mieler and Ken Paxton coming up in a little bit.
To stick around for that before we do. The Luigi
Mengione Musical is tiptoeing back into New York like a
cat burglar with jazz hands planting its satirical spikes. Just
a twenty minute cab ride from that eightful Midtown pavement
where the United Healthcare CEO met his untimely policy expiration.
(01:06):
It says, if the Universe's scriptwriter decided to crank up
the irony dial it to eleven. Here's a show about
a dude allegedly popping caps and corporate fat cats now
crooning about greed and grievances from a stage so close
the echoes of sirens might harmonize with the overture. All right, guys,
hold the applause. This isn't some fresh plot twist in
(01:30):
the Theater of the absurd. No, it's just the latest
encore in liberal Hollywood and the media's long running love
affair with turning trigger happy troublemakers into tragic troubadours. They
don't just report the carnage, they remix it into romance,
wrapping violence and velvet curtains and spotlights, making murderers look
less like monsters and more like misunderstood mant matinee idols.
(01:54):
It's like they've got a secret recipe. Take one heinous act,
add a dash it daddy shoes, stir in some social commentary,
and voila, your villains now a vibe. Take that infamous
Rolling Stone cover from back in twenty thirteen where they
slapped the Boston Marathon bomber front and center, looking all
brooding and boy band dreamy, like he was auditioning for
(02:17):
a one direction reunion tour gone explosive. Do you remember
the headline the Bomber, How a popular promising student was
failed by his family fell into radical Islam and became
a monster. Oh failed by his family, more like magazine
failed basic decency, turning a terrorist into a teen heart throb.
(02:39):
Critics called it bombshell journalism, but really it was just
bombing ethically, glamorizing a guy whose radical idea of a
bang was actual bombs at a finish line, you know,
the punchline was sales skyrocketed, proving the controversy doesn't just sell,
it detonates ratings. Analogy time, guys, It's like dressing up
(02:59):
a green is a Grammy winner and wondering why people
pull the pin for selfies. And oh, Hollywood's been directing
this drama for decades, casting killers as complex characters who'd
be perfect for a rom com if only the body
count was confetti. Y'all remember Bonnie and Kline back in
the sixties. I think Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway turned
a pair of Depression era desperadoes who robbed banks and
(03:23):
blasted cops like it was a bad habit into sex symbols.
They weren't just crooks, they were couture criminals, dancing through
dust bowls with Tommy guns as tango partners. The media
ate it up, metaphorically turning bullet holes into beauty marks,
romanticizing their rampage as a lover's lane littered with lead.
(03:44):
Fast forward to the nineties, we had Oliver Stone's Natural
Born Killers hitting screens like a sledgehammer to being subtle
at the time. Woody Harrelson and Juliet Lewis played Mickey
and Mallory Knox, a couple of spree killing sweethearts who
murdered their way across America, all while the tabloid press
turned them into tabloid treasures. The film is a fever
(04:04):
dream of satire on media sensationalism. But here's the irony.
It ended up glamorizing the very violence it was trying
to mock. Critics accused Oliver Stone of making Massacre look
like a music video montage. The punchline in this case
was the killers became celebrities faster than you could say
breaking news, proving Hollywood's got a knack for turning bloodbaths
(04:26):
into blockbusters. It's as if The Evening News was directed
by MTV, where every homicide gets a hype track and
a highlight reel. Y'all remember Ted Bundy, Liberal Tinseltown's gift
that keeps on giving restraining orders. In twenty nineteen's Extremely Wicked,
there was a shockingly evil and vile cast starring Zach Affron,
(04:47):
the high school musical heart throb, as a serial killer
slaughterer who charmed and choked his way through dozens of women.
Zach plays Ted Bundy like a law school dropout with
a lethal side gig, all charisma and cheekbones, making audiences
forget the necrophilia for a narrative. The media hyped it
as a sexy psycho cinema, with headlines drooling over zax
(05:10):
abs instead of actually focusing on the atrocities. So yeah,
I guess you could say Hollywood's got a history of
doing this kind of thing. They did it again with
a Jeffrey Dahmer story in two thousand and two that
was on Netflix. Speaking of y'all, remember the Menendez Brothers
in twenty twenty four amide a documentary that was so
flattering people wanted them to get a retrial. And now
(05:32):
we've got Luigi Mangione, the alleged CEO slayer, immortalized in
a musical where he shares the stage with Diddy an
SBF in a cell block chorus line. You remember the
crypto bro. Yeah, they're all part of the movie. The
play that is, they're belting ballads about broken systems and
bad bosses turning assassinations into art. The show's bounced from
(05:53):
San fran to Edinburgh like a bad check, now landing
near the crime scene, close enough for the audience to
feel the coverage gap in the souls, the patterns, no accident,
It's a playbook. Guys. They love this on the left.
They love to romanticize violence because outrage outsells ethics and
nothing hooks a hooker like a homicide hobby. But next
(06:13):
time you're humming along to a killer's lament, remember the
real tragedy is not the tune. Oh no it's not.
It's the tombstones tuned out. Break a system, Nah, just
break even on Broadway. Some radio shows are so hot
you'll literally burn your eyes. Fortunately, this is it one
(06:33):
of those shows.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
I never listening to you all again.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Pursuit of Happiness Radio. You may have heard that war
overseas is making the market take a little tumble. Hi, everybody,
Kenny Webster here jumping in like a guy who just
checked his four oh one k ouch. The market's having
a meltdown, and there's a reason why. Obviously, you're probably
wondering what could you have invested in while we went
(06:57):
to war with a Middle Eastern country. It turns out
gold and silk always a good idea. It's a great
buying opportunity in silver, obviously a smart investment as well.
National debt's still ballooning like my uncle's barbecue gut dollars
flexing today but could wobble tomorrow inflations that persistent mosquito
buzzing around your wallet. Gold is the ultimate survivor, hedged
(07:17):
through wars, crashes and my questionable life choices for centuries.
So go ahead, call Leer Capital today. The same company
I trust is the company that Rush Limbaugh trusts eight
hundred three sixty four ninety two hundred. That's eight hundred
three six four ninety two hundred. Call Deer Capital eight
zero zero three six four nine two zero zero for
lear Capital today. Actress and professional meltdown artist Lindsay Lohan
(07:42):
says she's safe after I ran attack Dubai. Even if
Iran does reduce Dubai to powder, can't she just snort it?
Show be fine? Hi, everybody, welcome back from break. War sucks, obviously,
and in fact, there's a consequence to war. The men
and women who we send over there sometimes don't come
back in the same shape they were in when we
(08:04):
send them there. That's just one of the realities of it.
Whether you support the war in Iran or not, one
thing we want to remind you of is things often
don't end well for America's servicemen and women. As a
matter of fact, today on the show, I wanted to
talk about this for just a little bit, if y'all
don't mind. I have been a big fan of Wheelchairs
for Warriors for many years. I encourage you to donate.
(08:26):
It's a tax deductible donation. It's tax time, guys. And
today we're honored to welcome Crystal Lee Lara Morey, the
visionary founder and executive director of Wheelchairs for Warriors. A
proud Texas native, Daughters of the American Revolution, and patriot
with deep family roots in the service to our country.
Crystal's journey took her from serving as a liaison for
(08:47):
the US Ambassador Ambassador in Iraq, to building successful ventures
in pr and media, and ultimately to a calling that
has changed countless lives, driven by the unbreakable ethos no
man left behind, she found. I did Wheelchairs for Warriors
in twenty sixteen to provide custom fitted life for storing
mobility solutions to wounded veterans and first responders, helping them
(09:08):
reclaim independence, freedom, and the ability to roll. Strong. Crystal,
thank you so much for joining us this afternoon.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
Wow, that was quite the introduction there, Kenny Webster.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Yeah, I've been getting pretty good at doing this little
I've been doing this for long enough at this point.
I don't mean to brag, but kind of like how
you're very good at helping military veterans. I'm very good
at talking fancy.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
You are good. And you said my name is so French,
Lara Moray. I like it. It's like the French say it.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
How do you like to say your last name?
Speaker 3 (09:38):
I like that. It's just fine.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Well me too.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
My redneck family says Lara Moore, but my French friends
say Lara more.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
All right, right, now, you've got some waiting lists. What
are the biggest challenges Wheelchairs for Warriors is dealing with
this week? What with the supply chain issues for custom
equipment funding wait lists what's going on with you?
Speaker 3 (09:58):
Yeah, And it just seems to the government is just
going to keep providing us with some veterans who need wheelchairs.
It doesn't seem like I feel, you know, we kind
of want our job to end because it's it's heartbreaking
to have to talk to these men, some women, mostly men,
and hear their stories of how their government has failed
(10:20):
them and left them behind. And one of the recipients
said to me recently, he said, you know, when my
country needed me, I was right there. I didn't ask
any questions. But when I need my country, I have
to beg I have to get upset. Some people set
themselves on fire and kill themselves at the VA, you know,
to make a point. And it's just it's just extremely frustrating.
(10:44):
And our challenge is always money. It's never ever going
to change. It is always the money, because this isn't
you know, freedom isn't free, and neither are wheelchairs. I
have to pay my staff, we have to pay for
the equipment, We have to pay to try level to
the recipient. We pay for a professional rehab seating specialist
(11:05):
to go anywhere in the United States that our veterans need.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Us to go.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
To we put the owners on us, so you know,
none of this is free. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Absolutely. Now for listeners who want to support for wheelchairs
for warriors, whether through donations, volunteering, or spreading the word,
what's the most impactful way they can get involved right now?
Speaker 3 (11:27):
You know that's a really good question. I have one
donor that has promised us in increments ten thousand dollars
and three increments as long as we can get it matched.
So he doesn't want to start out with thirty thousand,
but he said, I'll give you ten thousand dollars this
quarter if you can get it matched. So we're we're there.
(11:49):
The other way is, you know, if you're if you're
going to be at a golf tournament, if you're an association,
a corporation, an individual and you want a company, you know,
host a company golf tournament, you want to raise funds
ruel chairs for warriors. We love that too. We're too
small to host our own golf tournament because we're all
of our energy is seriously in the recipient. So we're
(12:11):
not big and we're not rolling in a lot of money,
nor do we want to. We don't want to have
a savings account we our money comes in and it
goes right back out into the programs. So hosting events
for us is fantastic. We love it.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
I have noticed that the women that work at Wheelchairs
for Warriors are more beautiful and attractive than the women
that work at other nonprofit military veteran charities. What do
you think that is?
Speaker 3 (12:32):
I think it's because we're conservative.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
That must be it. That's got to be the answer. Absolutely,
we love Trump. What is it that? What is it
that sets Wheelchairs for Warriors apart from other va you
know military veteran nonprofits.
Speaker 3 (12:47):
Well, there are a lot of really good vsos out there,
and that's STI Lingo Veteran Service organizations, and also there
are a lot of really bad ones. We are transparent
with our numbers. We FOLLO our nine nineties, we paid,
we file our taxes, our tax How much money we
put into the program is eighty cents of every dollar
(13:08):
goes straight back into the program. We don't host big galas.
We do like comedy shows however, and we're just you know,
boots on the ground all the time.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
I love that, And we are going to do a
comedy show coming up at the end of the year.
Here it's been ten years since you guys started doing
this little song and dance called Wheelchairs for Warriors. How
many military veterans have you helped get a wheelchair over
the years?
Speaker 3 (13:36):
Over three hundred?
Speaker 2 (13:37):
That's beautiful.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
The number could be higher now we just did that.
We just did I think at the end of last
year we counted it was over three hundred wheelchairs, but
we've served over seven or eight hundred just in service parts,
talking to them, referring them to someone else, helping them
get help from the VA because we're not the first stop.
So if they haven't gone to the VA yet, we
(13:59):
do lead them down that path, you know, because it
is a job to help them.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
One of the things I think that surprises people so
much is there really is a need for this. There's
not enough resources at the VA hospitals out there. People
aren't getting the wheelchairs that they need. And you guys,
you know you've made a life out of this. How's
the organization grown since it's founding and what role of
partnerships or donors or volunteers played in that success.
Speaker 3 (14:27):
One of the one of the best things we ever
did was to reach out to you guys, to the
Watson and Johnson Show to help us grow and it
has just been and I'm not saying this because you're
cute or because you're successful or famous or anything like that.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Go start.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
It is the God's honest truth. You guys have helped
us grow and when we grow financially, we can grow
and help and believe it or not, we turn people
away because we don't have the funding. So all we
typically do is manual wheelchairs. We don't do the outdoor
the track chairs for outdoor outdoors. Yet we did a couple,
(15:11):
but they were so expensive it was pulling us away
from our core mission of daily living. So we're doing
rigid chairs only right now for daily living and for
like sports, like for basketball, baseball. And here's one of
the fun ways that we've grown that we just discovered.
We have done eight different kinds of adaptive sports wheelchairs.
(15:33):
We've done archery, shooting, air rifle, basketball, pickleball, baseball. That's crazy,
how many archery, how many out adaptive sports that there are?
Speaker 2 (15:47):
I love it. So explain this one more time. If
people donate right now, someone will match their donation.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
Yep, we have to get up to ten thousand dollars
so it doesn't have to be one person donating it.
So we just have to have ten thousand dollars in
donations and then he will match it. And when you donate,
you have to say it's for the matching donation.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
I love it. Christo. That is fantastic. God bless you
and all the awesome work that you do. Wheelchairs for
Warriors dot org. Make a donation today, you'll feel good
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