Biloxi caregiver receives new wheelchair ramp thanks to Mississippi Heroes, Home Depot

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) – The wood ramp in entrance of Valerie Cushman’s residence was a blessing when Boy Scouts put it up after Hurricane Katrina.

But it surely’s now a hazard for her and her mom, Linda Cushman. That’s unhealthy information for merely leaving their residence.

“That is our solely manner out and in of the home,” she stated.

However now, there’s assist to present her a brand new one: a $10,000 grant by way of Dwelling Depot. Mississippi Heroes, a program that honors well being care suppliers, partnered with Dwelling Depot Gulfport to switch and set up a brand new steel ramp.

“Oh, gosh. We simply love giving again to the group,” stated Jamie Foster with Dwelling Depot. “Having an amazing partnership with Mississippi Heroes has been a blessing.”

Because it has been for Katherine Sutton, govt director with Mississippi Heros.

“Numerous us can simply go have anyone care for stuff like this. Some folks simply don’t have the cash. They’re on a set revenue. Particularly now, prices are going up.”

This isn’t the primary time Sutton’s group has helped join the household with assets for initiatives.

They’d supplied to do some issues to sort of takes some weight off of me,” Cushman stated. “And I made a flippant remark about needing a ramp greater than I wanted a day without work.”

Sutton listened. And the willingness to assist, Cushman stated, is simply as vital as the duty itself.

“And the truth that she heard me and took it upon herself as a problem to get anyone to return and exchange that for us was very nice,” she stated by way of tears. “Actually variety.”

“It’s touching to know that we’re touching different folks’s lives. And, you recognize, generally small issues make a giant distinction to folks,” added Sutton.

This Dwelling Depot’s third grant venture this quarter. The grant was for $10,000.

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