Wheels For Humanity Hosts LA Benefit Wheels For Humanity, North Hollywood, Calif, will be hosting a fund-raising event in Los Angeles on May 8. “Spirit of Movement,” taking place at the city’s Skirball Center, will include a variety of sponsorship levels and benefits, with each sponsor receiving tickets to the event and a level of recognition in a commemorative book. Wheels for Humanity, founded in 1996, is a nonprofit group that receives donations of used and new wheelchairs and other ambulatory aids and medical supplies. The organization refurbishes the chairs and hand fits them for recipients using seating specialists. It has distributed more than 15,000 chairs in 40 countries to date. FLA Orthopedics Creates Dealer Web Site FLA Orthopedics, Miramar, Fla, has announced the creation of a Web site for every authorized FLA Orthopedics provider in the United States. The 1,300 provider sites include features like mapping, driving directions, and contact forms. FLA designs and manufactures a complete line of orthopedic, sports medicine, and bracing products, in addition to occupational/ergonomic supports, compression hosiery, foot care products, and seating and positioning wheelchair cushions. People In The News Health care banking industry veteran Richard Drexler Clarke has joined Galen Capital Group LLC (GCG), McLean, Va, as a special advisor. Clarke has more than 30 years of experience, and was hired to extend and enhance GCG’s presence and service offerings. He has played a prominent role in consolidation efforts within the physical rehabilitation, long-term care, orthotics, and prosthetics sectors.
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