Connecticut troopers are urging people with wheelchairs they don’t use to donate them to charity at their local state police barracks this weekend, The Associated Press reports.
State police are helping the Bloomfield nonprofit Chariots of Hope collect used wheelchairs and cash donations across Connecticut from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Donations will be accepted at all state police barracks, except Troop W at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks.
It’s Chariots of Hope’s 13th annual collection event. The goal is to obtain 500 wheelchairs, refurbish them and give them away for free to people who need them.
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Organizers collected more than 180 wheelchairs at last year’s event.
