Mission Statement
The Texas Ramp Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides free wheelchair ramps to low-income older adults and people with disabilities identified by local healthcare providers. Ramps are built exclusively with volunteer labor, keeping costs to a minimum. Ramps are built without regard to race, religion, ethnicity, age or gender.
“Our vision is that no Texas resident shall lack safe access because of financial limitations.”
Our History
In 1985, members of the Kiwanis Club of Richardson, Texas, were asked to build a wheelchair ramp for a friend. That initial effort, and the next, and the next, resulted in the Dallas Ramp Project and development of a system for providing wheelchair ramps to low-income people with disabilities in Dallas County, at no cost to the recipient. Twenty years later, the Dallas Ramp Project has built over 1,400 ramps, and it became obvious that the entire state could benefit from this volunteer ramp-building model.
Thus, a new statewide nonprofit called the Texas Ramp Project was incorporated in June 2006. Its mission: to establish regional organizations across the state to build ramps for older adults and people with disabilities in financial need. Founder and executive director was John Laine, who had served as volunteer director of the Dallas Ramp Project became the executive director. After 38 years of building ramps and TRP into the viable organization it is today, John will be retiring.
Updated 02/10/2024