State Police Collect Wheelchairs

SOUTHBURY — On Saturday, May 1, the Connecticut State Police will again unite with the charitable organization Chariots of Hope for the seventh annual statewide wheelchair collection.

Chariots of Hope is a nonprofit, Connecticut-based organization that collects unused or unwanted wheelchairs, refurbishes them, and distributes them to people in the United States and around the world that are in need of a wheelchair.

There are an estimated 20 million people in need of wheelchairs around the world.

Last year Chariots of Hope and the Connecticut State Police collected more than 100 donated wheelchairs.

Drop locations are at the state police barracks around the state including Troop A in Southbury from 10 am to 3 pm. Troop A is located at 90 Lakeside Road, just off Exit 14 of I-84 eastbound.