HARLINGEN — Twelve young people had come from throughout the United States to build ramps for people in need.
“This is part of the Rio Grande Valley Texas Ramp Project,” said Cindy Moore, a volunteer for the local organization. The RGV ramp project is part of a state-wide organization which arranged for the kids to build ramps in South Texas.
The Texas Ramp Project is a nonprofit organization which provides free wheelchair ramps to low-income older adults and people with disabilities identified by local health care providers, says its website.
Volunteers work to cut lumber and construct the supports for a ramp Thursday, June 8, 2023, as part of the Texas Ramp Project outside a home off Kilgore Drive in Harlingen. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Parent volunteer Jared Scott uses a saw to cut a piece of lumber down while his son Carter Scott helps hold the board steady Thursday, June 8, 2023, as ministry volunteers work to construct a ramp as part of the Texas Ramp Project outside a home off Kilgore Drive in Harlingen. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Volunteers work together to put together a module for the ramp’s base Thursday, June 8, 2023, as part of the Texas Ramp Project outside a home off Kilgore Drive in Harlingen. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Volunteers Isaac Bohn and Lincoln Pearson, of Utah, are pictured Thursday, June 8, 2023, as ministry volunteers work to construct a ramp as part of the Texas Ramp Project outside a home off Kilgore Drive in Harlingen. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Volunteer Maya Hughes uses a drill to join a support with a module Thursday, June 8, 2023, as ministry volunteers work to construct a ramp as part of the Texas Ramp Project outside a home off Kilgore Drive in Harlingen. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Volunteers work together Thursday, June 8, 2023, to construct a ramp as part of the Texas Ramp Project outside a home off Kilgore Drive in Harlingen. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)A volunteer uses a pencil to mark locations for module support beams Thursday, June 8, 2023, as ministry volunteers work to construct a ramp as part of the Texas Ramp Project outside a home off Kilgore Drive in Harlingen. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Volunteers Kylie Hunnicutt and Hannah Bowen straighten out a module support beam with a hammer Thursday, June 8, 2023, as ministry volunteers work to construct a ramp as part of the Texas Ramp Project outside a home off Kilgore Drive in Harlingen. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Volunteers Hannah Bowen and Carter Scott carry a module Thursday, June 8, 2023, as ministry volunteers work to construct a ramp as part of the Texas Ramp Project outside a home off Kilgore Drive in Harlingen. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Volunteers put together the base of the ramp Thursday, June 8, 2023, as part of the Texas Ramp Project outside a home off Kilgore Drive in Harlingen. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)
