Sappy Language, but Good Support....
But a grassroots nonprofit group founded by people with disabilities helping other disabled people cope with disaster knew what to do.
Portlight Strategies of South Carolina, which has helped thousands of hurricane, tornado and tsunami victims since 1997, set up shop in New Jersey last spring. The Hildebrandts are among the 130 New Jerseyans with disabilities Portlight has helped return to their homes and resume their lives.
A $3,000 grant from Portlight paid most of the cost of installing a self-operated chair lift that runs up the side of the Hildebrandts’ home and hoists him from the ground to their new deck, his wife said.