Joplin homeowner receives new wheelchair ramp, exterior home repairs from volunteers. Kim Barker, The Joplin Globe, Mo. Sat, May 17, 2025 at 3:59 AM UTC. 4 min read.

Joplin homeowner receives new wheelchair ramp, exterior home repairs from volunteers. By Kim Barker news@joplinglobe.com ; May 16, 2025 May 16, 2025; 2 min to read.

Marie Griffin: “I need that ramp real bad.” Marie had to crawl down her steps to get outside but she can’t crawl back up the stairs. Marie Griffin: “I’m a straight-out prisoner.

The project involved building a 55-foot wheelchair ramp for a young woman who had recently moved in with relatives but faced challenges entering and exiting the home.

From the beginning, however, Harrelson Hall was fraught with challenges. The wedge-shaped lecture halls had curved walls and sloping floors that caused an echo and excluded wheelchair users. A central ...

The workers were helping with the one thing she needed to come home: a ramp. “Without a ramp, they can’t get her in and out,” Sincissen said. But on Tuesday, July 16, that changed.

The interdenominational organization, Group Mission Trips, brought 200 work campers to metro Detroit to do free repairs and renovations on 24 homes.

The Ozark Mission Project built a ten-foot wheelchair ramp at a woman's house who had been needing one for a while now.The Ozark Mission Project is responsible ...