Wendy Jones
Rising Sun, MD (USA)
Role(s):
Select
Evolution
Find More Startups
Startup
Location:
Rising Sun
Industry:
Non Profit
Year Founded:
2009
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Description:
Our non profit foundation, Evolution is currently located in Rising Sun, MD with plans to establish a New York City office within the next 60 days. The purpose of the foundation is to distribute wheelchairs to uninsured spinal cord injured women across the U.S. and to spinal cord injured women in third world countries without any resources for mobility. The Evolution Foundation is changing perspectives. Our goal is to distribute wheelchairs to all uninsured spinal cord injured women across the U.S. that have been discharged from medical care without a viable means of mobility. Independence comes in the form of mobility which in turn provides access to jobs, access to resources for more business dreams to become a reality, in turn supporting and boosting our economy rather than relying on it for governmental support. Overseas many spinal cord injured women are discharged from medical care without ANY means of mobility and become completely home bound without access to community resources. In many countries they are disowned for fear of becoming a burden to their families and mortality rates are high for very preventable secondary conditions that arise from lack of mobility.
Evolution is working with the World Health Organization to establish the best means and wheelchairs needed specific to terrain in third world countries, currently NOT being researched fully by other foundations across the U.S. with similar missions. The U.S. spinal cord injured population has been forgotten and many women discharged from medical care without insurance receive wheelchairs completely incorrect for their medical condition and are not able to live life at the most active level possible. The wheelchairs we are designing are filling the gap and addressing the needs of the future business owners, and future mothers that exist in this demographic.
Evolution was founded by a spinal cord injured woman business owner, who has been successful in the business world and public speaking circuit for the past 20 years.
We also plan to market the wheelchairs in the current medical equipment retail sector as an alternative to the "one size fits all" approach currently undertaken with wheelchairs. These wheelchairs both the donated and retail versions are sleek, lightweight, highly productive, with safety features not offered on any wheelchair currently on the market.