In February, a group of volunteers gathered at the Operation Walk Los Angeles warehouse to clean, organize, and palletize durable medical equipment (DME) for our next mission.
The WNS (Westside Neighborhood School) SWIM (Solutionary Work In Motion) team—Madison Yamaguchi, Ethan Chang, Alex Melendez, and Haley Ahir—have been actively working to collect and donate DMEs. Their efforts were made possible through an ongoing collection drive that they set up at the Verdugo Hills Hospital Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department and the Verdugo Orthopedic Clinic.
Thanks to this collective effort, patients will receive the mobility aids essential for their recovery after their hip and knee replacement surgeries.
Special thanks to all the volunteers who contributed their time and effort on Sunday, including Stacy Kelso, Theresa Murphy, Paulina Andujo, Don Shimabukuro, Zen Shimabukuro, and Lisa Fujimoto-Yamaguchi.
We also extend our gratitude to Director Michelle Sullivan, PT Amy Hirata, and Managers Joana Wantland and Felicia Renty for their invaluable support for the students and for Operation Walk Los Angeles.
Lisa Fujimoto Yamaguchi
Team Leader