North Seattle Woman Receives Free Wheel Chair Ramp

Ramp captain Joseph Irons, President of Irons Brothers Construction and his team will design & construct a free wheelchair access ramp for Florence Greff of Seattle. Florence, who turns 85 this year, is a retired Psychology professor and the first woman charter member of Rotary International’s North Seattle district. She has recently fallen 3 times in the past year and is in physical and financial need of a ramp for her North Seattle Home.

Florence who still maintains her membership in the Shoreline Rotary and is past department head of Psychology at Bellevue College is in a wheelchair almost 100 percent of the time. She was recently released from Shoreline’s Rehabilitation Center after falling and is attending rehab therapy 2-3 times per week. Florence and her two sons are currently helping her to crawl in and out of the house over a set of stairs to attend these appointments.

Suffering from permanent back dysfunction and arthritis, Florence is going to benefit immensely from the new access ramp planned to be built at her home this Saturday as part of the Rampathon program. With 5 kids, 28 grandkids, and 31 great grandchildren – all located in the state of Washington, she looks forward to being able to visit with them more often with a regained freedom and safer transport.

This Saturday, May 16, 2015, the Greff family along with several other families throughout King and Snohomish Counties will be the recipients of a free wheel chair ramp built as part of the Master Builders Association’s Community Stewardship Rampathon Event.

The ramp site, located at 13014 Meridian Ave North Seattle, WA 98133 will start construction early Saturday morning with over one dozen volunteers, including Irons Brothers Construction staff, colleagues, friends and family. Irons Brothers Construction maintains the highest commitment to philanthropy and giving back to the local community. At the end of the day, the reward is when Florence’s family can safely wheel her down the ramp in her wheelchair.

This year marks the 22nd year of Rampathon – providing over 350 wheel chair access ramps, totaling more than 1.7 million dollars of in-kind contributions since 1993. This year, Irons Brothers Construction, based in Shoreline, WA is participating in its 11th year of building its neighbors in need wheelchair access ramps. Thanks to the Master Builders Association’s Community Stewardship Department and the generous donors listed below, this ramp will be built at no cost to the recipient.

Special recognition to donors for the Florence Greff ramp:
• Dunn Lumber for material donations
• Irons Brothers Construction for volunteer labor and materials