We are deeply saddened to inform our supporters that our founder and president, Joey Harper, passed away at Doylestown Hospital at the age of 19.  Joey was admitted on December 26 with severe abdominal pain and passed away on January 2, 2010 of sepsis and respiratory failure.  He was laid to rest on January 6, 2010 at St. John Neumann Cemetery. As Joey's family and friends, the board members have promised to keep his legacy alive through the foundation, continuing to help as many people and families as possible to live the way Joey thought that everyone deserved.  We appreciate everyone's support, thoughts and prayers through this difficult time, and we are grateful for the outpouring of support and donations to keep Joey's dream alive.

About Us:

The Wheeled Scotsman Foundation was founded by Joseph John Harper in 2006. He is a nineteen year old who was diagnosed with Duchene’s Muscular Dystrophy when he was five years old and has been in a wheelchair since he was eight. As Joey’s condition progressed, he needed more and more help getting around the house and his daily life. As Joey’s family learned, there is only so much that most insurance companies would provide on a “necessary” basis. But with help from people in his community, Joey’s needs were met through donations.

Joey knows how fortunate he was to have all the help that he did, and that’s why at sixteen he decided to start his foundation, to help people facing the same situation. We have multiple benefits each year to raise money to pay for the modifications people need in their home, and we also have an equipment program to donate or lend wheelchairs, canes, walkers, and other mobility needs.  We have recruited a team of contractors who donate their time and expertise, and the monetary donations we raise and receive pay for the supplies needed to make the necessary changes. To list a few, we install bars in the shower and pool lifts, we widen doorways, and we build ramps to get in and out of the house. Would you consider getting in and out of your home a right or a privilege?  Until insurance companies change their policies, we ask everyone in the community to pitch in so we can all enjoy the freedom and quality of life we deserve, on foot or on wheels.  

“Today is the first day of the rest of your life, as long as there aren’t any curbs involved...”
-Joey Harper 

Learn more about Duschene's Muscular Dystrophy by visiting the MDA website at www.mda.org/home.htm.