Local business replaces wheelchair ramp after stolen from Woonsocket church

Local business replaces wheelchair ramp after stolen from Woonsocket church

by AMANDA BANG, NBC 10 NEWS

Fri, September 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM3VIEW ALL PHOTOSA local business replaced the wheelchair ramp at a Woonsocket church on Friday after it was stolen last month. (WJAR)Share storyShare

topics:

• Woonsocket
• Wheelchair ramp
• Mobility Equipment Recyclers
• Accessibility
• Theft
• Our Saviour's Parish
• North Kingstown
• Ramp installation

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WJAR) — A local business replaced the wheelchair ramp at a Woonsocket church on Friday after it was stolen last month.

According to Pastor Henryk Wos of Our Saviour's Parish PNCC, the ramp was stolen between the night of Aug. 19 and the morning of Aug. 20.

A local business replaced the wheelchair ramp at a Woonsocket church on Friday after it was stolen last month. (WJAR)

Mobility Equipment Recyclers of New England, located in North Kingstown, reached out to the church after learning that the ramp was stolen.

"Very disheartening, to know that someone would do that," Andrew Celani, the general manager, said. "We saw the story, and it just made total sense for us to step in and help."

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Mobility Equipment Recyclers takes donated, previously owned accessibility equipment like wheelchairs, scooters and ramps, refurbishes it and resells the equipment at a discount to those in need.

Officials said it took less than an hour to install the ramp.

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