{"id":16981,"date":"2026-09-05T05:13:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T05:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/05\/local-business-replaces-wheelchair-ramp-after-stolen-from-woonsocket-church\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T05:13:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T05:13:44","slug":"local-business-replaces-wheelchair-ramp-after-stolen-from-woonsocket-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/05\/local-business-replaces-wheelchair-ramp-after-stolen-from-woonsocket-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Local business replaces wheelchair ramp after stolen from Woonsocket church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local business replaces wheelchair ramp after stolen from Woonsocket church<\/p>\n<p>by AMANDA BANG, NBC 10 NEWS<\/p>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-09-04 15:53\">Fri, September 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM<\/time><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UserWay icon for accessibility widget\" src=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/resources\/defaults\/news_3.0\/icons\/accessibility\/userway-transparent.svg\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/news\/local\/gallery\/local-business-replaces-wheelchair-ramp-after-stolen-from-woonsocket-church-our-saviour-parish-mobility-equipment-recyclers-september-4-2026?photo=1\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WOONSOCKET CHURCH RAMP REPLACEMENT_0007_frame_76.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/resources\/media2\/16x9\/1920\/1174\/center\/80\/189603cd-eb74-4d83-8b79-7a24cd547053-WOONSOCKETCHURCHRAMPREPLACEMENT_0007_frame_76.jpeg\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/news\/local\/gallery\/local-business-replaces-wheelchair-ramp-after-stolen-from-woonsocket-church-our-saviour-parish-mobility-equipment-recyclers-september-4-2026?photo=2\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WOONSOCKET CHURCH RAMP REPLACEMENT_0009_frame_275.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/resources\/media2\/16x9\/1920\/400\/center\/80\/b0c7536b-61fe-47f0-b0b2-0bb6d4c63af9-WOONSOCKETCHURCHRAMPREPLACEMENT_0009_frame_275.jpeg\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/news\/local\/gallery\/local-business-replaces-wheelchair-ramp-after-stolen-from-woonsocket-church-our-saviour-parish-mobility-equipment-recyclers-september-4-2026?photo=1\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">3VIEW ALL PHOTOS<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WOONSOCKET CHURCH RAMP REPLACEMENT_0016_frame_86.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/resources\/media2\/16x9\/1920\/400\/center\/80\/910db247-0bec-4628-9277-8348008f19e8-WOONSOCKETCHURCHRAMPREPLACEMENT_0016_frame_86.jpeg\"\/><\/a>A local business replaced the wheelchair ramp at a Woonsocket church on Friday after it was stolen last month. (WJAR)Share storyShare<\/p>\n<ul>\n<h4>topics: <\/h4>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/topic\/Woonsocket\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Woonsocket<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/topic\/Wheelchair%20ramp\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Wheelchair ramp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/topic\/Mobility%20Equipment%20Recyclers\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mobility Equipment Recyclers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/topic\/Accessibility\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Accessibility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/topic\/Theft\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Theft<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/topic\/Our%20Saviour&#039;s%20Parish\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Our Saviour&#039;s Parish<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/topic\/North%20Kingstown\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">North Kingstown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/topic\/Ramp%20installation\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ramp installation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WJAR) \u2014 A <a href=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/news\/local\/local-business-steps-up-after-wheelchair-ramp-stolen-from-woonsocket-church-mobility-equipment-recyclers-new-ramp-august-28-2026\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">local business <\/a>replaced the wheelchair ramp at a Woonsocket church on Friday after it was stolen last month. <\/p>\n<p>According to Pastor Henryk Wos of Our Saviour&#039;s Parish PNCC, the ramp was stolen between the night of Aug. 19 and the morning of Aug. 20.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"{p}A local business replaced the wheelchair ramp at a Woonsocket church on Friday after it was stolen last month. (WJAR){\/p}\" src=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/resources\/media2\/16x9\/1920\/800\/center\/80\/b0c7536b-61fe-47f0-b0b2-0bb6d4c63af9-WOONSOCKETCHURCHRAMPREPLACEMENT_0009_frame_275.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A local business replaced the wheelchair ramp at a Woonsocket church on Friday after it was stolen last month. (WJAR)<\/p>\n<p>Mobility Equipment Recyclers of New England, located in North Kingstown, reached out to the church after learning that the ramp was stolen. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Very disheartening, to know that someone would do that,&quot; Andrew Celani, the general manager, said. &quot;We saw the story, and it just made total sense for us to step in and help.&quot;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/news\/local\/attleboro-police-ask-the-public-for-help-identifying-a-suspect-in-a-vehicle-break-in-sept-4-2026\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Attleboro police ask the public for help identifying a suspect in a vehicle break-in<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said it took less than an hour to install the ramp.<\/p>\n<h2>Trending<\/h2>\n<p><a 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churchby AMANDA BANG, NBC 10 NEWS<br \/>\nFri, 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 storySharetopics: WoonsocketWheelchair rampMobility Equipment RecyclersAccessibilityTheftOur Saviour&#8217;s ParishNorth KingstownRamp installationWOONSOCKET, R.I. (WJAR) \u2014 A local business replaced the wheelchair ramp at a Woonsocket church on Friday after it was stolen last month.<br \/>\nAccording to Pastor Henryk Wos of Our Saviour&#8217;s Parish PNCC, the ramp was stolen between the night of Aug. 19 and the morning of Aug. 20.<br \/>\nA local business replaced the wheelchair ramp at a Woonsocket church on Friday after it was stolen last month. (WJAR)<br \/>\nMobility Equipment Recyclers of New England, located in North Kingstown, reached out to the church after learning that the ramp was stolen.<br \/>\n&#8220;Very disheartening, to know that someone would d..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-business","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}