The Barr Foundation
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Description
Collection
Title:
The Barr Foundation
Creator:
t-barr
Date:
8/25/1997
Text:
The Barr Foundation
a non-profit organization dedicated to the amputee
Telephone 561-394-6514
Fax 561-391-7601
E-mail: <Email Address Redacted>
Anthony T. Barr, Director
136 Northeast Olive Way
Boca Raton, FL 33432
For Immediate Release
Fund Continues to Help Hundreds of Amputees
The Barr Foundation of Boca Raton, Florida, and the United Amputee Services
Association (U.A.S.A.) of Orlando, Florida, are pleased to announce that their
joint humanitarian effort, the Barr United Amputee Assistance Fund
(B.U.A.A.F.),
has successfully fitted over 100 amputees located in 34 states and four
countries.
Over 60 prosthetist professionals located internationally have participated in
sponsoring and assisting deserving individuals. Both of the organizations are
not-for-profit amputee support groups. The Fund was established in 1996 in
order to fill the need of purchasing prosthetic limbs for amputees that
otherwise
could not afford them. The Fund pays for the materials and fitting of a new
prosthesis after the financial need of the recipient has been established.
The most recent B.U.A.A.F. recipients, pictures enclosed, were two Mexican
nationals, sponsored by John Zeffer, C.P.O., of Ensenada, Mexico. Both
amputees were able to return to the work force after being successfully fitted
with artificial legs. The Arthur Finnieston Clinic of Coral Gables, Florida,
and the
Garrison Orthotic and Prosthetic Clinic of Margate, Florida, donated component
parts to aid in this effort.
The truly inspiring and rewarding part, said Zeffer, is that these men
are now
returned to the Mexican economy as productive members. They are no longer a
burden on society, and the quality of their lives has been enormously improved.
In addition to assisting low income amputees return to productive lives, an
objective of both organizations has been the creation of regulatory
legislation in
the field of O and P. The groups were instrumental this year in the passage of
legislation requiring mandatory licensing in the State of Florida.
For more information, please contact Anthony T. Barr, Director of the Barr
Foundation, at (561)394-6514 or Susana Oates of U.A.S.A. at (407)678-2920.
a non-profit organization dedicated to the amputee
Telephone 561-394-6514
Fax 561-391-7601
E-mail: <Email Address Redacted>
Anthony T. Barr, Director
136 Northeast Olive Way
Boca Raton, FL 33432
For Immediate Release
Fund Continues to Help Hundreds of Amputees
The Barr Foundation of Boca Raton, Florida, and the United Amputee Services
Association (U.A.S.A.) of Orlando, Florida, are pleased to announce that their
joint humanitarian effort, the Barr United Amputee Assistance Fund
(B.U.A.A.F.),
has successfully fitted over 100 amputees located in 34 states and four
countries.
Over 60 prosthetist professionals located internationally have participated in
sponsoring and assisting deserving individuals. Both of the organizations are
not-for-profit amputee support groups. The Fund was established in 1996 in
order to fill the need of purchasing prosthetic limbs for amputees that
otherwise
could not afford them. The Fund pays for the materials and fitting of a new
prosthesis after the financial need of the recipient has been established.
The most recent B.U.A.A.F. recipients, pictures enclosed, were two Mexican
nationals, sponsored by John Zeffer, C.P.O., of Ensenada, Mexico. Both
amputees were able to return to the work force after being successfully fitted
with artificial legs. The Arthur Finnieston Clinic of Coral Gables, Florida,
and the
Garrison Orthotic and Prosthetic Clinic of Margate, Florida, donated component
parts to aid in this effort.
The truly inspiring and rewarding part, said Zeffer, is that these men
are now
returned to the Mexican economy as productive members. They are no longer a
burden on society, and the quality of their lives has been enormously improved.
In addition to assisting low income amputees return to productive lives, an
objective of both organizations has been the creation of regulatory
legislation in
the field of O and P. The groups were instrumental this year in the passage of
legislation requiring mandatory licensing in the State of Florida.
For more information, please contact Anthony T. Barr, Director of the Barr
Foundation, at (561)394-6514 or Susana Oates of U.A.S.A. at (407)678-2920.
Citation
t-barr, “The Barr Foundation,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/210008.
