Who We Are
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The Inland Northwest Trinity Project builds hand-powered, three-wheeled, personal mobility carts - called Rainbow Freedom Carts for their multiple colors - for amputees and victims of war and disease who have no other means of mobility. We are a faith-based group of volunteers who build and ship Rainbow Freedom Carts all over the world, bringing hope and dignity to these unfortunates.
Each Rainbow Freedom Cart costs about $250 in materials to build and ship. We depend on donations to keep supplying them to those in need. Please consider a donation. All gifts are tax deductible; The Inland Northwest Trinity Project is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. The Inland Northwest Trinity Project
PO Box 361 Colbert, WA 99005-0361 509-466-3425 |
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Our Founders, 4500 (and counting!) Freedom Carts ago:
Lew Titchenal, Lyle Crecelius, Maurice Feryn, and Dick Carpenter
About our founder
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Dick Carpenter, our Founder, has had a remarkable career in service to others since his graduation from the University of Utah in 1968 with an MBA. In the early 1970s, he served in Viet Nam, retiring as an Air Force captain. Dick then went to Gonzaga Law School and received his law degree. Rather than joining a law firm, he started a business called Christian Conciliation Service to keep conflicted parties out of the courts and settle their differences using Christian principles. He also joined a Retirement Village being developed by a local architect who had a concept of providing apartment style housing around a complex of amenities to provide senior living at its best. It was a new concept nationally that became a model for the Spokane area. Dick then turned his eye toward teaching in foreign countries. With his law degree, he taught in Russia, China, Kazakhstan, and other countries for extended periods of time.
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With all of this as background, Dick saw an opportunity to put seniors with skills to work, making a difference in people’s lives. He took the idea of making three-wheeled carts for people who didn’t have the use of their legs from disease and war, like he had experienced first hand in his time in the military, and formed a business in Spokane to manufacture and distribute them to where the needs are greatest. Starting with a retired doctor and a local manufacturing company president, he recruited men and women and started producing Freedom Carts from a barn in Spokane. Trinity started small but in our years of operation, Dick’s coalition of dedicated volunteers, his seniors (and others) with skills, have built and shipped over 4,000 carts to Africa, Asia and South America, all at no cost to the recipient!
In memoriam
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Stan SmithWell Done, Good and Faithful Servant
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Thank You to the family of long-time Tri-Kin Larry Rees for their Generous legacy gift! |
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