Press Releases

August 16, 2010

The MWTX Foundation has just received $1,000 donation from The Meyer Levy Charitable Dallas Foundation. Congrats to Stacey, Kitty and Bonnie for achieving this outstanding donation.

August 14, 2010

Kemi Yemi-Ese is 3rd runner-up in Nationals

Congratluations to Kemi Yemi-Ese for coming in as third runner-up in The Ms. Wheelchair America. Read her experience here.

June 15, 2010

Ms. Wheelchair Texas 2010 meets the Mayor of Houston!

Ms. Wheelchair Texas 2010 pageant winner, Kemi Yemi, meets Houston Mayor, Annise Parker.

May 28, 2010

Little Ms. Wheelchair Texas 2010 visits Shriner Hospital.

Little Miss Wheelchair Texas 2010 Fermina, one of our very own Shriners’ patients, visited our staff and patients to bring smiles and show us her lovely crown and sash. She was accompanied by her mom Arcadia and former Miss Wheelchair Texas Ana Calvo. In the photos, Kathy Schock and Harjeet Kaur congratulate Femina while cute patient Sam likes the fancy sash!

July 25, 2008

Michelle Colvard wins 2009 national pageant!

Bethesda, Maryland, July 26, 2008 – Michelle Colvard, the Executive Director of the City of Houston’s Office for People with Disabilities and Ms. Wheelchair Texas Titleholder, has been crowned Ms. Wheelchair America 2009. Having competed against extraordinary women of strength from across the country, Colvard was selected after a weeklong event to serve as a spokeswoman for people with disabilities. Over the coming year, she will communicate both the needs and the accomplishments of her constituency to the general public, the business community, and the legislature. She also will inform the able-bodied public of the achievements of people with disabilities, and work to promote awareness of the need to eliminate architectural and attitudinal barriers.