Imagine lifting your 13-year-old child multiple times every day. Each time you need to get him to and from the house and to and from the car.

Imagine being a teenager who wants to be independent and mobile, but is instead dependent and – at times – immobile.

That was the reality for a Denver youth named Devaughn and his family. Devaughn has cerebral palsy and, until last week, his home didn’t have a wheelchair ramp.

On an unseasonably sunny day in Colorado, the Bachus & Schanker Cares Foundation, in partnership with Home Builders Foundation, helped build Devaughn a ramp so that he can get into and out of his home unassisted.

The Bachus & Schanker Cares Foundation is a proud, long-standing sponsor of Home Builders Foundation. When Home Builders Foundation reached out for our help to build Devaughn the ramp, 6 of our employees were thrilled to step up and help bring heartwarming, joyous, and BIG smiles to the faces of Devaughn and his parents.

In addition to the ramp Home Builders Foundation helped build for Devaughn, they build a plethora of ramps throughout the city every summer with their “Blitz Builds”. Home Builders Foundation chooses the recipients of the ramps, coordinates the purchase and/or donation of the requisite supplies, and reaches out to their partners in the community to coordinate the volunteer manpower.

Here are some photos from Devaughn’s ramp build – Check out the smiles all around!!