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Texas Ramp Project Completed 34 Ramps in 2025 With More On The Way

By News Staff
On Jan. 8, TRP volunteers built a 24-foot wheelchair ramp on FM 2144 south of Schulenburg.
On Jan. 15, TRP volunteers built this 28-foot wheelchair ramp on East Pearl Street in La Grange.
On Feb. 5, TRP volunteers built a 60-foot wheelchair ramp on Jackson Road west of La Grange.
On Feb. 24, TRP volunteers built this 44-foot wheelchair ramp on E. Lafayette Street in La Grange.
On March 5, TRP volunteers built a 32-foot wheelchair ramp on Chaparral Rd. north of La Grange.

The Texas Ramp Project (TRP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides free wheelchair ramps to lowincome older adults and people with disabilities identified by local health care providers and social workers. Ramps are built exclusively with volunteer labor, keeping costs to a minimum. Ramps are built without regard to race, religion, ethnicity, age, or gender.

In 2025, the Fayette County TRP volunteers built 34 ramps. The total length of these ramps was 1,020 feet. The average ramp was 30 feet in length. The total cost of materials (treated lumber and hardware) for these 34 ramps was $35,700. The average ramp cost was $1,050. These ramps were built in Ellinger, Engle, Fayetteville (3), Flatonia (4), Halsted, La Grange (12), Plum, Round Top, Schulenburg (7), Walhalla, West Point, and Winedale.

All 2025 ramps were built by one or more of the following Fayette County volunteers: Ronny Beard, Matthew Becktol, Ted Bell, Roy Bolton, Paul Brodsgaard, Tony Brom, Steve Cameron, Richard Copeland, Rich Franks, Randy Gardiner, Larry Grigsby, Orvel Hill, Bill Koenig, John D. Marburger, Kenny Renke, Frank Smith, Caleb Teas, Dan Teas, Milam Teas, Norman Wied, and Ricky Woods. Warehouse space was provided by Dan Teas.

A sincere thank you to the following entities and individuals who provided funding to purchase treated lumber and hardware in 2025: Robert & Rebecca Axelrod, Wallace & Wanda Brown, Betty Breedlove, Jim & Betty Burkland, Donnie & Debbie Charanza, Jeffrey Cook, Jonathan & Bernetta Cook, Richard & Jane Copeland, Mildred Cunningham, Brad Cutright, Anne M. Dare, James Dolezal, Fayette County General Fund, Wayne & Grace Fruge, Hochheim Prairie Branch 117, Hostyn Parish-Holy Rosary Church, Jane S. Hurlock, David & Sandra Hinman, J. J. Klesel, Leon & Frances Kubenka, La Grange Church of Christ, La Grange Rotary Club, Darrell Marwood, Robert & Yvonne McCowen, Mary Louise McElroy, New Life Methodist Church - La Grange, Callan & Linda Oltmann, Oviedo Auto Group, Prosperity Bank - La Grange, Annette Richards, Round Top State Bank, The Rudolph Family Foundation, Jim F. Schaefer, Richard & Connie Sellers, Evan Siemann, St. James Episcopal Church Men’s Club, St. James Episcopal Church Women, St. John Lutheran WELCA - Rutersville, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sts. Peter & Paul Parish - Plum, Leroy F. Stolle, Henrietta Veselka, Vietnam Veterans of America - Chapter 870, and Cynthia Diane Zator.

For more information about the Texas Ramp Project, or to request a ramp, please visit the TRP website: https:// texasramps.org. To volunteer labor or to donate funds, please contact Frank Smith, (512) 762-4065 or jfranks@stedwards.edu.

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