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New golf cart for wheelchair-bound residents of the Arizona State Veterans Home

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TUCSON, Ariz. — Wheelchair-bound residents of the Arizona State Veterans Home will soon be able to get around the VA campus easier with a new golf cart.

Through fundraising with help from American Legion Riders Oro Valley Chapter 132 and eight passenger golf cart was bought and modified to accommodate a wheelchair.

The golf cart will arrive to waiting residents at the Home on Saturday starting at 2 p.m. along with a Christmas party.

The Christmas party will include; Santa Claus with a bag of gifts will be on the golf cart.

The Arizona State Veterans Home is a 120 bed facility with skilled nurses providing care for men and women veterans of Vietnam, Korea and WWII.

For more information American Legion Riders Oro Valley Chapter 132, click here.

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