2026 Seating Clinics - Dates are set!

2026 Clinics

Palawan, Philippines - 2/11/26 - 2/20/26 (Done)

Chiapas, MX - 3/14/26 - 3/23/2026 (Done)

Portoviejo, Ecuador - 4/5/26 - 4/13/26 (Done)

Oaxaca, MX - 5/9/2026 - 5/17/2026 (Done)

Leon, Mexico - 8/2/26 - 8/8/26 (Done)

Kenya, Africa - 9/15/26 -9/2/26 (Done)

Orizaba, Mexico - 10/11/26 -10/17/26 (See Below)

Coming Up

Orizaba, Mexico - 1/24/27 - 1/30/27

Lima, Peru 5/15/27 - 5/22/2027

Wester Mongolia 8/14/27 - 8/23/2027

If you're interested in participating in any of the 2027 seating clinics please contact Lonny Davis at unclelonnypresents@gmail.com asap. Thanks!

November 2026 Newsletter

Well Dang -

In case you have not received the news (was all over social media), the distribution scheduled for Orizaba last month was thwarted by thieves in Puebla - our truck was shanghaied (gunpoint no less) and 200 Hope Haven Kids Chairs are in the wind - no clues…

What kind of a pond scum cretin steals pediatric wheelchairs? How is there even a black-market for this stuff?

Police are on it - Federales - confidence is high -

“All the Federales say

They could have had him any day

They only let him slip away

Out of kindness, I suppose”

Merle and Willie

So - Hope Haven West has postponed the distribution in Orizaba until the end of January - no fixed dates yet. Add insult to injury, we are scrambling to get two trailers (big suckers, 53’) through customs in El Paso. Apparently, Claudia has decided she would take a page out of JD’s playbook and crackdown on fraud in Mexico - target all NGO’s and non-profits who are importing. Can’t fault her that, but sure sucks getting caught in the dragnet…

So pencil in tentative last of January date - but nothing set in stone - those of you who bend the knee, join the tribe in petitioning the Almighty for release of wheelchairs.

"Will they ever return, will they ever return - will their fate be unlearned? Will they ride forever on the streets of Puebla - the chairs that never returned"? (apologies to Kingston Trio)

Volunteers are troopers - Hope Haven West team made the best of things - consuming mass quantities of tortas and tacos (with appropriate libations, of course) - contributing mightily to the prosperity of the state of Veracruz.

2027 - Projections - be advised, all dates are tentative:

January - 24th through 30th - Return to Orizaba (we got this)

May 15th through 22nd - Looking good for a return to Lima, Peru - very attentive partners, looks like we are setting up on the tarmac of the Peruvian Air Force (what could go wrong)?

August 14th through 23rd - Mongolian Holiday - our third excursion into the hinterlands of this wild country - this one to the Khangai Mountains - home of the “Eagle Huntress” (great documentary) where the indigenous folks still hunt from horseback with Golden Eagles. Who wants video of Uncle Lonny mounted on one of those sturdy little ponies with a raptor tied to his wrist?

Mexico - Several opportunities loom on the horizon - dates to be determined.

Good News - SuperDiamond is on track to sell out

Bad News - All seats on the floor are spoken for...

Good News - State Theater, not a bad seat in the house - balcony is available

Tickets available at Box Office or - thestate.org (make sure you purchase through thestate.org and not some scammy ticket hustler site - just saying)

Value Added - Uncle Lonny has a fan base (who’d a thought)? Many thanks to y’all volunteers who continue to share the Hope Haven West newsletter with friends and family…

This month, we are adding a Bonus Feature - Uncle Lonny shares nine books that influenced (or scarred) him significantly - I can just hear some my less enthusiastic readers, "Oh God, I’ve had enough," understood - but for those of a curious nature with time time burn - we hope you enjoy. Hey - give me feedback, let me know if you appreciate the addendum...

Waging Heavy Peace,

Uncle Lonny

Hope Haven West

Past Seating Clinics

2026

Feb- Palawan, Philippines

Mar- Chiapa, MX

Apr- Portiviejo, Ecuador

May- Oaxaca, MX

Aug- Leon, MX

Sept- Kenya, Africa

2025

Jan- Orizaba, MX

Mar- Lima, Peru

May- Merida, Villahermosa, and Chiapas, MX

July- Irapuato, MX

Sept- Veracruz, MX

Nov- Lima, Piura Peru

2024

April- Tepeaca/MX City, MX

June- Puertoviejo, Ecuador

June- Irapuato, Guanajuato MX

Sept- Quintana Roo (Cancun), MX

Oct- Phillippines

2023

Sept- Lima/Arequipa, Peru

Aug- Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

July- San Miguel de Allende, MX

June- Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, MX

March- San Salvador, El Salvador

Jan- Mexico City (Tlalpan), MX

2022

Oct- Morelia, MX

Sept- Irapuato, Guanajuato, MX

July- Villahermosa, MX

June- Orizaba/Poza Rica, MX

June- Portoviego, Ecuador

May- Vietnam

Mar- Orizaba, MX

Jan- Ciego de Avila, Cuba

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