St. Louis · A nonprofit road home

Every road leads home. We help you get there.

We put wheelchairs, walkers, crutches and shower seats into the hands of amputees and stroke survivors across the St. Louis region — so recovery can happen at home, with dignity, and without the wait.

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No cost to the families we serve. No paperwork maze. Just the next step forward.

Our mission

Recovery isn't just a medical journey. It's a road home.

A member of Route 66 Road to Recovery smiling in her wheelchair beside an R2-D2 droid in a movie theater lobby
A member of our community One of our ladies out at the movies — the kind of ordinary afternoon that mobility makes possible again.

Route 66 Road to Recovery is dedicated to helping amputees and stroke survivors reclaim their independence and find their way back home.

Rooted in the spirit of St. Louis — the gateway to new beginnings — we provide wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, shower seats and other essential mobility equipment to individuals navigating life after amputation or stroke.

We believe no one should have to travel that road without the right support — and that the difference between stuck and moving is often a single piece of equipment, arriving on time.

  • Dignity first

    Equipment arrives clean, ready, and given freely — never as charity handed down, always as a neighbor helping a neighbor.

  • Independence

    The right chair or walker is the difference between waiting for help and moving through your own home on your own terms.

  • Community

    We're a St. Louis effort, built on donated equipment and local hands. Recovery here is something we do together.

What we carry

The equipment that makes home workable again.

If it helps someone move, stand, wash or rest safely after amputation or stroke, it's on the truck. Don't see what you need on the list? Ask us anyway.

  1. Wheelchairs

    Standard and transport chairs, sized and adjusted before they reach your door.

  2. Walkers & rollators

    Folding walkers, wheeled rollators with seats, and hemi-walkers for one-side strength.

  3. Crutches & canes

    Underarm and forearm crutches, quad canes, and offset canes fitted to your height.

  4. Shower seats & grab bars

    Bath benches, transfer seats and grab bars that make the bathroom safe to use alone.

  5. Mobility aids

    Transfer boards, bed rails, raised toilet seats, reachers and cushions — the small things that decide a day.

  6. Recovery essentials

    Whatever your first weeks home actually require. If we don't have it, we'll help you track it down.

Every piece is cleaned, safety-checked and adjusted before it leaves. Delivery and set-up in the home are part of it — you don't pick anything up.

The road to recovery

Four steps between the phone call and the front door.

  1. 01

    Reach out

    Call or email Chuck. A caseworker, a family member, a discharge nurse — anyone can start it. One conversation, no forms to download first.

  2. 02

    Tell us what you need

    We talk through the injury or stroke, the home, the stairs, the bathroom. We figure out the equipment together — not from a catalog.

  3. 03

    We match the equipment

    From our donated inventory we clean, check and adjust each piece. If we're missing something, we source it before you're home.

  4. 04

    We walk it with you

    Equipment is delivered and set up. We stay reachable — needs change as strength returns, and the next chair or cane is on us too.

Every mile forward, every step regained, is a victory we're proud to walk alongside you for.

Route 66 Road to Recovery

Who we're for

Who we're for

“Rooted in the spirit of St. Louis — the gateway to new beginnings.”

We serve amputees and stroke survivors and their families across the greater St. Louis region. If you've just been discharged, if a loved one is coming home to a house that isn't ready yet, or if the equipment you were sent home with doesn't fit your life — you're exactly who we built this for.

Start a request 636‑222‑4025
A smiling member of Route 66 Road to Recovery in his power wheelchair outdoors on a sunny day
A member of our community Out and about on a bright afternoon — a power chair turns a parking lot back into a place you can just go.

Ways to help

This runs on donated equipment and local hands.

Every chair given, every hour volunteered, and every dollar goes straight back onto the road.

  • Money

    Give

    A one-time or monthly gift keeps the shelves stocked and covers what donated equipment can't — new grab bars, delivery fuel, the odd part.

    Contact us to give

  • Equipment

    Donate a wheelchair, walker or bench

    Gently used mobility equipment gets cleaned, safety-checked and matched to the next family. We'll arrange pickup anywhere in the region.

    Arrange a pickup

  • Word of mouth

    Tell someone who needs to hear it

    A discharge planner, a church, a caregivers' group. Most families never learn that help like this is a phone call away — you can change that.

    Get a flyer to share
A member of Route 66 Road to Recovery in her wheelchair at home, sharing her story
A member of our community One of our ladies, sharing her story from home.

Get in touch

Talk to Chuck.

There's no intake department here. Requests, donations and questions all reach the same person — usually the same day.

Prefer the phone? Call 636‑222‑4025.