For 5-year-old Lily Rahmel, getting her wheelchair into her Bellevue home by herself was a near impossibility.

When the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish counties heard about her needs, it sprang into action. Uniplex Construction and the association arrived at the Rahmel’s Southeast 24th Street home to build her a ramp as part of the 23rd annual Rampathon.

Lily has lissencephaly, a brain malformation which leaves her unable to speak, sit or stand. The brain formation disorder means the brain doesn’t have the folds or grooves it typically does. The rare disorder has left Lily wheelchair-bound.

To help her and her family, the construction crew completed a wooden ramp that extends all the way from the porch to the driveway.

Another Bellevue family was the recipient of a ramp after one member of a nonagenarian couple began to use a wheelchair due to Parkinson’s. J.M. Riley Company built the ramp for the couple.

A total of 37 families received “the gift of greater mobility” during this year’s Rampathon, the largest event so far. Since 1993, more than 370 ramps and in-kind donations of $1.7 million have been provided.

Dunn Lumber Co. was the Grand Sponsor of the 2016 event.

The Master Builders Association was founded in 1909 by a group of Seattle builders who saw a need to address the many issues impacting the housing industry.