'It would be life changing': Poplar Hill Lions Club fundraising for wheelchair-accessible swing
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Olivia McIntosh loves to swing. Unfortunately, in a wheelchair with cerebral palsy (CP) and a global delay, the 17-year old from Ilderton, Ont. needs at least two people to help lift her and get her seated.
Olivia McIntosh loves to swing.
Unfortunately, in a wheelchair with cerebral palsy (CP) and a global delay, the 17-year old from Ilderton, Ont. needs at least two people to help lift her and get her seated.
“Olivia is 17 but in her mind she's about two years old,” explained Ashley McIntosh, Olivia’s mother. “Once they turn like 12, people usually forget about them because they don't look like the kids anymore, but our little ones still want to play.”
After hearing similar stories, the Poplar Hill and District Lions Club decided to do something about it.
They are fundraising for a wheelchair-accessible swing.
“I was walking one time in the park here [Poplar Hill], and there was a grandfather and grandmother that were trying to lift their grandchild, and they were struggling,” said Rick Castle, a member of the local Lions Club. “I said, ‘There's got to be a different way or is a better way.’ That’s when we decided to look into the wheelchair-accessible swing.”
