Poplar Hill Lions – Wheelchair Swing Fundraiser
just sitting on the sidelines watching, not able to participate. Some required two to three people to lift them and I thought this just wasn’t right and not fair. They just wanted to have fun too and this swing can also be used by adults!” The Poplar Hill Lions have raised $15,000 so far since last summer in just bottles and cans and are still accepting them daily at 9883 Ilderton Rd (corner of Egremont Rd and Ilderton Rd. Just look for the sign). You can drop them off anytime. Other area businesses and service clubs are donating funds to help bring this project to reality. There is nothing like this in London and the surrounding area, and once it is installed, everyone in a wheelchair can enjoy it with their families, and friends will be able TO SWING TOO! If you would like to donate to their project the GO FUND ME is: www.gofundme.com/f/we-want-to-swing-too.
Despite it being a rainy day on Saturday, May 11, the Poplar Hill Lions hosted an event with a free BBQ, and The Misfit Toys donated their live music for everyone to enjoy, to help raise funds to purchase and install a wheelchair swing in Poplar Hill Park. We Go Swing, a company from Paris Ontario, sells a wheelchair swing, accessible by rolling right up onto the platform, and locking in the handles that can accommodate more than one person at a time, and includes a bench for other family or friends to join in with them. The cost of the wheelchair swing is $80,000. This project was spearheaded by Lion Rick Castle who lives near the park and said “I saw many parents, grandparents and caregivers struggling to lift their children and teenagers out of their wheelchairs and put them onto regular swings, and others
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