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theraists occuational theraists an other eerts to esin
a layroun chilren ith secial nees can enoy
ccorin to the layroun roects ission When a chil
uses a heelchair or crutches he or she cant ust cli u to the
slie or et onto a sin Many o our local layrouns hae a
ulch surace hich is a arrier or a chil usin a heelchair
Our local oernents try har to create lay saces or all
chilren ut the euient is costly an uns are liite
unin is the only arrier still holin ack construction o the
rst layroun ecause esin location an suort are alreay
cheerin ro the sielines out onethir o the ay to reakin
roun the Rotary Clu continues to reach out into the counity
or hel incluin holin their annual Rotarys Coey Niht to
raise oney or the layroun This year the clu rouht in a
keynote seaker an siton coeian Brett eake ho has
uscular ystrohy an shares coey ro his heelchair
I ant you to kno hat a reat iea that layroun is eake
sai Thats a suer iea an I a thrille you are oin it I
as lucky ecause here I re u hen I as a chil I lie
in a house an the house as not unusual We ha a yar in the
ack an kis near e all lie in aartents so i they ante
to lay they ha to coe to y yar n or e an y rother
to youn oys ho ere einnin to kno they ere roin u
ith a isaility eole layin ith us hele us ecause learnin
lay toether ae it uch easier or us to learn other eoles
strenths an eaknesses ho to et alon ith other eole
an ho to e rouctie eers o society Its a reat iea
lon ith her colleaues Whitore has atche the counity
ull toether to contriute to the layroun roect She sai:
They hae icke u seeral lare onations recently incluin
a sustantial contriution ro Neal Counities an hae
seee to ain uite a it o oentu in the ast e onths
In a chance eetin a coule o years ao at Rieralk
layroun in Braenton Mike Storey resient o Neal
Counities an his ie an ranauhter Mila et Crooot
an Easton or the rst tie n instant rienshi looe ith
the to kis as they lauhe an laye toether ith Easton
olloin Mila as est he coul
Jennier tries to hae Easton lie as noral o a lie as ossile
Storey sai e is ery aatie ut not eerythin is aatale
We ten to eet iniu D reuireents ut that oesnt
ean eerythin is alays accessile
Recallin a eory o a isale chilhoo classate
Storey share ho his rien ace arriers in the aility to lay
ith others
In Eleentary school I ha a classate a oy ho as
in a heelchair an I reeer atchin an seein ho he
strule to stay inclue the hole tie on the layroun This
as in the s an he coul not lay ith the other chilren I
ust reeer ho this iacte his sirit
Storey ieiately connecte to the layroun ission e
an his ie ersonally onate a secial sin alonsie a
onation ro Neal Counities
We are akin roress an e continue to ork or ore
onations Crooot sai We ont sto We are coitte een
i it takes us years Easton ay e too ol to ant to lay on a
layroun y the tie it is uilt ut that oesnt ean countless
other ailies ont enet
Eyes ie ith aaeent rith eels oy sell insie her
atchin the counity an toether to suort an iea that
roote ater her tri to the layroun
The heart o this hole roect eats stronly ith the Rotary
Clus she sai The creit oes to the Rotarians I kno e
can o this The aareness has srea an I een et notes
ro riens liin in other states ecite to say to e uess
hat e ust uilt