Disabled children given customized bikes by charity

Yahoo12-06-2025

CLARKS SUMMIT, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A special delivery near Scranton, one that is changing lives.
Seven local children with disabilities received custom adaptive bikes and strollers at the Scranton School for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing.
It is part of a program run by Variety, the children's charity, along with support from the all-one foundation.
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Families celebrated with a parade and a chance to try out the new equipment for the first time.
'So the fact that this program is out there, and giving him a trike that is fit to him is wonderful, and it means so much to us,' voiced Scranton resident Jena Olecki.
Variety's programs are designed to give kids the chance to live a fuller life, and be included in the community.
In total, the organization has delivered more than 85-hundred adaptive devices to children across pennsylvania and west virginia.
Today marks 273 given in Lackawanna, Luzerne, and Susquehanna counties alone.
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