Wheel Me on the Beach is raising funds to purchase wheel chairs like the ones you see above for beaches. These chairs are essential for disabled children as well as adults to get thru the sand and surf on the beach. As you can see from the picture they are weather proof and have very different . These chairs are very expensive and are unable to break down for travel making it impossible for families to own their own chair. Lifeguard stations try have these chairs available for families to use.
It is fabulous that beaches offer these chairs however because of the expense you would be surprised to know that our home Beach (JAX Beach) only has 2. Most beaches we have contacted only have 1. This means that families have to go to the main station get the chair load their child or loved one push them to the area where the rest of their crew is and then take the chair back and hope that it is available for when they are ready to leave. This is unexceptionable. I have 2 cousins who need these chairs and because of the limited amount available we have to get one at time down to the beach and then we can not take them for a walk on the beach with us because we have to return the chair. This past holiday the chair was not available when we were to leave and my 9 yr old cousin had to crawl thru the hot sand. This is when I decided to do something! We would love to evidential make sure every active beach has the amount of chairs they need. Please visit the personal or business donor pages.
Thank You, Mary Liz and Crew
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