“He’s a really great kid and he loves being outside on the bike.”īen was quick to hop on the new bike and take it out for a spin in front of all the volunteers Saturday. 'He's (Ben) grown a lot and his old equipment was getting a bit small for him so it was nice to be able to get him into something like this,” said Gladman. He helped deliver the bike that the foundation purchased. Get local breaking news and updates sent to your email inboxĬory Gladman is a specialist who has worked with Ben and his family and their equipment through Motion.Download the CTV News app now and get local alerts on your device.Throughout the year as we're putting on the comedy gala, there are meetings every second week, basically from September to April and there's a lot of work that goes into it and now I realize why we're doing this work. “I've been with Sunshine Foundation now for almost seven years and this is first time I've seen a dream presentation and it really brings it all together for me. 'This is something that's pretty remarkable,” said Amanda Zurkowski. Melissa said the Sunshine Foundation is a beautiful group and she's hoping to be able to join them one day herself. If need be, the bike will be able to grow with him up to a size of 300 pounds. 'With his mobility, his spastic cerebral palsy, there's not a lot that he can do but this is one thing he can do where he's just free, free as a bird and we can go for hours on end, as far as he wants to go but in a wheelchair for example, he's a little bit limited,' said Melissa. He's had two bikes in the past and he's outgrown them so this is definitely a dream come true for Ben and I, we've been waiting for this for awhile.'īen suffers from spastic cerebral palsy which has impacts both his mobility and more. 'Benjamin and I love to go outside and his favourite thing to do is to go on a bike. (Photo courtesy of Sunshine Foundation of Canada)'Oh gosh, this is a very exciting day for us,' said Melissa, Ben's mom.

It has been a long wait but 15-year-old Sudbury boy Ben Pare has some new wheels thanks to the Sunshine Foundation of Canada granting his dream of a new adaptable bike.īen Pare was presented with a new adaptive bike from the Sunshine Foundation of Canada in Sudbury on July 15/23.

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