Joy Rides

Walkin’ & Rollin’ Costumes builds custom-made Halloween costumes for wheelchair-bound kids, free of charge.

The idea began in 2008, when then-three-year-old Reese, born with a cancerous tumor that left him with limited mobility in his legs, wanted a Halloween costume. But not just any costume would do. He told his dad, Lon, he wanted to be Wall-E, the 29th-century trash-compacting robot from the movie of the same name, and that his costume would have to incorporate his wheelchair because “it is a part of me.”

Since there was nothing like that on the market at the time, Lon set out to build one himself. Not only was it a huge hit with Reese and his friends, but after being featured in the news, requests for custom costumes began pouring in from parents of wheelchair-bound kids all over the nation.

Lon soon set up a non-profit in order to be able to provide these special, custom-made costumes to children everywhere, free of charge enlisting the help of local engineers, schools and donors.

Should you know of a physically challenged child who would desire a custom-made costume for next year, please visit their website at https://www.walkinrollin.org to find a chapter near you (or to find out how to establish your own chapter, volunteer or donate).

Sources & Links:
https://www.walkinrollin.org/chapters.html
https://www.walkinrollin.org/gallery.html
https://www.cnn.com/us/walkin-rollin-costumes-halloween-iyw/index.html

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Ashley Hayes is a former business entrepreneur, patented inventor, researcher, and writer seeking to bring attention to the clearly-organized crimes of unlawful and corrupt law enforcement and fusion center personnel against innocent Americans and citizens worldwide, as well as crimes committed by military contractors via 21st-century technology, and to the pandemic of child trafficking by those in power.

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