9/24/2007: CMTA Awards First Scooter; Next Giveaway Set for November

A representative from Scootaround and members of the CMTA Board of Directors award the first scooter to Carol Simpson (Click image to enlarge.)

On July 31, 2007, members of the CMTA Board of Directors, CMTA Executive Director Charles F. Hagins, and a representative from Scootaround met at the Sears Tower in Chicago to make the CMTA’s first award of a mobility scooter to Carol Simpson, the only member of her family to have CMT.

Carol, a resident of Grand Rapids, MI, was joined by members of her family from Chicago and Texas, all of whom came to witness the big event and help Carol transport the scooter home.

In an article for The CMTA Report, Elizabeth Ouellette, the CMTA Board member who initially contacted Scootaround and the Clarence Vincent Foundation about the possibility of a scooter giveaway, described the constraints Carol had endured with regard to her mobility and how the joy of regaining her freedom and mobility deeply touched Carol and everyone else present. (You can read Elizabeth’s article in the September/October issue of The CMTA Report.)

Next Giveaway: November 2007

We are now accepting applications for the November, 2007, scooter giveaway.

If you have already submitted an application and your information has not changed, we’ve kept your application on file and you do not need to resubmit.

Otherwise, your application must be postmarked no later than October 15, 2007, and addressed to:

You may also fax your completed application to 610-499-9267.

Click here for more information about the giveaway and how to apply.