I will start by saying I am a jeep owner, hence the posting of this comment in the jeep section. If it needs to be moved a moderator is more then welcome to share where would be best or simply move it.:sombrero:
I think it is important to really shine light on the good things that members of our community do in support of one another even if we are total strangers. I am sure we can all think of the stranger that stopped to help out on the trail or even to simply see if we were "OK". Duh we are fine we drive Jeeps:smiley_drive:
Today I experienced a much different type of support. Support given by a company that I have only purchased one item from and a company that has never met nor will likely ever meet the child they helped today.
I am a middle school administrator in Virginia and I work with a student who has a disability and requires a high level of service. He uses a wheel chair and has recently learned to unbuckle the belt he wears to help keep him secure and safe in his chair. His parents are supportive of the recently learned skill as it is a sign of independence, however, at school the student has started to unbuckle himself and deliberately fall from his chair. Fearing injury to the child but still wanting to support this new skill he had acquired me and his teacher met to discuss some possibilities. The first thing I thought of was my Trash-a-Roo and the elastic buckle covers used to protect the buckles when on the back of the jeep. I thought about how much of a pain it was to remove and replace those and how hard it was to manipulate the buckle with them in place. DING Perfect solution!
I called Trash-a-Roo and spoke with Dave Druck and in less then two minutes he agreed to send some elastic covers out for us to try.... to help a child he never met. AWESOME! To make a great deed even better he shipped on his dime and had them in the mail less then 20 minutes after hanging up the phone.
I wanted to share this for two reasons....
1. As we all know our community is awesome and thought it would serve as a reminder to always look to help others no matter the size of the deed.
2. I wanted to say thank you and share this experience in as large a public forum as I possibly could and I thought Expo would be just the place.
Thank you Dave Druck, this small act will have a big impact on a young man's life. You have in me, a customer for life!
Nick LeReche
I think it is important to really shine light on the good things that members of our community do in support of one another even if we are total strangers. I am sure we can all think of the stranger that stopped to help out on the trail or even to simply see if we were "OK". Duh we are fine we drive Jeeps:smiley_drive:
Today I experienced a much different type of support. Support given by a company that I have only purchased one item from and a company that has never met nor will likely ever meet the child they helped today.
I am a middle school administrator in Virginia and I work with a student who has a disability and requires a high level of service. He uses a wheel chair and has recently learned to unbuckle the belt he wears to help keep him secure and safe in his chair. His parents are supportive of the recently learned skill as it is a sign of independence, however, at school the student has started to unbuckle himself and deliberately fall from his chair. Fearing injury to the child but still wanting to support this new skill he had acquired me and his teacher met to discuss some possibilities. The first thing I thought of was my Trash-a-Roo and the elastic buckle covers used to protect the buckles when on the back of the jeep. I thought about how much of a pain it was to remove and replace those and how hard it was to manipulate the buckle with them in place. DING Perfect solution!
I called Trash-a-Roo and spoke with Dave Druck and in less then two minutes he agreed to send some elastic covers out for us to try.... to help a child he never met. AWESOME! To make a great deed even better he shipped on his dime and had them in the mail less then 20 minutes after hanging up the phone.
I wanted to share this for two reasons....
1. As we all know our community is awesome and thought it would serve as a reminder to always look to help others no matter the size of the deed.
2. I wanted to say thank you and share this experience in as large a public forum as I possibly could and I thought Expo would be just the place.
Thank you Dave Druck, this small act will have a big impact on a young man's life. You have in me, a customer for life!
Nick LeReche
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