alan rasof: high school students use their engineering club to help a fellow classmate with cerebral...
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H I G H S C H O O L S T U D E N T S U S E
T H E I R E N G I N E E R I N G C L U B T O H E L P
A F E L L O W C L A S S M AT E
W I T H C E R E B R A L PA L S Y
Created By Allan Rasof
A G R O U P O F H I G H S C H O O L S T U D E N T S I N G R E E N T O W N S H I P, O H I O , C R E AT E D A
P R O J E C T F O R T H E M S E LV E S T H AT W O U L D H E L P A F E L L O W C L A S S M AT E , J E R R Y P O TAV I N ,
A S T U D E N T L I V I N G W I T H C E R E B R A L PA L S Y.
Members of the Oak Hills engineering club designed and built a table to help classmate Jerry Potavin.
W H AT S TA R T E D O U T A S J U S T A N O T H E R P R O J E C T F O R T H E E N G I N E E R I N G T E A M AT O A K H I L L S H I G H S C H O O L T U R N E D
O U T T O B E M U C H M O R E T H E N T H AT F O R C L A S S M AT E ,
J E R R Y P O TAV I N .
“ I H AV E A LW AY S L O V E D H E L P I N G P E O P L E , I T ’ S J U S T W H AT I L I K E T O
D O , ” S AY S O A K H I L L S , S E N I O R A N D
E N G I N E E R I N G T E A M M E M B E R , D Y L A N N O B L E .
D Y L A N A L O N G W I T H 5 O T H E R E N G I N E E R I N G S T U D E N T S W E R E
C O N TA C T E D B Y T H E I R H I G H S C H O O L S E N G I N E E R I N G T E A C H E R
T O B U I L D S O M E T H I N G T H AT W O U L D M A K E J E R R Y A L I T T L E M O R E
C O M F O R TA B L E .
J E R R Y H A S T O S P E N D A L O T O F T I M E I N H I S W H E E L C H A I R E V E R Y D AY A N D B E C A U S E O F T H I S H E
N E E D S T O S P E N D A C E R TA I N A M O U N T O F T I M E A D AY S T R E T C H E D O U T O N A F L AT M AT. D Y L A N A N D T H E E N G I N E E R I N G C L U B B U I LT A TA B L E T H AT W O U L D M A K E I T E A S I E R F O R J E R R Y T O M O V E A R O U N D .
J E R R Y I S S I T T I N G E A S I E R N O W T H A N K S T O T H E S E L F L E S S N E S S O F H I S P E E R S AT O A K H I L L S .
“Once we finally delivered it to him, it was exactly what they wanted” says Dylan.
L A U R A V E L A S Q U E Z , O N E O F J E R R Y ’ S A I D S , S A I D T H AT T H E TA B L E H A S A L R E A D Y M A D E A D I F F E R E N C E F O R J E R R Y.
“ I T M A K E S H I M F E E L A L O T M O R E I N C L U D E D , S O T H AT ' S R E A L LY W O N D E R F U L , ”
T H E S E E N G I N E E R I N G S T U D E N T S H AV E
F O U N D A WAY T O C O M B I N E T H E S K I L L
S E T S T H AT T H E Y H AV E L E A R N E D I N
E N G I N E E R I N G C L A S S W I T H G I V I N G B A C K
T O T H E I R C O M M U N I T Y T O M O S T
I M P O RTA N T LY, H E L P A F R I E N D .