luckie
07-06-2006, 12:24 PM
Swift moves
By Holly Anderson
Camden Bureau Chief
June 28 2006
VillageSoup Times
http://camden.villagesoup.com/Community/story.cfm?storyID=74830
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OWLS HEAD: Jake Swift of Hope has relied on others to help him get around nearly his entire life. Born with "half a heart," as Jake describes his birth defect to others, the young man's family and friends have made sure he's not been left out, even if it meant carrying the 14-year-old to class, to the ball field and to friends' homes to play videogames.
Jake's disability is a diminished lung capacity caused by a heart defect. He becomes easily winded after walking just 50 feet.
But on Saturday, Jake Swift learned that he no longer has to rely on others to get him to class or home on time, after he became the Midcoast's most recent recipient of a Make-A-Wish granted wish.
Read more about Jake Swift and his Make-A-Wish Segway wish, a first for the organization dedicated to granting the wishes of children with life-threatending medical conditions, in this week's edition of the VillageSoup Times, on newsstands now.
VillageSoup patrons and subscribers can read the story online here:
"Segway wheels give new independence"
http://www.villagesoup.com/patron/news/story.cfm?storyID=74652
By Holly Anderson
Camden Bureau Chief
June 28 2006
VillageSoup Times
http://camden.villagesoup.com/Community/story.cfm?storyID=74830
http://camden.villagesoup.com/sharedpix/News/200606/P91805.jpg
OWLS HEAD: Jake Swift of Hope has relied on others to help him get around nearly his entire life. Born with "half a heart," as Jake describes his birth defect to others, the young man's family and friends have made sure he's not been left out, even if it meant carrying the 14-year-old to class, to the ball field and to friends' homes to play videogames.
Jake's disability is a diminished lung capacity caused by a heart defect. He becomes easily winded after walking just 50 feet.
But on Saturday, Jake Swift learned that he no longer has to rely on others to get him to class or home on time, after he became the Midcoast's most recent recipient of a Make-A-Wish granted wish.
Read more about Jake Swift and his Make-A-Wish Segway wish, a first for the organization dedicated to granting the wishes of children with life-threatending medical conditions, in this week's edition of the VillageSoup Times, on newsstands now.
VillageSoup patrons and subscribers can read the story online here:
"Segway wheels give new independence"
http://www.villagesoup.com/patron/news/story.cfm?storyID=74652