Magic Wheelchair Aims to Make Every Child’s Halloween Epic
Magic Wheelchair, a non-profit organization, has started a Kickstarter campaign in the hopes of building epic Halloween costumes for five children in wheelchairs.
Their mission is based on the idea that “Halloween is an opportunity to transform kids’ wheelchairs into the envy of every trick-or-treater.” They hope that by completing that mission, they will “put a smile on the face of every child in a wheelchair.”
Due to the difficulty of designing and implementing the costumes, only children within a 50-mile radius of the community of Portland, Oregon, will be considered. Children can be considered for a costume by submitting a short video stating what they want to be for Halloween as well as why they should be chosen. The children who are selected will work with designers to build and fit the costume to their custom needs. Money from the Kickstarter campaign will be used to purchase those materials, and any money pledged over their goal will be used for costumes for additional children.
Magic Wheelchair was started by Ryan and Lana Weimer, who have three children with a form of Muscular Dystrophy called Spinal Muscular Atrophy. A few years ago Ryan decided to give his children in wheelchairs the ultimate Halloween costume. Since then, he’s been creating the “biggest and baddest costumes he could.” Public awareness spread through newspaper and television coverage, and the company grew with the successful launch of a Kickstarter campaign aimed at raising money for materials for Keaton Weimer’s How to Train Your Dragon costume.
Check out these videos of the first two children selected for epic Halloween costumes. To find out more information about Magic Wheelchair, or to donate to the cause, visit the Kickstarter page here.
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