Delaware School Bus Driver Teams with Nonprofit to Help Student with Accessibility
A George Read Middle School bus driver helped a student in New Castle, Delaware by teaming up with a nonprofit organization to provide the student with a wheelchair ramp from her home, reported ABC 6.
The veteran school bus driver, identified as Tim Kelleher, observed each morning that a studentβs parents carried their daughter down the front steps of their home on Westbury Drive to reach the bus stop.
According to the news report, Kelleher began reaching out to organizations that could help. He connected with Good Neighbors Home Repair, a nonprofit organization, that built a wheelchair ramp at the studentβs home.
Tom MacAuley of Good Neighbors Home Repair told local news reporters that Kelleher saw the need the studentβs family had and wanted to facilitate that need.
The article states that this is not the first time Kelleher has gone the extra mile. He helped get a ramp installed for another student in 2019.
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