GoBabyGo! Jeeps Presented To Five Toddlers
May 8, 2022 at 10:07 p.m.
GoBabyGo! Jeeps Presented To Five Toddlers
By Jackie Gorski-
Over the last few years, Edgewood Middle School students taking part in GoBabyGo! have been modifying 12-volt vehicles for toddlers that have developmental disabilities. Each car is represented by a group of students with engineers from the community. Students collaborated with the engineers to redesign and rebuild the 12-volt Jeeps.
Abbi Richcreek, Project Lead The Way teacher at Edgewood, said the program has been put on for four years, and each year the toddlers take the vehicles home after they show them off.
The reason why it was decided to show the vehicles off at the dance instead of waiting a month for another First Friday event was because “the toddlers, they need these Jeeps now. We don’t want to wait another month. We did consider waiting until June’s First Friday, but we believe the reason we did this Jeep is we want the toddlers to enjoy it. And if we keep them away another month, that’s another month they don’t have to enjoy it, to become independent and to be normal as socially possible.”
When asked what she thought of the end result, Richcreek said, “Every year, we’ve gotten better and better. And I’m clearly satisfied with everything. I believe the families that have received the Jeeps are just as satisfied and proud. I believe our mentors and students alike, we learned so much from each other from collaboration and being able to create something together to benefit others.”
Leslie Cox, mother of Taylor, said the end result is amazing. She said Taylor will be able to drive around with the Jeep and explore. The Jeep will greatly benefit Taylor as she will be able to go around the family farm. The Edgewood students also seemed to enjoy working with Taylor.
Susie Siebeneck, mother of Owen, said the GoBabyGo! program has been amazing for Owen. It’s something Owen has looked forward to and there’s not a lot of things he looks forward to, so “it’s been really neat for him to have something that’s his and fun.”
Susie said the Jeep will give Owen more independence and will give him something he’s proud of. It will also give him a way to keep up with his friends.
Over the last few years, Edgewood Middle School students taking part in GoBabyGo! have been modifying 12-volt vehicles for toddlers that have developmental disabilities. Each car is represented by a group of students with engineers from the community. Students collaborated with the engineers to redesign and rebuild the 12-volt Jeeps.
Abbi Richcreek, Project Lead The Way teacher at Edgewood, said the program has been put on for four years, and each year the toddlers take the vehicles home after they show them off.
The reason why it was decided to show the vehicles off at the dance instead of waiting a month for another First Friday event was because “the toddlers, they need these Jeeps now. We don’t want to wait another month. We did consider waiting until June’s First Friday, but we believe the reason we did this Jeep is we want the toddlers to enjoy it. And if we keep them away another month, that’s another month they don’t have to enjoy it, to become independent and to be normal as socially possible.”
When asked what she thought of the end result, Richcreek said, “Every year, we’ve gotten better and better. And I’m clearly satisfied with everything. I believe the families that have received the Jeeps are just as satisfied and proud. I believe our mentors and students alike, we learned so much from each other from collaboration and being able to create something together to benefit others.”
Leslie Cox, mother of Taylor, said the end result is amazing. She said Taylor will be able to drive around with the Jeep and explore. The Jeep will greatly benefit Taylor as she will be able to go around the family farm. The Edgewood students also seemed to enjoy working with Taylor.
Susie Siebeneck, mother of Owen, said the GoBabyGo! program has been amazing for Owen. It’s something Owen has looked forward to and there’s not a lot of things he looks forward to, so “it’s been really neat for him to have something that’s his and fun.”
Susie said the Jeep will give Owen more independence and will give him something he’s proud of. It will also give him a way to keep up with his friends.
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