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Tri-Sigma's Donate Wheelchair Accessible Sandbox
to J. D. McCarty Center
Members of
the Oklahoma City Metro Alumnae Chapter of Sigma
Sigma Sigma Sorority were on hand Saturday,
May 5, to celebrate the installation of a covered,
wheelchair accessible sandbox at the J. D. McCarty
Center for children with developmental disabilities
in Norman.
Tri-Sigma provided a $2,300
grant for the purchase of this sandbox.
"This particular sandbox
is an important addition to our recreational
activities for the children," said Tami
Minor, recreational activities coordinator for
the McCarty Center. "I really wanted this
sandbox for our wheelchair bound patients so
they could experience sand play. Without it,
they were missing out on sensory input opportunities
that you can't get from any other medium."
The Tri-Sigma alumni group
raises money in support of a variety of local
charities and their national philanthropy project
the Robbie Paige Memorial foundation that supports
children's play therapy in hospitals.
The J. D. McCarty Center
is Oklahoma's center of excellence in the care
and treatment of children with developmental
disabilities from birth to 21. Founded over
60 years ago, the McCarty Center treated only
one thing…cerebral palsy. Today, the McCarty
Center has treated more than 70 different diagnoses
in the developmental disability category. In
an average year, the McCarty Center will treat
children from 70 of Oklahoma's 77 counties.
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| Members of the Oklahoma
City Metro Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Sigma
Sigma Sorority play in the sand as they
check out the covered, wheelchair accessible
sand box their group provided to the J.
D. McCarty Center in Norman via a grant
for $2,300. Playing in the sand are (l-r)
Marcia Irvin of Midwest City, Sherry Irvin
of Oklahoma City, Mary Jones of Oklahoma
City, Hillary Ashton of Lawton, Michelle
Dawson of Lawton, Leigh Mahoney of Norman,
Linda Fields of Norman, Donna Jackson of
Norman and Mikki Patten of Moore. |
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