OUs Hourly
Employee Council Put Some Wheels Into Christmas
December 19, 2009) The
Hourly Employee Council at the University of
Oklahoma put some wheels into Christmas when
they donated 20 bicycles and tricycles to the
J. D. McCarty Center for children with developmental
disabilities this past weekend.
The Hourly Employee Council
conducts an annual Christmas project benefiting
different organizations in the Oklahoma City
metropolitan area. This year the group wanted
to do a project closer to home.
Ive
know Uwe (von Schamann) for a long time,
said Linda Smith, president of the OU Hourly
Employee Council. I called him to see
if they had a wish list that we might be able
to help the McCarty Center with. It just happened
that they did.
The twenty-two member council
raised $1,000, then purchased bicycles and tricycles
in a variety of sizes as well as training wheels,
helmets, knee and elbow pads. We felt
like we did very well this year considering
the economy, Smith said.
We really appreciate
this donation of bikes and trikes, said
Mike Powers, recreational activities coordinator
for the McCarty Center. Ive been wanting
some bikes and trikes for the kids for a long
time, but until recently we havent had
a place to store them out of the weather. This
is really a great donation for the kids.
The J. D. McCarty Center
is Oklahomas center of excellence in the
care and treatment of children with developmental
disabilities from birth to age 21. Founded in
1946, the McCarty Center provides the physical,
occupational, speech and language therapy that
these children need to achieve their highest
level of functionality and independence.
|
President of the OU Hourly
Employee Council, Linda Smith (center) and
members of the council delivered 20 bicycles
and tricycles plus helmets, knee and elbow
pads to the J. D. McCarty Center in Norman
as a part of the council's annual Christmas
project.
|
|
Santa Claus, aka OU Hourly
Employee Council member Ed Fontane, brings
bags of bicycle helmets, training wheels,
knee pads and elbow pads to the J. D.
McCarty Center as a part of the council's
donation of 20 bicycles and tricycles.
The McCarty Center children were the beneficiaries
of the council's annual Christmas project.
The group raised $1,000 for the purchase
of the bikes and equipment.
|
|
|