Every Ability Plays Project | Non-profit Organization | Loma Linda Park Bench Donation

Hazel was born in China in 2015. She is developmentally delayed and is in a wheelchair. She was adopted and brought to the US by the Floyd Family in 2017. Hazel is so full of life! 

Hazel’s dad reaching out to us asking if we could purchase special bouncer for their little girl. He heard about Every Ability Plays Project from the social worker at Carrie Tingley Children’s Hospital. 

A testimony from Hazel’s dad, Lucas Floyd, about Every Ability Plays Project. 

 

“Hazel is unable to balance and so crawling can be dangerous for her but standing or walking unassisted is impossible without falling. When she was a toddler she had a baby bouncer that allowed her to be upright and exercise until she outgrew it.  Now that she has something that is appropriate for her size again, she is able to be upright and weightbearing on her legs which helps her exercise her muscles and stimulate her growth plates. We are very thankful for this opportunity for her! “

Donate to EAPP so that we can help other wonderful projects like this.

April 16th, 2016 was the Grand Opening for the accessible playground at Loma Linda Community Center! For this event, my first school helper and one of my favorite people, Carmen Montoya, was my special date. I asked her to go with me because she did everything that she could to make play fun for me when I was little. Carmen took one of her little granddaughters with her. A few of my other friends went to join us. On that day, we got to meet Mayor Richard Berry. We told him I wanted to see a special swing for every park. He said he would take this idea to a meeting that week, but I never heard from him. He has left office. The only bad thing was that our bench didn’t make it for the opening. It got there a few weeks later.