The Rotary Club of Windsor (1918)
Hart Walker Project
Page
Our Club is Located in Windsor Ontario Canada
Welcome to the Hart Walker Project Page. The information
below describes the mandate and activities of this group.
3-year old Marlyana Knowles and her mother Stephanie
demonstrate the Hart Walker to an appreciative Rotary audience
Hart Walker Committee Mandate
The Hart Walker Committee shall:
- Work to promote the development and distribution of the Hart Walker
Hart Walker Project Activities
The Rotary Club of Windsor (1918)
spearheaded a community initiative to build Hart Walkers,
an assistive device which will permit some children with
Physical disabilities to be mobile. By donating $85,000.00 to begin the
research for this device, the Rotary Club of Windsor became a part of the
Provincial Governing Body. Following this investment, Rotarians in our club
have established a partnership with community metal cutters to organize the
Windsor Hart Walker Project. The project involves the building and assembly
of Hart Walkers by over 100 local companies and Rotary volunteers. As well,
fund raising activities provide financial support for associated orthotic
costs. Physically disabled children are a focus of our club. Windsor Rotary
is proud to be part of a project which may have such a profound significance
on these children. The extent of our involvement attests to the importance
of this project to our club.
We are retrofitting and recycling the Hart Walkers as children outgrow them.
In the spring of 2002 we sent three Hart Walkers to children in the United States, one to New York for a 4 year old girl, and the other two to Washington to 5 year old twin boys with Cerebral Palsy
We arranged for an 8 year old girl in Kentucky, who has brain injuries - her condition is similar to Cerebral Palsy, to be fitted to a Hart Walker.
We are also going to be provided a Walker to a little girl in London, whose family heard about the Hart Walker through the Mayor's luncheon.
In June, 2004, Rotarian Joe Greco, travelled to Venezuela to accompany the delivery of 6 Windsor-made Hart Walkers to the Rotary Club of Lechekia in Venezuela. These Walkers were part of a large medical shipment of new and used equipment assembled through the work of a number of co-operating groups.
Representatives from the Rotary Club of Windsor (1918) and friends are shown donating 6 Windsor-made Hart Walkers to a representative of the Rotary Club of Lechekia in Venezuela.
In the photo are Joe Greco, Dianne Moore, Chair of the Hart Walker Committee, Alfeo Zonta, one of the Hart Walker volunteers, Antonio Meo of Venezuela, whose 7 year old daughter will receive one of the walkers, and the owner of the Dominion Golf Club, who provided funding for the project.
The Hart Walkers are returned as the child outgrows the walker and are retrofitted by our volunteers to be made ready for the next child who needs them. This is an ongoing project and will be ongoing as long as the 150 Walkers that were manufactured by local manufacturing firms last.
The parents of many of the children learned about the Hart Walker project through this Web Site.
We would like to acknowledge Wolverine Freight who willingly deliver the Walkers to children at no cost, and also Farrow Customs Brokers who assist with border clearance.
The above update was provided by the Chair of the Hart Walker Project, Dianne Moore
For information on the Hart Walker project in Canada and the USA, or if you would like to
discuss the benefits of the Hart Walker for your child or a client further, please feel
free to contact:
Ms. Dianne Moore ... (519) 944-0411
Fax: (519) 251-0258
Email: dianne@mooreglobal.com
A complete story of the Hart Walker may be found at the following Web Site:
Background on the Hart Walker
REFERENCES
Group Members
CHAIR: Ms. Dianne Moore (Dianne & Jim) (519) 255-7757 Email Dianne Moore
ADVISORS: Bob Fields, Mr James R. Moore
Last Revised: January 15, 2009
