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A non-profit in Oregon is building pirate ships, dragons and creepy purple things so that kids in wheelchairs can enjoy Halloween like everyone else.

Magic Wheelchairs Make For a Magic Halloween For Kids in Wheelchairs

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Halloween is still months away. But there’s a family in Oregon who plan for the costumes year round.

It’s a short-story, but a good one.

The day Keaton told his parents he wanted to be a pirate for Halloween, Dad knew he was in for a challenge. But he would find a way to make Keaton’s wish come true.

The challenge? Ryan Weimer’s son needs a wheelchair to get around. Digging into a little creativity and a good deal of heart, Ryan built a costume that integrated the wheelchair itself as the ship with which Keaton could plunder the streets in his neighborhood.

The costume would up being the topic of conversation and a photo of Keaton made it onto the front page of their local paper.

Following that 2008 success, Weimer reached a decision. He would create a nonprofit that would make every child in a wheelchair the most envied when Halloween came around again. Magic Wheelchair volunteers have been building the costumes. They’ve also built memories for children whenever it is trick-or-treat time.

Three of Weimer’s five kids have been diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy. His kids have been around wheelchairs most of their lives and it’s been dad’s goal to give them at least one special day of the year when being in a wheelchair could be an asset and not a disability.

In 2015, Magic Wheelchairs went to Kickstarterto help fund more Halloween costumes. The team raced past their initial goal of $15K and raised over $25K for the 2016 batch of Halloween costumes.

To be selected as a wheelchair costume recipient, a child can make, and submit, a 3-minute video telling what they want to be for Halloween why why the should be chosen.