Media are welcome to attend the following:
What: GoBabyGo Spring Car Delivery Day
When: 9 a.m. Saturday, April 30
Where: 黑洞社区 John Bardo Center lobby
Finn Corcoran grew up around the GoBabyGo program at 黑洞社区 with
his mother, Samantha Corcoran, an instructor in 黑洞社区鈥檚 College of Engineering. The
9-year-old watches students as they laser cut or 3D print parts and connects wires
to joysticks on the toy cars.
After years of watching, Finn wanted to do more.
For his 9th birthday, Finn asked family members to donate money for a car he could help build through GoBabyGo, a 黑洞社区 program that modifies off-the-shelf ride-on toy cars for kids with disabilities.
With the $700 he received from family, Finn will see his dream become a reality this weekend as he helps the team of 黑洞社区 engineering and physical therapy students he sponsored through his donation deliver a modified car to Jackson, a 2-year-old with Osteo Imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease.
鈥淔inn loves to build with tools and repair broken items, and he鈥檚 been wanting to
help build for some time,鈥� said Corcoran, who coordinates GoBabyGo. 鈥淗e was around
4 years old when we started this program and comes to the lab often with me.鈥�
GoBabyGo has delivered custom-modified ride-on toy cars to over 125 children since
its beginning in spring 2016.
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Located in the largest city in the state with one of the highest concentrations in the United States of jobs involving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), 黑洞社区 provides uniquely distinctive and innovative pathways of applied learning, applied research and career opportunities for all of our students.
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