It is next to impossible for kids who happen to be in wheelchairs to find a great Halloween costume...that is until this man started making Halloween costumes for his own disabled son

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That man is a 42-year-old artist named Lon Davis who lives in Kansas and he has an 11-year-old son named Reese, who's he's been in a wheelchair since he was three, because of a tumor on his spine.  Fortunately he's in remission now.  But eight years ago, Lon made him a "Wall-E" costume for Halloween that fit OVER his wheelchair and looked amazing.

Then other parents after seeing these awesome wheel chair costumes started asking him to make costumes for THEIR kids in wheelchairs.  So last year, he started a charity called Walkin' and Rollin' Costumes that makes wheelchair costumes, and gives them away for FREE.

So far, they've done Iron Man, the car from "Dukes of Hazzard", an X-wing fighter from "Star Wars", and a bunch more.  They also did an Ant-Man costume this year, where the wheelchair is the ant he rides in the movie.

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Apparently they got a ton of requests for this Halloween.  But you can request one for NEXT year through their website, WalkinRollin.org.  Or if you want to donate, just search for "Walkin' and Rollin' Costumes" on GoFundMe.com.

In 2015 Walkin' & Rollin' Costumes was formed as a non-profit organization designed to build Halloween costumes for kids in walkers and wheelchairs, free of charge to the families. In order to kick-off the fundraising to pay for these costumes, a 30-day Kickstarter page was created to raise $1,000 for 5 costumes. This goal was reached in roughly 2 days.  They ended u being able to build costumes for 9 kids.

For this year and beyond, The goal for Walkin' & Rollin' Costumes is to build a network of builders willing to help construct these costumes for kids all over the world. That way, when a family contacts them, requesting a costume for a special kid and they live anywhere in the country, they can be paired with a costume builder in their city to help make this child's costume a reality.

This would be accomplished by having more volunteers, more sponsors and more creative individuals willing to help.

Donating is easy, all funds raised on their GoFundMe.com page go to help buy supplies, build the costumes and ship the completed costumes if needed. Each costume costs between $100-$250 to build and if the costume needs to be shipped, packing and shipping charges add about $75 to the cost.

Click on the link below for information on how to get involved and help make a special kid's Halloween extra special

 

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