Teenagers have built a shelter for a five-year-old boy who uses a wheelchair after noticing he got wet while waiting for the school bus in winter.
Five-year-old Ryder Killam has had to battle rain, wind, and snow for about 15 minutes every day, using only a patio umbrella as protection.
But after hearing about his problem, local students in Bradford, Rhode Island, got to work and built him his own bus shelter for the bottom of his driveway during their construction lessons.
Ryder’s father Tim said, “Ryder uses it every day before school and his nurses wait inside it every day while they await his return home.
“He does like to go hang out in it from time to time as his fort as well.
“This project brought out community together a bit, it showed that there is still so much good in this world and town!”
Ryder was born with spina bifida myelomeningocele and has never been able to walk.
He stated using a wheelchair when he was two years old.
He started attending inclusionary preschool Dunn’s Corner Elementary in June 2019, and every day had to be pushed 75ft to the end of the road to wait for his school bus by his parents Tim and Nikea.
-Goodnewsnetwork
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