Help Fix Ron Gaska's Wheelchair

New London friends: you probably know Ron Gaska from Facebook. You know him from his good-humored posts about the weather, community events and local politics. If you were having a tough time, he might have sent you some virtual hugs or told you to keep smiling.  

Or maybe you know him from real life. Maybe you've seen him and his ten-year-old Lhasa Apso, Sir Jasper, riding around town in his motorized wheelchair. You might have seen him at the Dunkin Donuts on Broad Street, or one of the local parks, or the Senior Center where he calls bingo.

But you haven't seen him recently. Ron and Sir Jasper have been housebound since January 3rd because his wheelchair is broken. It needs $3606.02 worth of repairs, and insurance won't cover it. Ron survives on a small disability income. If he doesn't get help fixing his wheelchair, he and Sir Jasper could be housebound for a long, long time.

Life hasn't given Ron a lot of breaks. He's 48, and his disability stems from an auto accident back in the early 1990's. He's not a whiner, but right now, more than he's let on, he needs his community to step up and pitch in.

I hope that together we can get Ron's wheelchair fixed so that he and Sir Jasper can be outside this spring.