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Sabata yomaliza, Trevor Denning adagubuduza mu Mtima Wotanthauzira wa Siuslaw, ndikuwonetsa monyadira ReActive Diversization {mwambo} wake panjinga yam'manja. The 2014 Siuslaw grad amayenera kuloza kwawo tayala lake latsopano ndikuthokoza pakati pa anthu omwe adawathandiza kuti azitha kuchita bwino.

Denning adapeza njinga yake $ 14,000 kumapeto kwa 2019 chifukwa chobweza anthu ambiri komanso ndalama zomwe amalandila kuchokera ku The Good Deed Venture, 501c3 yopanda phindu yozikidwa ndi nzika ya Florence Cindy Wobbe. Chifukwa mliri wa COVID-19 udakulirakulira, zinali zovuta zowonjezereka kupita kudziko.

“Tidagula njingayo koyambirira kwa Novembala, ndipo ndangokhala pasukulu komanso gawo lililonse. Ndiye, ndi COVID yomwe ikuchitika, sindinathe kuyamika Cindy, ”atero a Denning, a junior ku Oregon State College. "Ndinafunika kukhutira naye ndikuti 'zikomo' ndikumulola awone njinga."

Wobbe adakumana ndi a Denning ndi bwenzi lake a Sarah Nelson pakiyo polowera Siuslaw River Bridge, komwe adasunga kunena kuti cholembera cha Bomber chinali chosiyana kwambiri ndi momwe amayembekezera.

"Sindingakhale wokondwa kwambiri ndi zotsatirazi," adatero. "Kukhala ndi kutha kuziona ndekha ndikuwonetsa kuti Trevor andiwonetsa momwe imagwirira ntchito komanso zomwe angathe kuchita ndizosangalatsa kwa ine, kuphatikiza pa abwenzi a The Good Deed Venture omwe adathandizira kuti izi zichitike iye. ”

Kutengera ndi Wobbe, thumba lanyumba la Denning lidalipiridwa ndi The Good Deed Venture's Glenna Woodbury Medical Help Fund, ndi zopereka zoonjezera kuchokera ku ESA Delta Gamma ndi Committee ya Medical Govt ya Peace Well, kuphatikiza gulu laling'ono la omwe amapereka omwe akufuna kukhalabe opanda dzina .

"Sindikumvetsetsa momwe ndidzakwaniritsire kuwabwezera mosiyana ndi kungotuluka ndikugwiritsa ntchito mwayiwu wonse," adatero a Denning. “Ndikungofunika kunena momveka bwino kuti sizinali, 'O sindigwiritsa ntchito njinga iyi $ 14,000' - sikuti mukungoyizolowera. Tiyenera kugwiritsa ntchito izi, kugonjera za izo ndikungopeza pamsika zomwe zingachitike. ”

Denning wakhala ali pa njinga ya olumala kuyambira pomwe adavulala msana pa ngozi ya ATV mu 2011, pomwe anali ndi zaka 15 zokha. Anthu oyandikana nawo ku Florence adamuzungulira, akukonzekera zochitika zamakonsati opindulitsa, maulendo ndi othandizira ndalama kuti athandize banja lake limodzi ndi ngongole zake zamankhwala. Ndipo thandizo silinathere pomwepo.

Mu 2012, Denning adatha kupirira mankhwala a stem cell pa Johns Hopkins Medical Heart ku Panama Metropolis, Panama, chifukwa cha ndalama zopezedwa ndi oyandikana nawo komanso ogwirizana ndi Wobbe.

"Pakadali pano, ndimakhala ndikuyendera kangapo ku Panama pantchito ndikuchezera mphamvu zakomweko kuti ndikawone zadongosolo lino," adatero. “Pobwerera kwathu, ndidakhazikitsa kampeni yogulitsa ndi Woody Woodbury kuti tithandizire ndalama zomwe Trevor adafuna. Kuphatikiza pa kuwonjezera mitengo yamankhwala iyi, tinali ndi mwayi wolipira ulendo wobwerera ndikupeza malo ogona mwezi womwe Trevor ndi banja lake anali ku Panama Metropolis. ”

Mwambiri, The Good Deed Venture idakweza ndalama zoposa $ 35,000 yothandizira ndi ulendo.

Ndi mphatso yomwe Denning sanaiwale. Adanyamula zosowa zazikulu zopezeka ku Florence naye pazambiri zomwe adapeza.

"Mosakayikira sipakhala anthu ambiri," adatero.

Chiyambireni maphunziro ake ku 2014, Denning amakhala ku Austin, Texas pambuyo pake ku West Lafayette, Ind., Komwe adapitako pulogalamu yoyendetsa ndege yotchedwa Ready Flight ku Purdue College ku 2016.

“Poyamba ndinali ndi mwayi wolandila laisensi yanga yoyendetsa ndege. Amapereka mwayi kwa anthu olumala kuti alandire laisensi yawo m'milungu isanu ndi umodzi. Zinangokhala 24/7, kawiri mwina katatu patsiku kuwuluka. … Tinali okhoza kutero miyezi iwiri, ”adatero Denning. "Komabe, ndimauluka pandege, koma ndizosangalatsa."

Mu 2017, adasamukira ku Oregon ndikuyamba kupita ku Oregon State College ku Corvallis. Pomwepo, amachita zazikulu zake zakusangalatsa kunja, ali ndi mwana wazinthu zoyera komanso kasamalidwe.

Denning adazindikira chidwi chake polowera kunja kwa yr koyambirira kuposa, pomwe anali paulendo wapamsewu ndikuyandikira Grand Tetons ku Wyoming.

"Ndidali otere ndipo chifukwa chake samapezeka kwa ine. Ndipo ndimangodana nazo zinthu zabwinozi kuchokera patali - ndiyenera kulowererapo ndipo ndiyenera kuzunguliridwa ndi mapiri ndi madera, nkhalango ndi gawo lililonse, ”adatero. “Ndazindikira kuti kukhala panja ndi njira yothandizira kwambiri padziko lapansi. Ndangobwereranso kwa aliyense amene walephera kapena sakonda kunja, ndipo tikungofuna kuthekera koteroko ndi zina kukhala zakunja. ”

2017 itha kukhala pomwe adakumana ndi Nelson mwa mnzake.

"Sarah ali kunja. Ndipo panthawiyi, tinalibe mwayi wodziwana wina ndi mnzake potengera kukhala panja limodzi, chifukwa ndizovuta kuti ndikhale panja ndikakhala pampando wanga watsiku ndi tsiku, ”adatero Denning .

Njira yomwe awiriwa adakwanitsira kuti adziwe kunjaku ndikubwereka zida kuchokera kumadera ngati Oregon Adaptive Sports zochitika ku Bend.

"Ali ndi ma tayala awiri ofanana ndi anga, komabe pali anthu ambiri olumala omwe akufuna kugwiritsa ntchito," adatero a Denning. "Ndinayamba kuganizira, 'Amuna, izi zingakhale bwino kwambiri ndikanangokhala ndi mmodzi mwa anyamata onsewa.' Sindingayembekezere kukhala ndi ndandanda komanso makamaka kukhala pa nthawi ya wina. ”

Ananenanso kuti ngakhale Nelson amuthandiza pomupatsa mapaki kapena misewu yolowera, ufulu wochuluka sunakhalepo kuti athe kuzichita yekha.

"Ali wofunitsitsa kundithandiza china chake pofikira ndikupezeka komanso kuchokera kumadera ena. … Ndipo kotero anali ngati, ', nthawi zonse tiyenera kuyesetsa kuonjezera ndalama m'modzi mwa njinga zonsezi.' ”

Denning ndiye adagula kulumikizana ndi ReActive Diversization ndi tsamba lake la Instagram, pomaliza ndikuyankhula ndi woyambitsa Jake O'Connor.

"Ndidakhala ngati, zimawoneka ngati zabwino ndipo ndalankhula ndi ochepa omwe adaziyesa kale kuposa," adatero. "Ndimalankhula ndi mwamunayo pang'ono pang'ono, ndikumufunsa kuti zinthuzi ndizochuluka bwanji ndipo mutha kupita kutali motani? Zinthu zonsezi, popanda thandizo lamagetsi. ”

Nthawi imeneyo, a Denning ndi a Nelson adazindikira {kuti} njinga yoyamba imayamba pa $ 7,650. Mu 2019, amakonza GoFundMe kuti akweze $ 8,000.

"Pofuna kundipatsa ndalama zochulukirapo, ndidzakhala ndi mwayi wopeza nsonga za mapiri a Cascade, kuwuluka nsomba m'mitsinje ndi mitsinje, kuwonjezera paulendo wopita kuma National Parks onse," a Denning adalemba pa tsamba la webu.

Pambuyo pa miyezi itatu, abale ake ndi abwenzi adapeza kotala pang'ono la ndalamazo.

Ndi pomwe Wobbe adalowererapo.

"Nditazindikira zoyesayesa za Trevor zokweza ndalama panjinga iyi ya Go Fund Me, ndidamuyandikira ndikumupempha ngati ndingamuthandize," adatero. "Ndidakhala ndi misonkhano ingapo yapa foni ndi ReActive Diversization ndipo ndidazindikira kuti pakhala pali njira zina zomwe zingawonjezeredwe pachinyengo chomwe Trevor amayembekeza kuti chingamuthandize kwambiri. Mitengoyi idakwana $ 5-6, komabe maubwino ake anali ofunikira. Ichi chitha kukhala chida chomwe Trevor amagwiritsa ntchito pafupifupi tsiku lililonse, kusukulu, pantchito ndi kusewera, ndipo ndidamva mwamphamvu kuti ngati tikadachita, tikufuna kuzichita moyenera komanso moyenera. ”

Denning adati thandizo lake linali lodabwitsa.

"Kunena zowona, sindinaganizenso zomufunsa iye kapena zina zotere. Ndikutanthauza, adandichitiranso zambiri mu 2012, ndipo sindingamufunse izi, ”adatero.

Komabe mgwirizanowu udakwaniritsidwa. Wobbe adalankhula ndi amalonda a The Good Deed Venture motero adaganiza zopezera njinga yotsalayo, pogwiritsa ntchito kuchuluka komwe Denning adapeza ngati ndalama.

"Madola 12,000 omwe adatsala adangowonjezedwa - adasamalidwa," adatero Denning.

Mapangidwe awa adatenga pafupifupi miyezi 4 kuyambira koyambirira mpaka kumapeto, ndi ReActive Diversization, makamaka ku Crested Butte, Colo., Akugwira ntchito nthawi yomweyo ndi Denning kuti akwaniritse zosowa zake zathupi.

"Adafunsa," Kukula kwanu, kulemera kwanu, kukula kwa mkono wanu, kukula kwa ft ndi m'chiuno mwanu? '”Adatero. "Sikunali kokha kuti, 'Hei, ndili ndi 6-foot-4 ndipo ndikulemera 175 kilos,' - zinali zambiri 'kwa T' ndi njinga iyi makamaka yopangidwa mwakuthupi langa. … Ndikutanthauza, njinga imafanana ndendende ndi ine. ”

Denning ali ndi bomba la Bomber lochokera ku ReActive Diversization. Kutengera ndi tsambali, "Njinga yam'manja yonyamulirayi idapangidwa kuti iziyenda wokwera pamalo omwe atengeke. Izi zimathandizira wokwera kuti awone mtunda wakutsogolo mopepuka, ndikukhala ndi phindu lakukula kwakuthupi pazopendekera zopangira mphamvu zowonjezera. Kuwongolera koyamba ndikoyendetsa kamodzi, koyambira, kogwirira njinga zamapiri. … Utsogoleri wachiwiri umamalizidwa ndi cholembera pachifuwa. ”

Komanso ili ndi magetsi, Tong Sheng TSDZ2 750w mota yothamangitsa ma 850c Shade Show ndi Jumbo Shark Battery yoyikidwa ku Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah.

Adapeza njinga yomaliza mu Novembala. Zonsezi ndizopepuka pang'ono, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti Denning atha kuzisamutsira yekha ndipo kuti Nelson akhoza kuyendetsa ngati akufuna thandizo. Komanso imabwera ndi {custom} hitch to connect to the again of autos, which can be simply moved to extend to entry into the trunk.

"Adaganiziradi izi, chifukwa akuyesa kuganiza kuti ma quadriplegics akugwiritsanso ntchito zinthu izi, zomwe zili ndi zida zochepa kuposa momwe ndimachitira," adatero Denning. "Ndizosangalatsa kuti Jake, yemwe amawapanga, atha kukhala pampando."

Denning sanachedwe kutuluka panjira. Iye, Nelson ndi abale awo ndi abwenzi ochepa awonongeka mkati mwa njinga pa Deschutes River Path, Opal Creek, Marys Peak komanso ngakhale njira zamahatchi pafupi ndi C&M Stables kumpoto kwa Florence.

"Takwera njinga kupita pagulu la malo osiyanasiyana, ndipo ndizofanana ndi izi," adatero Denning. "Ndiyenera kupita patsogolo kwa anthu onse kwakanthawi ndipo ndikungotengeka. Simukuzindikira kupatula kuti mukadakhala mu mkhalidwe wonga uwu. ”

Njirazo zamulola kuti ayang'ane kandalama katsopano, kusintha mawonekedwe, komanso kugwiritsa ntchito magetsi.

"Manja anga adzatopa, ndipo ndizabwino kwambiri ngati mungathe kumangoyendetsa kokhako ndikungopita," adatero a Denning.

Nelson akuwona kuti thandizo ndi imodzi mwanjira zina zofunikira pachitetezo.

"Zimatsegula chiyembekezo chambiri chokwera maulendo ndi njanji ngati mungadutse m'malo otsetsereka, komanso pokhapokha ngati chitetezo," adatero. “Bwanji ngati tikukwera mapiri m'chipululu ndipo amadzivulaza? Kodi njingayo ingachepetse kutichotsapo? Uku ndiko kuganiza kwanga, chifukwa samaganizira zachitetezo. Ndipo ndili ngati, 'Ngati ndikukwera mapiri nanu ndikusunthanso phewa kapena chinthu chimodzi, osagwiritsa ntchito - kapena kukwera phiri lalikululi.' ”

Pomwe sizikutanthauza kuti azigwiritsa ntchito tsiku lililonse - Denning adati njinga yamanja ndiyotakata kwambiri m'malo ambiri - imatsegula zitseko zambiri kwa iye.

"Monga aliyense wofooka komanso wokonda kunja, ndikumva kuti ndikufuna kugwiritsa ntchito mawu anga ndi zida zanga, kuzungulira kwa dzanja ndi gawo lililonse lomwe ndingathe, kutulutsa anthu olumala kunja ndikulimbikitsa kupezeka kwathu," adatero adatero.

Ndi chinthu chimodzi chomwe wakhala akugwirira ntchito kuyambira pomwe moyo wake udasinthidwa kwambiri mu 2011. Ndipo ndichinthu chimodzi chomwe wagwiritsa ntchito paulendo wake mpaka pano.

"Izi zandipatsa ufulu komanso chidaliro komanso gawo lililonse," adatero pazomwe adachita. "Inde, simungagwiritse ntchito miyendo yanu komabe mungathe kuuluka ndege, chifukwa cha kusintha kwawo. Anthu amafunsa kuti, 'Kodi mumatha kuyendetsa galimoto?' Ndipo ndili ngati, 'Inde, nditha kuyesa izi. Ndipo ndikuwonjezeranso ndege. ' Zakhala zoposa. Kuyambira pomwe ndidamaliza maphunziro a kusekondale ndikugula mdziko lapansi, pakhala pali njira zingapo zopanda malire komanso anthu abwino omwe ndakumanapo nawo. Florence anali poyambira modabwitsa, komabe kunja kwake kwakhala kopatsa chiyembekezo komanso kwabwino kwambiri. ”

Ndi njira ya koleji yr, a Denning atha kuyambiranso maphunziro ake. Komabe, kuyamba kwa chaka kuyenera kukhala kutali kwambiri pa intaneti, zomwe zimatsegula chiyembekezo chambiri chokwera mayendedwe komanso njira.

"Mosakayikira ndidzanyamula njinga yanga kupita nayo ku Florence," adatero Denning. "Ndikufunika kuti ndiyende panjira pompano ndikupita kumalo komwe sindinadziweko kuyambira pangozi yanga."

Anathokozanso Wobbe, ndikumuuza kuti njinga ndi zomwe zamukhudza zamukhudza kwambiri kuposa momwe akudziwira.

Ponena za Wobbe, adalimbikitsa anthu ambiri munthawi yake ku Florence, ndipo amayesetsa kwambiri kulumikizana ndi iwo omwe achoka kudzikolo. Komabe, Denning ndiwofunika kwambiri kwa iye.

"Trevor ndi zomwe Purezidenti John F. Kennedy akadanena kuti ndi" wolimbikira kutenga nawo mbali m'moyo wolimba, "adatero. "Izi zimamupangitsa kuti azitha kutenga nawo gawo pazinthu zomwe amakonda kwambiri, ndipo ndikutsimikiza kuti azilipira zaka zikubwerazi ngati njira zina zomwe zikubwera.

"Ichi ndi chiyambi chabe cha nkhani ya Trevor."