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Floating Wheelchairs Expand Accessibility At CK Beaches

(L-R) Jamie Edwards, South Kent Wind; Chris Pegg, Executive Director, CK Community Foundation; Darrin Canniff, Mayor, Municipality of Chatham-Kent; Mike Genge, President & CEO, Children’s Treatment Centre Foundation of Chatham-Kent; Lucy Rizzetto; and Brian Cofell, Five-Eau/Outpost Restaurant, celebrate the completion of the Children’s Treatment Centre Foundation’s three year Mobi Chair Project at Mitchell’s Bay Beach. (Submitted photo)

Chatham-Kent’s beaches are now more accessible to those with mobility challenges.

The Children’s Treatment Centre Foundation of Chatham-Kent recently completed its three-year Mobi Chair Project at Erieau, Rondeau, and now Mitchell’s Bay.

Three Mobi Chair floating beach wheelchairs are now available for public day use throughout the beach season, allowing individuals with disabilities or limited mobility to safely travel across the sand and enjoy the water. The final phase of the project at Mitchell’s Bay also included the installation of a secure storage building, funded through the Municipality of Chatham-Kent Councillor Ward Funding Grant Program through Hydro One.

The initiative was made possible through the support of several community partners and funding from the Chatham Kent Community Foundation and the South Kent Wind Community Fund.

For more information about the Mobi Chair locations and how to access them, contact the Children’s Treatment Centre Foundation or click here.