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Volunteers at Grand River Makerspace build mobility trainer for local child after insurance delays
Summary
Volunteers at Grand River Makerspace produced parts and donated a toddler mobility trainer to a local family after the family was unable to secure a medically approved device through insurance; the design used is a free Make Good NOLA plan and parts were printed over roughly two weeks.
A team of volunteers and members at Grand River Makerspace in Walker printed parts and helped assemble a Toddler Mobility Trainer for a local family that had been unable to obtain a medically approved mobility device through insurance.
A makerspace representative said the group used a free design from Make Good NOLA and "spent about two weeks producing all the parts for the chair." Members donated materials and time; the family was invited to the makerspace for a community potluck where they assembled the…
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