Help Luke get a bike.

We have ended this successful fundraiser for Luke's bike. It is on its way to Crawfordsville. Excess donations will be used to fund other adaptive equipment needs in Montgomery County. Thank you so much.

Crawfordsville Kiwanis.

Meet Luke Rice

Luke was born with a heart defect and had open heart surgery at 7 days old. At the age of 6 months old development delays were apparent and he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. The development specialist we were seeing at that time wanted to do genetic testing and the results showed Luke has a unique and rare chromosome deletion identified as 1Q4 Chromosomal Deletion. He is a happy 15 year old boy who is non-verbal with a sweet and happy spirit. Luke enjoys wearing hats and watching people.

As Luke is growing into a teenager, his muscle tone is getting tighter due to the cerebral palsy spastic muscle tone he has. He is about 92 lbs. and 5 feet tall. We started Botox injections treatments into his hamstrings and are doing physical therapy to help with his muscle tone. The bike would be a good way to exercise his legs. Luke is not able to walk long distances. He does wear orthotics which help support his legs.

He attends a special education life skills class at Crawfordsville Middle School and will be an eighth grader this coming school year.

This is a special bike for kids with Luke's skills and the Crawfordsville Kiwanis Club is trying to help Luke get the bike he needs.