Students and faculty at Joliet West High School rallied around 20 year old Lawson Sizemore, a recent graduate, as he showed off his brand new, highly specialized custom van.
Students and faculty at Joliet West High School rally around 20 year old Lawson Sizemore, a recent graduate, as he shows off his brand new, highly specialized custom van. As Lawson Sizemore drives up to the school, students, faculty and visitors are overjoyed to see him behind the wheel.
“This was the dream of freedom of being able to come and go whenever I want”, says Lawson."Without my mom sitting in the parking lot from four in the morning until 9:30 at night." For a few years, this recent graduate had been in desperate need of transportation, after the family van could no longer accommodate him and his wheelchair. In late 2020, a neighbor surprised the family with a $5,000 donation, and a family friend started a GoFundMe.Get Chicago local news, weather forecasts, sports and entertainment stories to your inbox.
“I just started making phone calls, reaching out to my friends, reaching out to the community, reaching out to the organizations. And not one person told me no," he said.“I had this mindset of why not? Like, if I’m able to have the ability to drive, let’s just do it, And that way, it frees me up and gives me freedom and independence and it kind of frees up my mom as well," he said.
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