{"id":64660,"date":"2019-04-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/04\/12\/gobabygo-project-continues-to-get-kids-moving\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T17:30:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T22:30:52","slug":"gobabygo-project-continues-to-get-kids-moving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/04\/12\/gobabygo-project-continues-to-get-kids-moving\/","title":{"rendered":"GoBabyGo! project continues to get kids moving"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>The GoBabyGo! project just keeps on going.<\/p>\n<p>On the last weekend in March, events were held at UNMC and the University of Nebraska at Kearney, and a total of 15 ride-on electric toy cars &#8212; 10 at UNMC and four at UNK &#8212; were modified to allow them to be used by young children with mobility issues.<\/p>\n<p>This was eighth overall event at UNMC, while the University of Nebraska at Kearney has held two. Since the Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI) first teamed with the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and other partners in 2016, more than 70 modified cars have been given away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a super-popular program,&#8221; said Sandy Willett, director of the MMI Department of Physical Therapy. She noted that building 10 cars was a record for a single event &#8212; the most that had ever been attempted at one event before was nine. <\/p>\n<p>The modified toy cars were provided at no cost to families to promote early independent mobility. They are designed for children ages 7 months to 6 years old. <\/p>\n<p>Willett credited &#8220;an amazing team of volunteers who built tool kits, set-up tables, and spent the morning problem-solving and modifying cars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There were more than 60 volunteers in all on Saturday: students from UNMC&#8217;s Students of the University of Nebraska American Physical Therapy Association, UNO and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineering programs, Nebraska Methodist College occupational therapists, OPPD engineers, Meghan Walls from Assistology, therapists from Children&#8217;s Hospital and Medical Center and MMI, as well as a host of therapists from across the region who accompanied the children and families.<\/p>\n<p>Willett credited the Munroe-Meyer Guild for getting the program off the ground in 2016 and supporting the Big! Program for larger, center-based cars. A new, anonymous donor has ensured the continuation of the program for at least the next five years, she said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They have funded us for the next five years at a level that we never anticipated, so we were able to build even greater capacity,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Now rather than sharing tools, we have a kit for every volunteer team. Our efficiency has skyrocketed!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Feedback from our student volunteers was overwhelmingly positive, as was feedback from area therapists who brought families to the event,&#8221; Willett said. &#8220;This initiative gives a whole new meaning to teamwork. Sharing a common vision through interdisciplinary partnerships is truly transforming early mobility for kids in Nebraska.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>GoBabyGo! is a national program that provides modified ride-on cars for kids with developmental disabilities. Donations can be made at <a href=\"https:\/\/nufoundation.org\">the University of Nebraska Foundation&#8217;s website<\/a>. Search &#8220;GoBabyGo!&#8221; or send a check to the University of Nebraska Foundation, &#8220;GoBabyGo!&#8221; 2285 S. 67th St., Suite 200, Omaha, NE  68106 or call 402-502-4113.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" title=\"qQ AUGTJyl\">qQ AUGTJyl<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMI and partners work to modify motorized cars to increase mobility for young children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":64661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","department-munroe-meyer-institute"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GoBabyGo! 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