CQU donates 20 custom-built wheelchairs!

CQUniversity students attending the 2018 Student Leadership Conference (SLC) in Gladstone last week donated 20 custom-built wheelchairs to The Rotary Club of Gladstone Sunrise.

CQUniversity Student Mentor Program Officer Tanya Rutherford said the donation was a first for CQUni. “These wheelchairs were put together by students attending the SLC who participated in the Rotary guided wheelchair-making workshops on Tuesday and yesterday,” Ms Rutherford said. “The wheelchairs are ingeniously designed to be constructed from everyday items – unwanted bicycles are used for the frames and wheels, old style school chairs are used for the seats, and a plywood platform for the seat and base is locally decorated by school children.