This Man Dying Of A Terminal Illness Is Spending His Last Days Fixing Up Bikes For Kids
This Man Dying Of A Terminal Illness Is Spending His Last Days Fixing Up Bikes For Kids
Two months ago, Robert Charland was diagnosed with a degenerative brain disease, so he's decided to spend the rest of his time making an impact on the lives of children in his community. Find out more here.
Two months ago, Robert Charland was diagnosed with a degenerative brain disease, so he's decided to spend the rest of his time making an impact on the lives of children in his community. Find out more here.
In February, Bob Charland was diagnosed with a neuro-degenerative brain disease and given only a few months to live. But he decided that he wanted to make the most out of his remaining time on Earth by helping out kids in need. With his longtime affinity for fixing things, he decided that the best way he could impact his community was by taking old, broken, and donated bikes and fixing them to give to children who don't have one.
Why not? If it’s just my time, why not do it? It’s making these kids happy, it’s promoting something positive in their life, so I’m going to keep doing it.
Bob Charland
WWLP News, April 17, 2017
On Easter Sunday this year, he distributed 20 bikes to children in need with the help of a police officer friend, Anouson Souvannasane.
I’ve been working in this area for years now, it’s the first area that came to mind. We need more people to step up, he’s setting the bar for those who aren’t sick to do something for the kids.
Anouson Souvannasane
WWLP News, April 17, 2017
And the children seem to be impacted by this act of kindness already. One such child, Hannah, spoke about the experience of receiving a bike, saying:
It’s awesome. I was almost going to cry because we got these new bikes, because our bikes got stolen from here.
Hannah
WWLP News, April 17, 2017
If you'd like to help Charland get more bikes to children, you can donate to his GoFundMe page. But now what we'd like to know is...
If you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, how would you want to spend your remaining time?
If you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, how would you want to spend your remaining time?