May 7, 2019

Why Elena volunteers!

Meet Elena Winger:Elena is part of the volunteer run Marketing and Development Committee and helps Alternatives in Motion with social media, newsletters, and more. Seeing the impact that AIM has on the community makes the work worthwhile and also led her to join our team. Although she had heard of the work AIM has done […]

April 23, 2019

AIM client returns for a visit and leaves with a new chair

Students from Calvin College took some time to interview Clement. Given your long history with Alternatives in Motion (AIM), how have you seen the organization change over the years? When I first heard of the organization it was more of any other organization. Now it has really shaped into one that involves communities in its […]

June 25, 2018

US Veteran gets help after exhausting all resources

Frank is a veteran who honorably served in the United States Air Force for nine years. Unfortunately Frank has Rheumatoid arthritis which causes him to have issues walking. Due to his long term aggressive arthritis, Frank had a power wheelchair that stopped working over time and insurance would not cover repairs. The family felt hopeless at […]

June 1, 2018

Who is Andrew?

Who is Andrew? Andrew is an intelligent, kind- heart, guy with a great sense of humor. He continues to stay positive no matter what situation and is always willing to share his story. Andrew has spastic cerebral palsy due to him being born 10 weeks prematurely. The easiest way to describe his disorder is by saying […]

May 25, 2018

Never be to too proud to receive help.

Pride is something that can interfere with our ego and can be harmful if we don’t figure out how important it is to seek help. Although we are in need of help, our pride might not allow us to seek out the proper resources because we feel like we can handle things on our own. […]

May 16, 2018

Muscular dystrophy comes in more than one Form.

There are so many ways Alternative in Motion help out the community, such as offering lifts for patients that have diseases that causes them to loss all control in their muscles. One of our clients suffer from muscular dystrophy which has caused his grandmother to have a hard time helping him get out of bed and […]

May 8, 2018

How your donation has helped Al

Imagine needing two back surgeries within three months and being stationary because your wheel chair is broken and you need a replacement from your insurance that will take months to a year to process. This is one of the many types of clients we help daily. We give our clients a way when it seemed […]

August 29, 2016

Robert

Robert received a new scooter after Ron saw him rolling along with completely worn-out tires. Ron shares the story here: “On the way to one appointment, I saw a gentleman on the side of the road with scooter tires that were so worn the rubber was peeled away and he was riding on the hard […]

August 29, 2016

Leonard

Our friendly client Leonard with his new walker and cane (and Coleen!)

August 29, 2016

Volunteers – Disher Design & Development

A few awesome volunteers from Disher Design & Development powerwashed some chairs this morning! Ron’s kids helped them eat donuts.