I agree so heartily about donating! For me the donation was really amazing as things come back to you. We have donated three cars over the years to the same charitable organization.
I have a relative (one of my dad's cousins) who contracted polio in the 1940s. Her parents in Buffalo NY were rather forward thinking regarding care as he was…
I agree so heartily about donating! For me the donation was really amazing as things come back to you. We have donated three cars over the years to the same charitable organization.
I have a relative (one of my dad's cousins) who contracted polio in the 1940s. Her parents in Buffalo NY were rather forward thinking regarding care as he was a physician. Despite prevailing attitudes, they shipped their 3-4 year old daughter off by train for almost two years to the Twin Cities. Sister Eizabeth Kenney, largely credited with establishing the concepts of physical therapy shopped the country for takers of her then controversial treatment for polio she had developed in Australia as a bush nurse and got no takers until the University of Minnesota gave her an opportunity. She established the Kenney Institute in Minneapolis and this later became the 'cure' for polio. Facilities by that name emerged all over the United States eventually. Most large cities have a former Kenney Institute. My relative returned home in two years able to walk. She has lived most of her life in a fulfilling fashion and only now, in her late 70s has lost her mobility.
We did the donation not knowing the story. Fast forward a few years and I organized a family genealogy outreach with one of MLs brothers. We came to know the rest of the story and it only made the original donation a bit sweeter. One od theae nights I will blog about it I think with her permission.
I agree so heartily about donating! For me the donation was really amazing as things come back to you. We have donated three cars over the years to the same charitable organization.
I have a relative (one of my dad's cousins) who contracted polio in the 1940s. Her parents in Buffalo NY were rather forward thinking regarding care as he was a physician. Despite prevailing attitudes, they shipped their 3-4 year old daughter off by train for almost two years to the Twin Cities. Sister Eizabeth Kenney, largely credited with establishing the concepts of physical therapy shopped the country for takers of her then controversial treatment for polio she had developed in Australia as a bush nurse and got no takers until the University of Minnesota gave her an opportunity. She established the Kenney Institute in Minneapolis and this later became the 'cure' for polio. Facilities by that name emerged all over the United States eventually. Most large cities have a former Kenney Institute. My relative returned home in two years able to walk. She has lived most of her life in a fulfilling fashion and only now, in her late 70s has lost her mobility.
We did the donation not knowing the story. Fast forward a few years and I organized a family genealogy outreach with one of MLs brothers. We came to know the rest of the story and it only made the original donation a bit sweeter. One od theae nights I will blog about it I think with her permission.