{"id":19896,"date":"2025-10-25T04:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T04:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/19896\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T04:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T04:18:07","slug":"volunteers-create-handcrafted-costumes-for-six-local-kids-in-wheelchairs-action-news-jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/19896\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers create handcrafted costumes for six local kids in wheelchairs \u2013 Action News Jax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Six local kids in wheelchairs saw their hand-crafted Halloween costumes for the first time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Including two-year-old Donnie Witte, who wanted to be a Blue Angel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m a pilot!\u201d said Donnie.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" target=\"_blank\">&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE &lt;&lt;&lt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Life hasn\u2019t always been easy for Donnie. He was born with Spina Bifida, a condition caused when the spine and spinal cord do not form properly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cHe can\u2019t walk, he can\u2019t bear weight on his leg,\u201d said Caroline Witte, Donnie\u2019s Mom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Donnie may not be able to walk, but with this plane, he\u2019s able to fly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The Center for Independent Living Jacksonville, RS&amp;H, an architecture and engineering firm headquartered in Town Center, and other volunteers teamed up to create Halloween costumes for 6 kids in wheelchairs, including Donnie\u2019s Blue Angels plane. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cThe joy on his face when he got the costume. He was so happy!\u201d said Caroline Witte. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">It\u2019s a moment that Caroline says she\u2019ll be forever grateful for. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cYou can just tell he just felt so special and included,\u201d said Caroline. \u201cIt was just a wonderful feeling as a mom to see that joy when life is not always easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">[DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">[SIGN UP: <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.actionnewsjax.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n<p>Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Six local kids in wheelchairs saw their hand-crafted Halloween costumes for the first time. 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