Juici Patties gifts amputee wheelchair

Last Thursday a team from Juici Patties gifted him with a new wheelchair, clothing and utensils. During his tearful gratitude for the relief, Mr. Coote said he was spending funds regularly to repair the old wheelchair, and the day, while seemed unbelievable at first “I feel good now,” he said.

Continuing, he shared that he had been on the streets for over two years, meeting negative experiences with unkind words coming from passersby, and motorist who “waan lick mi out a di road, but dem people ya different, dem good, mi glad fi dem,” he told the brief handover ceremony.

Public Relations Officer at Juici Patties, Sheri-Gaye Johnson said the plight of Mr. Coote was recently “brought to light” by journalist Garfield Angus. “And it moved us. Juici Pattes, in collaboration with Custos of Clarendon, Honourable Edith Chin, is  honoured to present him with a wheelchair.

“Which is a mobility aid aimed at enhancing your life and accessibility. We hope that these gifts bring you joy this season, and your life will be easier. Accessibility for you is also easy and get to enjoy all the gifts that you receive here today,” Miss Johnson said.

For Angus, it was a delight for him when the Custos responded in “just a few minutes after I reached out to her,” he said, recalling that on November 27, while on his way to work he saw a gentleman who he sees daily on a section of Waterloo Road, and each morning ‘when he sees me, he gives me a ‘kingly salute.’

“That morning, the stoplight caused me to stop close to him. He rode up close to my car, gave me the usual salute, then asked if I could help him to get a wheelchair, I beckoned to him that I would not be able to do it.

“As if he did not understand what I gestured to him, he continued. "A wheelchair would do me good, an mi know seh fi yuh link large." I then felt guilty that I told the him that I could not help him to get the wheelchair,” the journalist said.

Thanking the donors Angus said, Mr. Coote told him that if he gets a prosthetic foot, he would be able to help himself better, and he will be checking around for that help. “But I want to celebrate with Mr. Coote for this help from Juici Patties. Your compassion has not only provided a vital gift of mobility with this wheelchair, but you have also restored some amount of dignity and hope to Mr. Coote who us in need. Your generosity is a beacon of kindness in our community in our country, and to persons of special needs,” he said.