Patric Young Foundation donates $25K to Brooks Rehab for new vehicle to help teach patients to drive
Young, a former Brooks patient, said the much-needed replacement car will help hundreds of patients with cognitive and physical injuries learn to drive. The Patric Young Foundation has donated $25,000 to Brooks Rehabilitation in Jacksonville, Florida to provide a new car to help patients with physical and cognitive injuries learn to drive. The replacement car will be used to teach hundreds of patients with cognitive and physical injuries. The donation comes from Young, a former Brooks patient, who was taught how to drive by program director Peggy Gannon. Once patients pass the program, their car is outfitted with the proper parts to allow them to drive and Young's Chevy Silverado is fitted with a lift for his wheelchair.
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Young, a former Brooks patient, said the much-needed replacement car will help hundreds of patients with cognitive and physical injuries learn to drive.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Patric Young Foundation donated $25,000 to Brooks Rehabilitation on Monday to provide a new car to help patients with physical and cognitive injuries learn to drive.
“I had a great experience learning how to drive the vehicle. And I was just like, man, this thing needs to get upgraded," Young said.
"It means a lot to me to just provide extra good care to my patients that are coming in the future. So, to me, it was it was almost personal that he gave it because I knew we had such a good relationship, and that he thought so much of the program that made me feel even better than he thought about everybody else who was coming after him," program director, Peggy Gannon, said.
Gannon taught Young how to drive. The program uses the car to teach patients how to drive. Once they pass the program, their car is outfitted with the proper parts to allow them to drive.
“To be able to just do it yourself, get up go just having the freedom to do so it changed everything for me," Young said.
Young's Chevy Silverado is outfitted with a lift to pick up his wheelchair and put it in the bed of his truck.
He has a special handle in his truck that allows him to brake and accelerate.
“When I did get my truck modified, and I went to go pick it up, I was like, so this is it. No one, no one else is going to be here to like, make sure I can drive this thing," Young said with a smile.