FACT SHEET. Each Magic Wheelchair costs between $2000 and $4000 in materials, and requires at least 120 hours of build time.

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1 FACT SHEET MISSION Our mission is to bring communities together to create unforgettable moments for children around the world by transforming their wheelchairs into magic. HOW MAGIC WHEELCHAIR WORKS 1. Volunteer builders organize in their community, creating a local build team. 2. A build team locates a deserving child in their area whether via the submissions made at local children s hospitals, or partners such as the Muscular Dystrophy Association. 3. The child selects a theme/character that he/she would like. 4. A team of artists, carpenters, engineers, and other volunteers design a costume custom-made especially for the child s wheelchair. Each Magic Wheelchair costs between $2000 and $4000 in materials, and requires at least 120 hours of build time. While the help of communities, donors, and volunteers is absolutely invaluable, it is the support of partners like the Stan Winston School of Character Arts, the Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, and FedEx that has given Magic Wheelchair the opportunity to help make dreams come true for children everywhere. Magic Wheelchair is a 501 c. 3 EIN:

2 SOME OF OUR BUILDS Costumes we ve built for kiddos include: Quinjet from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Spongebob from Spongebob Squarepants Indominous Rex from 'Jurassic Park'

3 Carts from Mario Bros Swan Shellraiser from 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Toothless from 'How to Train Your Dragon' Ice Princess carriage

4 HISTORY Ryan and Lana Weimer, the founders of Magic Wheelchair, have five children, three of whom were born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which requires the use of wheelchairs for the entirety of their lives. Each Halloween, Ryan made the biggest, baddest costumes he could for his sons, Keaton and Bryce, for many years. Once news of these costumes spread, Ryan began receiving requests from parents around the world asking if he would transform their kids wheelchairs into magic and then, in 2015, Ryan and Lana decided to make that happen and started the nonprofit organization that seeks to put a smile on the face of every child in a wheelchair. The Beginning, As Told by Our Founder, Ryan "The Dude" Weimer First of all, if you haven't heard the term Muscular Dystrophy (MD), check it out at You might have heard of a small movement called the Ice Bucket Challenge? This craze is helping to raise awareness for ALS, a branch of MD. Join us on this adventure as we help to bring hope and awareness to another branch of MD called Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). We have five children. My first son, Keaton, was diagnosed at 9 months old with SMA and this diagnosis has forever changed our family and how we do things. I could write you a long, sometimes difficult, but ultimately amazing story of our adventures with our children and SMA, but for now let's just say that we have to look at life through a different set of lenses than the average man or woman. That's what really set this whole project in motion five years ago when Keaton got his first wheelchair. Enter Halloween "Hey, pal. What do you want to be for Halloween?" I ask. Keaton thinks for no more than a second and responds, "A pirate." My thoughts go a little like this, "Ah, cool, at least he doesn't want to be Dora the Explorer, one of his favorite shows

5 at the time." A couple days later I had one of those moments when my brain decides it's the best time for thinking - this usually seems to happen way too early in the morning when I should be sleeping or in the shower - but during this magical thinking moment I realized, "Keaton has this wheelchair he cruises around in, and every pirate needs a ship, so let's just build one around his chair!" I didn't know how I was going to do it, but I knew it could be done somehow. I don't believe that there are any goals, dreams, or aspirations in life that can't be achieved. And besides, I was only building a pirate ship, not finishing a PHD in engineering. I drew out some rough plans, and had to start over once or twice, but in the end we came out with a pretty awesome pirate ship for Keaton to sail around in for Halloween. Keaton loved it! What kid wouldn't love having a pirate ship to roll deep in, sailing through the streets, collecting Halloween booty? He even made the front page of the newspaper! So that's how this all started. Now every year as I pose the question, "What do you want to be for Halloween, Keaton?" I can't help but cringe in anticipation of the challenge that each answer will issue. It's always fun, frustrating, discouraging, occasionally painful, and (my wife would add) expensive. Ultimately, creating each costume provides an awesome experience: taking something from Keaton's imagination and seeing it realized as we hit the streets with our kids leading the way. People are amazed and it is a great opportunity for us to let people know about SMA and MD. Absolutely the most rewarding thing is hearing my kids say along the way, "That's awesome, Dadda!"

6 IN THE NEWS NBC NEWS: HUFFINGTON POST: BUZZFEED: YAHOO: DIGITAL TRENDS: BUZZWORTHY: MASHABLE: MTV: OPPORTUNITY LIVES: UPWORTHY: WHERE TO FIND MAGIC WHEELCHAIR Website: Facebook: Twitter: Media such as photos & video can be downloaded from: MEDIA & PARTNERSHIP INQUIRIES Michelle Shnaider: Phone: (615) MAGIC-88 / (615) Address: Magic Wheelchair P.O. Box Keizer, OR 97030