March Kids in Mission

 Personal Energy Transportation - “PET” 

Who: All Children's Sunday School classes

When: The month of March

What: Change collections

Goal: $250 to purchase a PET

PET is a faith-based, volunteer driven, non-profit organization that is making and distributing the PET (Personal Energy Transportation) vehicle. It is headquartered in Columbia, Missouri.

The Personal Energy Transportation (PET) Project's mission is to provide mobility for all of God's children in need. This group seeks to provide mobility first for those in greatest need and with the least resources. The PET is designed for rural areas where trails and roads are rough and where the driver will often need to carry a load.

Wheelchairs are very difficult to move over rough terrain and will soon fall apart. In rural areas many streets are cobblestone or dirt or simply foot paths or bicycle trails. People have a terrible time trying to maneuver a wheelchair over them but PETs scoot right along on the rough terrain.

The PET's are built in eight workshops in the US and sent to 55 different countries.

For more information about this project, please see the March issue of ParentLink, or visit www.petinternational.org