Hardware Store Employees Build a Free Walker for a Toddler

Logan of Cedartown, Georgia has hypotonia, a muscular disorder. It's very difficult for him to walk. His family's medical insurance doesn't cover a walker, so they decided to build one of their own. They went to their local Home Depot hardware store for the necessary components. When the employees there heard what the family was trying to do, they leaped into action. 5 News reports:

“My store manager heard about this and we went over to them looked at their plans and said we got this so we started putting it together told the family to go and enjoy ice cream and come back in a hour,” Jeffrey Anderson said. “Other associates started jumping in and when the family came back it was done.”
In no time, the boy was wheeling around the store with a huge smile on his face.
“Everyone was crying to see Logan walk around with the biggest smile on his face and when the family tried to pay us we said, ‘No way this one is on us,'” Anderson said.

-via Debby Witt

Photo: Kaitlyn Ross


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I am not sure about the premise of the story. The below link shows that a child's walker can be had for under $40. That might be under the insurance company's co-pay amount, but that is far from them refusing to pay for it. When one includes that cost of items from Home Depot ($16 in PVC pipe, $12 for connectors, $4 for glue, $10 for wheels, $4 for hardware (not to mention the tools)) the difference in cost between a commercial, safe walker and this one is silly-small.Not to mention that the commercial walker will grow with the child and this one will be too small very shortly which means the family will have to build another one.
https://smile.amazon.com/Walker-Folding-Junior-Healthline-Trading/dp/B00KH9MUJS/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=child+walker&qid=1559228997&s=gateway&sr=8-4
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Anyone who's had cats knows this cat isn't saying 'yum, yum', it's saying 'bugger off! this is MY food' - the vocals are a sign of warning to others (or the camera) to back off.

Still kinda cute, though :)
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agreed with Camelot- that is an aggressive cat-in-training and a kittie that's serious about 'don't mess with me when I'm eating'. Interesting that the other one already knows to just surrender its own bowl of food when 'nom nom' decides he wants it!
And it was cute...
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Yep. "Stay away from my food."
Had two kittens (feral) that required bottle feeding. The littlest one had the most fierce "growl", if you will, when it came time to suckle up.
Funny thing is, two years later she's the more timid of the two.
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I dunno. He's deliberately stressing the cat by touching it while it's eating. That could develop into issues if he does that all the time.

Only watched a bit of it - it just seemed mean.
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my family has had many dogs, including 3 jack russell terriers.
they can be naturally aggressive around their food bowl unless you get them out of it when they are puppies. essentially the same way as this guy is being with this kitten... except he should be telling it "no" and letting it know it's not a good behaviour.

now our dogs willingly share (tail-wagging included) with anyone who'd want a "taste". :) (makes it a lot safer for unwitting children)

still a cute kitten, tho!
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I see that what I came in here to say haz been said - and very well.

Encouraging aggression in a young cat is no smarter than encouraging it in a dog.
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Wow, I guess I don't know anything about cats...I've worked with dogs for years and I've never seen one make such a cute sound when telling someone to get away from their food! That submissive look on the other kitty was so pitiful and looks just like my overly submissive dog :(
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Please cut this guy some slack. You can tell he cares for the welfare of these two sweet creatures. They have food and shelter unlike so many other animals that are discarded into the elements like so much trash.
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