RESIDENTS are raising funds to help Mimico’s Rod Flynn, 77, get a motorized scooter. Photos by Tom Godfrey.
A Go Fund Me campaign has been launched to try and obtain a motorized scooter for an ailing Mimico senior.
Rod Flynn says he has been working for more than 50 years and paying his taxes and now he is not receiving help from government officials at the age of 77.
ROD has been living in Mimico and New Toronto for 58 years.
Flynn, who has lived in Mimico and New Toronto for 58 years, suffers from a chronic lung disease, which makes it hard to breathe and he now requires a walker.
He, with the help of some concerned residents, has been trying for more than year to obtain a motorized scooter to get around. He now uses a walker but has to make frequent stops to breathe and frequently misses his bus and trips can take a long time.
Many members of the community are more than willing to help Flynn obtain his electric scooter, which can cost from $3,000 to $6,000.
“My lungs are gone and I have problems breathing and getting around with my walker,” Flynn explained. “I need help and the social workers have forgotten about me.”
HELP ROD live out his life in comfort and without pain. File photo.
The transplanted Newfoundland native said he visited a social worker at a local hospital to seek help.
“She called back to say she couldn’t help me get a scooter,” Flynn said. “The hospital didn’t have that program anymore.”
The father of two grown children formerly worked at a Mississauga factory, where he paid taxes, for more than 20 years.
“I am a senior citizen and I cannot get help in my own country,” he pleaded. “I cannot go shopping or get around and all I want is a better life.”
Area residents describe Flynn as a “polite, responsible and honourable” senior who helps others in the community.
You are asked to make a donation on Go Fund Me at https://www.gofundme.com/f/scooter-for-rod-flynn?member=22842101&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=sms&utm_source=customer