When Lisa was struggling with what to gift her son for his 10th birthday, she was beaten. Her little boy Jorge has a 1, who, born with Focal Cortical Dysplasia(局灶性脑皮质发育不良), is unable to speak and his brain 2 as an 18 months old.
Lisa had noticed that during the drive to school each weekday morning, Jorge almost jumped out of his seat3every time they passed a big truck. This gave her the idea of posting a message on the local Facebook Sell It page, 4 a person with a truck to visit their home for an hour and5take Jorge for a ride. Within minutes, Melissa, whose husband Tom drives a big truck, 6 to be online and contacted Lisa. Jorge's birthday7had been organized.
But the story doesn't 8 there. The offers of trucks and time kept pouring in. Within 5 days, a convoy(车队)of 214 trucks had been organized, with 9 coming from across the country. Channel 9 Australia was contacted and they also made arrangements to be 10 on the day.
Saturday the 15th December11 bright and sunny. The community also 12 a total of $1, 700 toward Jorge's ongoing 13 costs and 14 the birthday presents was the donation of a tablet PC from the local Telstra shop. Lisa is excited that this can be used to aid Jorge with his 15.