{"id":66325,"date":"2020-10-25T19:37:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T19:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/10\/25\/retired-marines-nonprofit-offers-adapted-wheelchairs-for-disabled-marathoners\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:47:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:47:17","slug":"retired-marines-nonprofit-offers-adapted-wheelchairs-for-disabled-marathoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/2020\/10\/25\/retired-marines-nonprofit-offers-adapted-wheelchairs-for-disabled-marathoners\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired Marine\u2019s nonprofit offers adapted wheelchairs for disabled marathoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With almost 25 years in the Marine Corps behind him and a promotion dangling in front of him, Maj. Kim Rossiter decided to take the right fork in the road and retire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He wanted to focus on a new venture, a nonprofit offering assistance to disabled people in order to empower them to participate in athletic competitions. <a href=\"https:\/\/ainsleysangels.org\/\" target=_blank>Ainsley\u2019s Angels<\/a> does just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd we have an opportunity to just make sure everybody can be included in running events, and swimming events, and triathlons,\u201d Rossiter told Marine Corps Times by phone. \u201cI\u2019m just focusing on building this program to as big as we can make it, and it\u2019s been quite the blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"959\" height=\"957\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail_image1.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail_image1.jpg.jpg 959w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail_image1.jpg.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail_image1.jpg.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail_image1.jpg.jpg?resize=768,766 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marine Maj. Kim \u201cRooster\u201d Rossiter kisses the forehead of his daughter, Ainsley, at the starting line of the 2013 Marine Corps Marathon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sunday was a great day for Virginia-based Ainsley\u2019s Angels. Rossiter\u2019s nonprofit built a racing wheelchair for T. Fred Harvey, a WWII Iwo Jima Marine who used it to roll some 26 miles in Texas during the annual Marine Corps Marathon, making him the oldest Marine to participate in the event in its 45 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe were scheduled to have 30 to 35 teams participate, but of course COVID changed plans, and we\u2019re doing it all virtually across the country,\u201d Rossiter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/newsletters\/daily-news-roundup\/2020\/10\/23\/97-year-old-silver-star-iwo-jima-veteran-to-be-oldest-marine-participant-in-marine-corps-marathon\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/harvey2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">97-year-old Silver Star Iwo Jima veteran to be oldest Marine participant in Marine Corps Marathon<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201cI haven\u2019t competed in a marathon before, but I\u2019ve never been afraid of a challenge.&quot;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The racing \u201cchariot,\u201d as Harvey calls it, cost $5,000 to build and was donated to the MCM for disabled Marines and others to use in future races. Harvey\u2019s team, which included active-duty Marine Master Gunnery Sgt. Mike Lawrence, raised close to that through its <a href=\"https:\/\/charity.gofundme.com\/o\/en\/campaign\/fred-harveys-marine-corps-marathon-for-iwo-jima\" target=_blank>GoFundMe campaign<\/a>. All funds raised beyond that will be donated to the MCM and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacificwarmuseum.org\/\" target=_blank>National Museum of the Pacific War<\/a>, according to organizers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo, we got an active duty, soon-to-be-retired master gunny pushing the private first class from Iwo Jima,\u201d Rossiter said. \u201cThat\u2019s a beautiful thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are four types of chairs Ainsley\u2019s Angels uses. One type is an inexpensive wheelchair mass-produced in China. Those cost about $1,000 and are the ones the nonprofit grants to disabled adults and the families of special needs children, Rossiter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More effort goes into customizing a chair like the one Team Harvey used. It was manufactured in Washington and great care was put into making it as comfortable and safe as any other adaptive equipment for the handicapped, Rossiter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nonprofit\u2019s participants have ranged in age from a 14-month-old special needs child to a 108-year-old senior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTriple great-grandfathers, who had never thought in their wildest dreams they would have a chance to have their great, great, great grandson push them in a 5K or 10K event,\u201d Rossiter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For special needs families, having their children participate in a marathon can be extremely therapeutic and offer parents a respite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you\u2019ve ever tried to be a caregiver to someone that is relying on you 24 hours a day, it can be very challenging for the caregiver, despite the amount of love that you have for that person,\u201d Rossiter said. \u201cEverybody needs a break.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a two-hour half marathon or a five-hour full marathon, loved ones are able to relax, and cheer on their special needs kids, Rossiter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail_image0.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail_image0.jpg.jpg 720w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail_image0.jpg.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail_image0.jpg.jpg?resize=300,300 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lori Rossiter checks on her daughter, Ainsley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rossiter\u2019s involvement with the Marine Corps Marathon began in 2011, when he and his wife, Lori, wanted to push their daughter, Ainsley, in a wheelchair during the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs an active-duty Marine at the time, I thought that it would be a wonderful experience for both of us,\u201d Rossiter said. \u201cI went out there and executed, and it was an amazing time, and that led to a Marine Corps Marathon \u2013 Ainsley\u2019s Angels charity partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ainsley\u2019s Angels has participated in every Marine Corps Marathon since as an official charity partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of the Ainsley\u2019s Angels volunteers are people Rossiter has met throughout his Marine Corps career, he said. There are Navy and Marine Corps volunteers who \u201clend their legs\u201d as runners, help perform maintenance on the racing chairs and assist in recruiting other volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some volunteers, dubbed \u201cAinsley\u2019s Angels,\u201d establish charter locations across the country for the nonprofit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s a Navy Seabee who for the first time \u2014 she heard about what we were doing and joined our Marine Corps Marathon charity team last year \u2014 ran the Marine Corps Marathon with us in 2019, and within a month later said, \u2018I want to bring this program to my home in New Hampshire,\u2019\u201d Rossiter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail_image2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail_image2.jpg.jpg 800w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail_image2.jpg.jpg?resize=200,300 200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail_image2.jpg.jpg?resize=768,1152 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail_image2.jpg.jpg?resize=683,1024 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Rossiter family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Ainsley\u2019s diagnosis and legacy<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSomewhere during an Iraq deployment in 2005, my wife was like, \u2018Hey, something\u2019s not really right. She\u2019s not walking yet.\u2019 Two to three years later, we had a diagnosis,\u201d Rossiter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just before turning 4 years old in 2007, Ainsley was diagnosed with early-onset Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy, a rare terminal illness that caused her to slowly become paralyzed. She eventually lost her battle with the disease in February 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Rossiter learned the news about Ainsley\u2019s diagnosis, he was deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship Bataan in the Indian Ocean with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Later that year, Rossiter and his family were moved from Camp LeJeune to Virginia, where he served until his retirement in October 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was during that time in Virginia the Rossiters began developing the concept for Ainsley\u2019s Angels, which just started out as fun runs to raise family morale. 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