Don Haggerty has made a new friend for life.
When Justin Shaffer heard Haggerty’s cart had been stolen he knew he had to do something.
“He uses it for extra cash on the side. For someone to steal his cart, it doesn’t make much sense,” said Shaffer.
Don, who lives with cerebral palsy, built his own cart out of plywood over 20 years ago, but ‘Black Betty’ was taken out of his garage eight days ago.
A devastating loss, but he’s thrilled to have a new one.
“I love it. I took it out two times and people were totally amazed by it. People were shaking my hand, patting me on the back,” said Haggerty.
Shaffer, a welder for Moncton-based company McSheffrey Industries, designed and built the new cart for Haggerty so that he could continue to collect bottles and cans in his west end neighbourhood.
A photo of Don Haggerty’s new bottle cart (Courtesy: Michelle Ward)
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