It was the night before Christmas when Carolyn Blakeley went to put the charger on her husband’s mobility scooter only to find it was broken.
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George, who has been struggling with Parkinson's disease for 17 years, is heavily reliant on the scooter.
“There were no lights on the charger,” Mrs Blakely said. “On Christmas Eve night (quite late) I posted on Yass and Surrounds Facebook page desperate for help … to my surprise, John Beeton (JB) replied.”
On Christmas day at 10.30am, JB made the trek to town to fix George’s scooter.
“I tried everywhere for help but no one could meet me until the new year,” she said. “While George is not fully dependent on the scooter, he gets very hot and tired without it and the fails to do the things he likes doing.”
After the scooter was fixed, Mrs Blakeley took to social media to tell people about her JB Santa. The post gained over 300 likes and 150 comments … “He made our Christmas.”
