{"id":106444,"date":"2021-04-27T22:25:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T02:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=106444"},"modified":"2021-04-27T22:25:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T02:25:47","slug":"good-shepherd-launches-contest-to-name-life-changing-rehabilitation-technology-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=106444","title":{"rendered":"Good Shepherd Launches Contest to Name Life-Changing Rehabilitation Technology for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALLENTOWN, PA \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Ever wanted to name a life-changing piece of technology that helps children facing complex medical conditions to walk, sometimes for the first time in their lives?<\/p>\n<p>Now\u2019s your chance.<\/p>\n<p>Starting today,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodshepherdpediatrics.org\/\">Good Shepherd Pediatrics<\/a>, a part of Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network, is offering the public a chance to name three Trexo Plus robotic exoskeleton devices utilized on the organization\u2019s South Allentown campus, 850 S. 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Street.<\/p>\n<p>The free \u201cName a Trexo\u201d contest is open to adults and children, and there are no limits on the number of submissions. The deadline to submit names is May 11, 2021. Following a public voting period on finalist names, the winners will be revealed and commemorated at Good Shepherd\u2019s annual\u00a0<a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodshepherdrehab.org\/sweet-charity\/gala\/\">Gala in the Garden<\/a>\u00a0on June 5, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want children, families and individuals from not just the greater Lehigh Valley, but all over the region and country to be creative and have fun with this contest,\u201d said Amanda Kleckner, PT, DPT, administrative director of Good Shepherd Pediatrics. \u201cYou have a chance to create a long-lasting impression the very first time a child climbs into the device you named.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To submit names, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodshepherdrehab.org\/sweet-charity\/name-trexo\/\">https:\/\/www.goodshepherdrehab.org\/sweet-charity\/name-trexo\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full news release<\/strong>, including more information about the use of Trexo Plus in pediatric rehabilitation:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodshepherdrehab.org\/press-releases\/good-shepherd-launches-contest-to-name-life-changing-rehabilitation-technology-for-kids\/\">https:\/\/www.goodshepherdrehab.<wbr \/>org\/press-releases\/good-<wbr \/>shepherd-launches-contest-to-<wbr \/>name-life-changing-<wbr \/>rehabilitation-technology-for-<wbr \/>kids\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provide to TVL by:<br \/>\nMike Walbert<br \/>\nMarketing &#038; Communications Specialist<br \/>\nGood Shepherd Rehabilitation Network<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; ALLENTOWN, PA \u2014\u00a0Ever wanted to name a life-changing piece of technology that helps children facing complex medical conditions to walk, sometimes for the first time in their lives? Now\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=106444\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Good Shepherd Launches Contest to Name Life-Changing Rehabilitation Technology for Kids<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/name-trexo.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/106445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}