Lane is very involved within his community through several groups including Personal Energy Transportation (PET), a local nonprofit group in Moundridge. The organiztion manufactures and delivers all-terrain, self-powered wheel chairs to people in developing countries. He has helped deliver 11 PET chairs to children and adults during two separate trips to Ethiopia. "I would much rather donate my time and energy in a way that I can meet the people I am supporting and develop an actual relationship with them and know exactly to who or what my contribution is going toward. These trips have allowed me to see the true happiness and joy from these people simply by receiving the gift of mobility. I am extremely grateful to have witnessed that firsthand." - Lane Allison
One of our former students, Lane Allison, shown below, now works for Mid-Kansas Coop. Lane went on two trips to Ethiopia with McPherson College and helped deliver PET-Kansas wheelchairs that are built for indigent people in the developing world. Before the trips, Lane went to PET-Kansas in Moundridge to learn how to assemble the chairs. He was a God-send during last year's trip when my husband and I were forced to stay home because of a medical emergency. Lane and his college buddy, Cody Compton, took charge and delivered the PETs to seven needy people living in the city dump near Addis Ababa. We can't say enough good things about Lane and Cody. In the photo accompanying this article, Lane is pictured with children at the Paradise Orphanage near Lalibela.
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