Kristine Groenenboom-Newbold enjoys traveling, despite the disability that has put in her a wheelchair. But while watching travel TV shows and videos, she often is frustrated by the dearth of information about access for the disabled to those tourist destinations.
“If you call the place,” she said, “and you go, ‘Are you guys wheelchair accessible?’ They’re like, ‘Uh, we’ve got a ramp.’ OK. What does that tell me? Nothing.”
So, about a year ago, Kristine decided to create her own series and started turning her “harebrained idea” into reality.
Kristine and Thompson plan to market their series to travel TV networks and websites. Their first episode was a visit to Callaway Gardens, and their second was kayaking on the Chattahoochee River. Next, they are scheduled to visit the National Infantry Museum and the Columbus State University Oxbow Meadows Environmental Learning Center. They also want to film a horseback riding episode.
She is trying to raise $2,700 for the project, titled “Rollin’ with Kristine,” on GoFundMe.
“The idea is to laugh and have fun but also show the capabilities of a person in a wheelchair,” Kristine posted on the website. “The money is needed to pay for the filming, editing and production costs of 5 adventures. I have the crew and the idea and the abilities, I just need a little financial assistance. I promise this will be FAR BETTER than some of the stuff being aired these days!!”
Rollin’ with Kristine: Local disabled woman hopes travel series makes it big, educates, inspires
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