(FOX 9) - During playtime with mom in the park, there’s one thing 8-year-old Felix Brunelle loves best.

"I like to go fast on the playground in my chair," Felix says through a computer which speaks for him through the words he types.

Like many patients at Gillette Children's Hospital, Felix relies on his electric scooter to get around.

After a successful "Day of Play" the hospital organized last July at fully accessible playgrounds, it was realized this community needs and deserves more.

Instead of grassroots efforts by physicians and individual referrals for things like adaptive skiing or rock climbing, the opportunities for kids like Felix have blossomed into events all year under the umbrella "Together We Play."

"I mean, what is childhood without play, right? That's such a pivota

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