WTOL11: South Toledo grandfather who was scammed on social media receives motorized scooter donation from Stride Mobility

“I can’t tell you how grateful I am for these people. All I was looking for was to get somebody to look at the fake ads on Facebook,” said Jack Velandra.

Excerpt from WTOL11

Almost a month after Velandra first told of his story, he can finally sit on his motorized scooter he was scammed out of on social media.

“I can’t tell you how grateful I am for these people to come and do what they did. All I was looking for was to get somebody to look at the fake ads on Facebook and scamming people,” said Velandra.

Stride Mobility, in Huron, reached out to us and Velandra, after watching our story on WTOL 11.

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ECEDC 2021 Entrepreneur of the Year


Mark Schnieders, President and CEO of Stride Mobility is the Erie County Economic Development Corporation (ECEDC) 2021 Entrepreneur of the Year.

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