CANFIELD - Volunteers gifted custom cars to 20 children with disabilities on Saturday morning at the Go Baby Go Workshop with help from the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center.

Go Baby Go is a program that builds and gifts small remote-controlled vehicles to kids with limited mobility at no cost to their families.

Coordinator Beverly Lankitus says the workshop adjusted each vehicle's seating to accommodate each child's needs.

"Some of these children are on ventilators, are on oxygen, can't hold their head up, aren't able to sit up, so we modify the seating so they're able to do that and sit up and play like their peers," she said.

The driver partially controls the vehicles, though a parent can override it with a remote controller.

Parent Angelina DeMello says every child is unique and every family faces different challenges.

"We all have our own, so my son's one of a kind, just like the ladies and moms here, their child is one of a kind," she said.

DeMello adds that she will use the jeep to take her son on walks more often.

The event was funded by the Magic of Michael Foundation, an organization founded by former MLB umpire John Hirschbeck and his wife Denise to help individuals with disabilities across the Mahoning Valley and beyond.

"Even the grandparents, the parents with big smiles on their faces, it's very rewarding to give back to the community," he said.

The organization has gifted over 200 custom vehicles to families across northeast Ohio

The Hirschbecks founded the Magic of Michael in honor of their two late sons John and Michael, who were each diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a rare neurological disease.

Jennifer Kvoriak says her granddaughter is not always able to do what other kids are doing and that she is excited to let her use it.

"To see her having fun, it means a lot," she said.