10-year-old Oklahoma boy runs in 5k with disabled brother

Last week, a 10-year-old Oklahoma boy wrote a letter to his local news station with a request: he needed a "jogger" to help him push his older brother in a 5-kilometre race.

Tobias Bass wrote to News 9 and explained that his 11-year-old brother, Titus, has cerebral palsy. Tobias wanted the two of them to run together in a 5K race, but needed a jogging stroller that Tobias could push Titus in, in order to enter the run.

"My pastor said we have to be Gods hands and feet but I’m going to be his legs to [sic]. My brother is 11 and has cerebral palsy and is deaf and lost his stomach last year. He cries when he sees kids playing outside and wants to go to [sic]. So I decided I would start by pushing him in a 5k and we would work our way up to an Ironman contest someday. So our first 5k where I push him is Friday night at John Marshall High School on September 27 at 6:00," Tobias wrote.

"Here’s the part I need help with. My mom is a teacher and can’t afford one of those fancy running pushing joggers and all I have to use is a baby pushing stroller. I don’t think it will fit Titus my brother. Can you go on the news and not ask Oklahomans to give me anything but can someone loan me a jogger pusher so I can push Titus in the 5k?"

Tobias even offered to help others in return:

"If someone can loan me a pusher I will volunteer myself out to any other parents who want me to run their disabled children in a 5k. I can be the legs for more than one kid. I want help for someone who is alive and can still laugh on life."

The News 9 team contacted ABLE Tech, a medical supply firm that provides assistive technology to individuals with disabilities, which secured a donation from one of its vendors.

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Katie Woodward, manager of ABLE Tech's Reuse and Exchange Programs, surprised Tobias and Titus at their home with their very own jogging stroller — to keep.

"He got very emotional and gave me a hug," Woodward told TODAY of Tobias' reaction. "He said, 'Thank you, this is the greatest thing.'"

On Friday, Tobias took his brother on the run.

"The beginning of that race was Heaven for him," the boys' mother, Contessa Hubbard-Bass, told TODAY of Titus' experience.

Tobias wrote in his letter than he wants to be a pastor when he grows up. His mentor, Craig Groeschel of LifeChurch.tv, has nothing but praise for the young boy:

"Tobias is one of my favourite kids in the world," Tobias' pastor, Craig Groeschel, told TODAY.com in a statement. "I have been honoured to know him and his family for most of his life. He is already making a big difference in the lives of many people, and I am confident he will continue to do so."