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Massachusetts' Littlest Garbage Man Makes His Rounds Thanks To Make-A-Wish Massachusetts' Littlest Garbage Man Makes His Rounds Thanks To Make-A-Wish
Massachusetts' Littlest Garbage Man Makes His Rounds Thanks To Make-a-wish For four-year-old Alan, there was always something special about the garbage trucks that came through his Ashland neighborhood each week. He fell in love with the big green machines and wanted to be like the men and women who drove them.  He even dressed up as a garbage man for Halloween one year.  So, it was a no-brainer when Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island offered him the chance to make a wish that he would don the high-vis vest and hard hat and climb aboard a WM truck to put in a hard day's work. They even gave him a time card to punch in and out.   …

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by Josh Lanier
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Mass Boy's Dream Treehouse Marks 'Perfect' 10,000th Wish For Make-A-Wish Mass Boy's Dream Treehouse Marks 'Perfect' 10,000th Wish For Make-A-Wish
Mass Boy's Dream Treehouse Marks 'Perfect' 10,000th Wish For Make-a-wish The Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island celebrated a historic milestone last week when they granted their 10,000th wish to a little boy in Central Massachusetts battling cancer. Kyle Osterman is a 9-year-old boy from North Grafton and Sutton who is on year two of his three-year-long treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Make-A-Wish says.  Kyle has always wanted his own treehouse and his care team at UMass Memorial Health referred Kyle to Make-A-Wish to help make his dream a reality.  "Kyle's Krib," as it was called, was designed with specific input from Kyle himself and built…

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by David Cifarelli
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The Force Awakens For Stoneham 6th-Grader Granted Disney Getaway The Force Awakens For Stoneham 6th-Grader Granted Disney Getaway
The Force Awakens For Stoneham 6th-Grader Granted Disney Getaway A middle school assembly got a space-age twist when a middle-schooler with Loeys-Dietz Syndrome was surprised with an all-expense-paid trip to Disney World through Make-A-Wish.  Callum Lemanski, a true "Star Wars" fan, was gifted a six-day, five-night stay at Disney World for himself and his family in the assembly-turned-presentation on Friday, Feb. 10 at Stoneham Central Middle School, according to Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island.   Lemanski was born with Loeys-Dietz Syndrome, a critical illness in the connective tissue that causes changes to the heart, blood vessels, bones, joi…

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by Morgan Gonzales
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Make-A-Wish Brings Weymouth Boy's Dream Treehouse To Life With Local Help Make-A-Wish Brings Weymouth Boy's Dream Treehouse To Life With Local Help
Make-a-wish Brings Weymouth Boy's Dream Treehouse To Life With Local Help All Harrison ever wanted was a nice, big treehouse in his backyard. Little did he know that his wish would come true, thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and some local helping hands. Harrison, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor at the age of 4, always had a clear vision for his dream treehouse. It needed to big enough to host all his friends for sleepovers and had to have a big front porch so he could play outdoor games with his family. Harrison’s dream finally came true two years later when the Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island partnered with several local businesses, who wo…

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by David Cifarelli