Event

2011 Walk Ambassador Neel

Every year the Make-A-Wish Foundation selects one of our amazing wish kids to reminds us why we walk and why we’re so proud of our mission! Four-year-old Wish child Neel is a very happy and energetic little boy with eyelashes a mile long.

Since Neel’s diagnosis of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, he is not able to walk for long distances and tires easily. He also has a hard time balancing himself and tends to fall easily. When Neel is playing with other children, his family watches carefully over him. Neel’s family wishes he could experience what it is like to just be a normal kid.

“We wish he did not have to worry about his daily stretches and massage or having to take steroids or his vitamin supplements.  Neel is very understanding and cooperates with us and all of the doctors during his visits,” says Neel’s Mom. Neel’s wish is to go to the Nickelodeon Resort in Florida. He wants to stay in the Sponge Bob Room and see the shows.

He would like to meet Sponge Bob, Patrick, and Dora the Explorer. Neel would also like to see his sister get slimed!Neel has talked about the Nickelodeon Resort since he made his wish and he gets super excited thinking about it. His eyes light up and his arms start flapping. That joy is what our mission is all about.“Having Neel’s wish fulfilled will make him feel so special, and that makes us excited. And to see Neel happy will be worth so much,” says Neel’s Mom.

            

             

   For more information on the Walk For Wishes – Pancakes & Pajamas Contact: Jacqueline Gaster, Event Captain 

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Sacramento & NE California
2800 Club Center Drive Sacramento, CA 95835
Phone: (916) 437-0206 ext. 220
Fax: (916) 515-0649
E-mail: mailto:jgaster@@sacnortheast.wish.org