One year ago, Cassie Fraize had about as much of an idea of what she wanted to do with the rest of her life as most 16-year-olds. She would turn 17 in February, but she was not set on college. Her world included her two pigs, hunting with her dad, spending time with her three [...]
POWNAL — Physical ailments will likely keep Kyle Dupuis from fulfilling his dream of joining the military, but they didn’t stop him from donning a flight suit and becoming “Pilot for a Day” at an Air Force base in Arizona. Kyle, a 14-year-old freshman at Mount Anthony Union High School, has a rare condition called [...]
Naomi Smith, a four-year-old Glendale resident with leukemia, was granted a wish to visit three Florida theme parks by the Kids Wish Network, a national children’s charity. Naomi was two when she experienced cold-like symptoms that wouldn’t go away. Her pediatrician discovered that Naomi suffered from acute lymphocyctic leukemia, a cancer of the white blood [...]
Chloe Bonario was recently selected by her therapists as the Heinz Rehab Kids Wish Network Hero of the Month. Now ten years old, Chloe has been receiving therapy services for cerebral palsy since she was very young. Born eight weeks early, Chloe had difficulty walking and was unable to transfer off of the floor. She has had Botox injections, surgery on both [...]
For children from over 300 military families stationed in the Bay Area, Christmas came early this year. Santa arrived at Moffett Field on bright green and red Christmas float to greet hundreds of children who waited patiently in line to see him. His jolly humor accompanied him as he sat in his chair while listening [...]
Much has been made lately of the gap between military and civilian families in the U.S. — and in the greater Bay Area, the gulf tends to be even bigger, as about 20,000 military families make up less than 1 percent of the population. However, those families took a rare step out of the shadows [...]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – A brisk morning chill greeted the over 100 volunteers as they set up for the first-ever Bay Area Operation Toy Drop on Moffett Federal Air Field. The warm sun soon poked through the clouds and it was clear that this day would bring something special, as the volunteers prepared to greet [...]
This year, Santa Claus’ elves are wearing camouflage. Soldiers from the 426th Civil Affairs Battalion in Upland last week dropped off three truckloads of toys at Santa Claus Inc., a 6,000-square-foot warehouse in San Bernardino that doubles as the North Pole. Toys from Operation Toy Drop are among thousands of gifts that will make the [...]
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