Blue Springs, MO – If you can believe it, the Burner family of Blue Springs has had a bit of fun in a not so fun way. The family recently returned from Disney World as part of Dalton Burner’s wish to meet his favorite characters: Phineas and Ferb. The family of five made the trip [...]
Emma was a princess for a day. She sat in her sparkly princess dress at the Bippity Boppity Boutique while Cinderella styled her hair and painted her nails. The royal treatment was in preparation for Cinderella’s Royal Dinner and Ball, where she would dance with Prince Charming. It wasn’t a fairytale. The 4-year-old, cancer survivor [...]
Sam Werner is steadily winning his courageous fight against leukemia. It is a fight that continues to inspire the community — a battle that he and his close-knit family received an invigorating respite from earlier this month. Werner, who graduated from La Grande High School in 2010, recently visited Disney World in Orlando for three [...]
Natasha started experiencing body aches and she just kept catching colds. At one point, she even lost hearing in one ear, so she was taken to the emergency room. There, Natasha was placed on antibiotics and didn’t show any signs of getting better, so her doctors opted to try testing for other issues and did [...]
WARNER ROBINS — Sarah Kinsaul started having pain in her knee last November. By the time March rolled around, an answer to her pain hadn’t been found. Her parents, Michael and Paula Kinsaul, took their youngest daughter, then 5 and a kindergartner at Westside Baptist Church, to see a visiting specialist who gave them the [...]
MANITOWOC — Joey Schultz, a Manitowoc boy who has hydrocephalus, had his wish to visit Florida theme parks granted through the national children’s charity Kids Wish Network and other sponsors. The fifth-grader made the trip with family members on Sept. 30. The vacation included tickets to Walt Disney World and Universal Studios. “It was a [...]
It’s difficult at times to see the birthmark on Markus Lambert’s left leg. Not because the dark brown skin abnormality is small — it’s about the size of two adult hands placed side by side. But because Markus, 4, is often a blur as he dashes around his family’s Millcreek Township home. “I love the [...]
NEW PHILADELPHIA, OH — Stacia Eckhardt, daughter of Derek and Susan Dummermuth of New Philadelphia, has had a wish come true. Kids Wish Network granted Stacia and her family a trip to Orlando, Fla., complete with hotel accommodations, meals and entry to the amusement parks Stacia has dreamed of visiting. In early August, the family [...]
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