Here's a story about a boy with cancer who was granted a starlight foundation wish.
Seattle Times story

How cool is that?

That is so gorgeous.
About 18 years ago, I was nursing a 14 year old boy dying of a brain tumour.
He was (like most farm kids) passionate about motorbikes, so the Make A Wish foundation gave him the very latest in dirt bikes, which sat in splendour in his hospital ward.
He had seen how different wards in Perth's childrens hospital were short of equipment, so he started fundraising for them from his bed in our tiny district hospital - i forget now how much he raised, but it was well over A$10,000. After his death, his parents raffled the bike and added the proceeds to his donation.
Make a Wish is one charity I will always support.

Brilliant.

Electron Boy rules !

I met a man some years ago whose son was dying of leukaemia, they didn't know how long he had left. A group of children, including his son, were taken to Disney in Florida on a similar scheme.

One of the most amazing stories I've ever read is HOW the Make-a-wish foundation started...

I received one of the email forwards I hate so much, and I had to go check it out. Off I went to Snopes:

The Littlest Fireman

From there I went on to read a first person account from one of the firefighters that was there:

The REAL story of Bopsy

There are pictures of Bopsy and the firemen. It's an AMAZING story.

Make sure you have a tissue handy, though.

wooooow! that is a great story thank you for sharing..

Pass the tissues. What a heart-warming story.