Disney and Make-A-Wish partnered together to make a young football fan’s dream come true.
What’s Happening:
- Disney’s current partnership with Make-A-Wish is part of their goal to make 100 wishes come true, in honor of The Walt Disney Company’s 100th anniversary.
- Myka dreams of playing in the NFL and got a chance to hang out on the field with Kansas City Chiefs players Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes.
- Myka was born with a condition called pulmonary stenosis, and had to endure two open heart surgeries when she was just a baby.
- In a report aired this morning on ABC’s Good Morning America, footage of Myka’s meeting with Kelce and Mahomes was shared, as she talks about her dream-come-true experience.
- In 1981, Disney granted the first official wish to Frank “Bopsy” Salazar at the Disneyland Resort. Now, over 40 years later, Disney has grown this relationship, granting its 150,000th wish this year.
- Emmy Award-winning GMA, featuring the anchor team of Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos and Michael Strahan and chief meteorologist Ginger Zee, airs live Monday-Friday (7:00-9:00 a.m. EDT) on ABC.
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