Chicago Cubs first baseman, Anthony Rizzo, had the chance to meet 14-year-old Adrianna Fernandes, earlier this year. At the time, Fernandes was undergoing chemo for optic nerve glioma, a cancer that had caused her to lose sight in her left eye. Since then, the two have formed a special bond. Read More »
Tye Tribbett made one little boy's dreams come true when he spent a day with him and his family as the gospel superstar supported the Make-A-Wish Foundation this past holiday weekend. The Grammy-nominated and Stella Award-winning artist traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina, on behalf of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, to visit Kentrell Johnson, 10, who suffers from sickle-cell anemia. Young Kentrell Johnson made a wish to talk, sing and dance with Tye Tribbett, who's his role model. In the photos seen above, Tribbett and Johnson shared some one-on-one time together and shared some snapshots with Johnson's family. The Make-A-Wish Foundation is described as follows: "Make-A-Wish grants the wish of a child diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition in the United States and its territories, on average, every 38 minutes. We believe that a wish experience can be a game-changer. This one belief guides us. It inspires us to grant wishes that change the lives of the kids we serve." Read More »
The 2014 Academy Awards ceremony had a special segment dedicated to movie heroes throughout the history of film, but there was one part of this bit that was, for some reason, cut. Apparently "Batkid," the 5-year-old boy named Miles Scott who became famous through his Make-a-Wish foundation spectacle in San Francisco, was supposed to show up and be deemed an official hero. This clearly did not happen and it's apparently because of Andrew Garfield. Read More »