Easthampton, Mass. (WGGB) — An Easthampton woman’s dreams are about to come true after the Dream Foundation presented her with tickets to go to Walt Disney World.
Thursday evening the wish-granting organization presented Janet Parent and her family with one last trip to the resort which is one of their favorite places.
Janet has a terminal form of colon cancer and wanted a final chance to make memories with her
EASTHAMPTON — A family living with cancer will get a chance to spend four days at three Orlando theme parks thanks to the California-based Dream Foundation andHasbro Inc., in East Longmeadow.
“We are so blessed,” Janet K. Parent said Thursday when Hasbro employees formally dropped off the family’s airline tickets, park passes to Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and Sea World Orlando and gifts. “We have gone through so much in last two years. Always it has been filled with blessings of people loving us and lifting us up. God is good.”
Since the time he was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension, 57-year-old El Mirage resident Michael “Mack” McCarthy has dedicated much of his time to raising awareness of the condition and helping others afflicted with it.
Now, with advanced-stage pulmonary hypertension and a prognosis of less than six months to live, all McCarthy wants is to attend the Pulmonary Hypertension Association’s biennial conference in Orlando, Fla., this weekend, to reunite with those he has
It might be Jon Gracey’s final trip to the ballpark.
He knows that. He’s lived the last five years with a ticking clock, knowing every day could be his last.
On Friday, the Pirates recognized Gracey as the ‘Fan of the Game,’ inviting him down to field level for batting practice and warmups. He shook Pirates manager Clint Hurdle’s hand on the top step of the dugout and spent 10 minutes speaking with Pirates president Frank Coonelly.
Dressed head-to-toe in Pirates regalia, Gracey looked like a kid again.
Hurdle asked him to come to his office before Saturday’s game. He’ll join the radio broadcast, too.
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