DannyW
Senior Member
As I have stated before, I am done with college football. Not just individual teams, the sport overall. I won’t go into the reasons because they are not important. But this post is not about football. It’s about something that transcends the game itself.
My daughter works for the Make A Wish foundation. Her job is to coordinate and make “wishes” happen for kids in unfortunate situations. As you probably know most of these kids are in a terminal state of health. Their wish requests widely range from a trip to Disney Land, to shopping sprees, to face-to-face meetings with special people.
One of her “kids” recently requested a visit with the Georgia Bulldogs.
My daughter set up the event for last weekend. The wheelchair bound kid, wearing a Hershel Walker jersey, attended a Georgia practice session and was given a kings treatment. I saw a video where Coach Smart ran over to the kid giving him a high five and then spoke with him several minutes. Players came over and graciously welcomed him. Stetson Bennet and others posed for pictures with the boy. He was given a full tour of the facilities including the player’s locker room.
Perhaps the highlight of the visit was him and his family posing for a picture gathered around the National Championship trophy. The smile on his face was priceless. (I wish I could post pictures here but I don’t think MAW allows posting pictures or videos on social media without permission.)
I am so proud of my daughter for what she does. And so appreciative of the Georgia football team for selflessly giving a boy an afternoon to remember.
My daughter works for the Make A Wish foundation. Her job is to coordinate and make “wishes” happen for kids in unfortunate situations. As you probably know most of these kids are in a terminal state of health. Their wish requests widely range from a trip to Disney Land, to shopping sprees, to face-to-face meetings with special people.
One of her “kids” recently requested a visit with the Georgia Bulldogs.
My daughter set up the event for last weekend. The wheelchair bound kid, wearing a Hershel Walker jersey, attended a Georgia practice session and was given a kings treatment. I saw a video where Coach Smart ran over to the kid giving him a high five and then spoke with him several minutes. Players came over and graciously welcomed him. Stetson Bennet and others posed for pictures with the boy. He was given a full tour of the facilities including the player’s locker room.
Perhaps the highlight of the visit was him and his family posing for a picture gathered around the National Championship trophy. The smile on his face was priceless. (I wish I could post pictures here but I don’t think MAW allows posting pictures or videos on social media without permission.)
I am so proud of my daughter for what she does. And so appreciative of the Georgia football team for selflessly giving a boy an afternoon to remember.
