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August 15, 2023

Toy store wish granted for Rochester Hills boy born with rare condition

Nahum Poulleth, 12, and his family arrived at Sarge & Red’s Toys and Collectibles in Utica for a shopping spree on Tuesday. However, the spree was unlike any other.

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August 08, 2023

Teen battling brain tumor uses Make-a-Wish to spread Christmas joy among ailing kids in July

... were able to get some presents in the middle of July." Make-a-Wish Michigan President and CEO Michael Hull says the organization " ...
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August 06, 2023

Teen with Brain Tumor Uses His Wish to Throw Christmas in July for Sick Kids

Jude, 17, tells PEOPLE he wanted to "give back to people that had it harder than I did"
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August 06, 2023

Teen with Brain Tumor Uses His Wish to Throw Christmas in July for Sick Kids

While recovering from a brain tumor, Jude Boussom decided to use his Make-a-Wish to help other sick kids feel better through a recent Christmas in July event across the children’s hospitals of Michigan.

“I wanted to give back to people that had it harder than I did,” says Boussom, 17. “It was pretty amazing to see the joy.”
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August 06, 2023

Teen with Brain Tumor Uses His Wish to Throw Christmas in July for Sick Kids

Jude Boussom, 17, tells PEOPLE he wanted to "give back to people that had it harder than I did".
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July 20, 2023

MI teen creates Christmas in July at children's hospital

Jude wished to bring Christmas in July to Bronson Children's Hospital, hoping to give sick children joy.
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July 17, 2023

Surprise event spreads joy to critically-ill kids in metro-Detroit

Joyous holiday gift-opening arrived five months early for 150 patients of Children’s Hospital of Michigan — thanks to a heartfelt pay-it-forward gesture by a teenaged former Make-A-Wish benefactor, a wave of donors and some joy-spreading volunteers.
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July 14, 2023

Make-A-Wish Michigan recipient uses his wish to help other pediatric patients

It’s ‘Christmas in July’ at Bronson Children’s Hospital in Kalamazoo. On Tuesday, a playroom in the hospital looked more like Santa’s Workshop complete with a pile of toys for all the pediatric patients there, a magical idea dreamed up by 17-year-old Jude Boussom. The rising high school senior says he just wanted to give these kids some joy while in the hospital because he’s been there.
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