Steve Adubato sits down with Tom Weatherall, President & CEO, Make-A-Wish New Jersey, to discuss how COVID-19 has impacted Make-A-Wish New Jersey, the importance of donations, and 15-year-old Niko Picchierri’s story and the wish he made.

Jaden Lucien didn't win the Super Bowl, but he knows he's going to Disney World. The 15-year-old woke up Sunday morning to a surprise parade outside his home that ended with a special delivery: a camper to travel to the theme park in Florida.

A police car’s siren led the parade of cars through the quiet Monmouth County neighborhood, as dozens of friends’ and EMS and fire vehicles joined in, honking horns. The commotion was to celebrate “wish day” for 15-year-old Jaden Lucien. He was born with only one working kidney and it began to fail this year. He wished for a camper, and it came true Sunday.

A 15-year-old boy from Monmouth County had his wish come true from the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Jaden Lucien received a kidney transplant from his own mother back in July, and he got another special gift on Sunday.

Eight-year-old Antonio, of Camden, received the surprise of a lifetime Friday when a fleet of cars drove to his home carrying gifts that he had wished for during his virtual shopping spree a few weeks earlier.

Many compile a wish list this time of year, but very rarely does anyone get every single item on it. On Friday, one little boy in Camden, New Jersey, got to experience that joy. COVID-19 was not going to stop this surprise visit for 8-year-old Antonio of Camden.

In the spirit of the holidays, a boy in Camden got a big surprise Friday afternoon, a special delivery right to his doorstep. It was perhaps one of the most important calls Camden Police have recently responded to on Friday. Officers arrived at the home of 8-year-old Antonio Zayas, not for an emergency, but to deliver gifts.

When 7-year-old Kendall Bresocnik was granted her wish from Make-A-Wish New Jersey in the spring, she asked her mother if she was going to be able to ride in the sleigh with AJ Silvestri during his annual delivery of holiday letters as part of the Macy’s “Believe” campaign.

Viviana Martínez de Make a Wish foundation conversa sobre la más reciente campaña de su organización para niños enfermos residentes en nuestra área.

Although he’s just six years old, Alexis has battled leukemia most of his life. Now, as he faces aggressive chemotherapy and awaits a bone marrow transplant, his one wish - to have a puppy - has been granted!