Make-A-Wish New Jersey President & CEO Tom Weatherall joined Larry Mendte of Jersey Matters on New Jersey News Network.

Who doesn’t love the simplicity of swinging on a swing and taking in the sights of the neighborhood? Those are two favorite pastimes for a boy in Bernardsville named Neil. Neil, who is a growing ten-year old and also uses a wheelchair was finding it harder and harder to enjoy a regular swing, so Neil had a wish – to have an outdoor wheelchair swing – and that wish was recently granted by Make-A-Wish New Jersey.

A young Bergen County girl battling two life-threatening tumors had her dream come true when she received a backyard play set — courtesy of Jersey Mike’s Subs and Make-A-Wish.

Who doesn’t love the simplicity of swinging on a swing and taking in the sights of the neighborhood? Those are two favorite pastimes for a boy in Bernardsville named Neil. Neil, who is a growing ten-year old and also uses a wheelchair was finding it harder and harder to enjoy a regular swing, so Neil had a wish – to have an outdoor wheelchair swing – and that wish was recently granted by Make-A-Wish New Jersey.

A boy in Bernardsville received a special surprise from Make a Wish New Jersey on Wednesday.

Karina Frayle, who has finished treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, shared her wish by creating a virtual camp watched by kids across the globe.

A wish was granted on Wednesday for 10-year-old Neill Hajjar of West Street, as he got to enjoy a newly installed wheelchair swing on his front yard while watching a convoy of some 250 vehicles drive by during a community-wide celebration.

Karina Frayle, who has finished treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, shared her wish by creating a virtual camp watched by kids across the globe.

With "happy hands" and "happy feet," Neil Hajjar took a ride in his new wheelchair swing as he watched a convoy of hundreds of police cars, firetrucks and other vehicles drive past his West Street home.

For Neil Hajjar, a 10-year-old Bernardsville resident with Mecp2 Duplication Syndrome and Moyamoya Disease, the view from his front lawn Wednesday evening was enough to elicit what his mom, Meg, calls his “happy hands.”