| Summary: | A report on a local chapter of the "Make-A-Wish" Foundation, a non-profit organization established to grant wishes to children around the world who are living with life-threatening illnesses. The volunteers at the local chapter in northeast Arkansas collect as many donations as possible one day a year to fund the wishes. Kaden Erickson was battling leukemia and had his wish of visiting Australia with his family granted, but he died a month ago. Gavin Grubbs suffers from debilitating muscular dystrophy and had his wish granted five years ago to attend the Daytona 500 and meet race car driver Joey Logano, and the two are still close. Includes interviews with: Christie Matthews and Danna Johnson, "Make-A-Wish" volunteers; Kendra Street, "Make-A-Wish" volunteer, former recipient, and a teacher at Marmaduke Elementary School; Kaden Erickson (now deceased) and Gavin Grubbs, "Make-A-Wish" recipients from Arkansas chapter; Joey Logano, NASCAR driver; and Jeanne Erickson, Kaden's mother.
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