CLINTON, Miss. --- Mississippi College SAAC and the Make-A-Wish Foundation partnered together the last few weeks to help make a child, Parker Ingram, and his wish come true this year.
That wish? To go to Disney World!
Parker, age four, was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma in December 2019. In 2020, Parker underwent intense chemotherapy treatments at Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital in Jackson, MS. Parker is currently doing well and is looking forward to celebrating being cancer-free with his family. Parker loves to cook in the kitchen with his mom, play on his iPad, watch Disney movies, and go swimming with his sister.
On Monday evening, Parker's wish came true in front of a stellar crowd inside of A.E. Wood Coliseum at the half of the women's basketball game in Clinton, as MC SAAC and Make-A-Wish revealed that Parker was indeed going to Disney World.
With a smile on his face, his parents, Morgan (2008 MC graduate) and Matthew (2011 MC MBA graduate) Ingram, as well as his sister Anne Avery, and grandparents standing by his side, Parker was embraced by the entire student body of Mississippi College on the court in a sweet and powerful moment for a child who earned his one true wish: to go to Disney World.
ABOUT MAKE-A-WISH
"Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses"
A wish experience can be a game-changer for a child with a critical illness.
This one belief guides us in everything we do at Make-A-Wish. It inspires us to grant life-changing wishes for children going through so much. It compels us to be creative in exceeding the expectations of every wish kid. It drives us to make our donated resources go as far as possible. Most of all, it's the founding principle of our vision to grant the wish of every eligible child.
This is our mission:
Wishes are more than just a nice thing. And they are far more than gifts, or singular events in time. Wishes impact everyone involved—wish kids, volunteers, donors, sponsors, medical professionals and communities. For wish kids, just the act of making their wish come true can give them the courage to comply with their medical treatments. Parents might finally feel like they can be optimistic. And still others might realize all they have to offer the world through volunteer work or philanthropy.
