It's amazing how people can come together and bond over the love of a sport! That's exactly what happened when Lynn University’s men’s basketball team helped make a South Florida teen battling cancer's wish come true.
Kole Redmond, 14, is a cancer patient from Parkland who loves basketball. His parents, Lissette Redmond-Winston and Robert Winston, were surprised when they found their son did not simply suffer a basketball injury in March.
Redmond was diagnosed with ulcer sarcoma in his upper femur. His mother tells WSVN News, “He’s gone through chemo as well as lymph-saving surgery in July and then another 17 weeks of chemo after that.”
Kole’s wish was a Mediterranean cruise, and the Make-a-Wish of Southern Florida heard his wish.
“The average wish that we grant is around $5,000,” said Make-a-Wish Southern Florida COO Richard Kelly. “A Mediterranean cruise for Kole and his family is a little bit more expensive than that, but Lynn University students got together and raised money to do it and we’re going to make that happen.”
Kole’s destinations of choice are Spain, France and Italy.
“I’ve always wanted to go there,” he said. “It’s somewhere beautiful.”
“I just want to thank Make-a-Wish and Lynn University for giving him this opportunity,” said Lissette Redmond-Winston.
For more information on Make-a-Wish Southern Florida, click here (http://sfla.wish.org/).