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ARTICLE: Boy born deaf and blind to receive roomful of encouragement (The Virginian-Pilot - HamptonRoads.com/PilotOnline.com)
Tonight the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern Virginia is scheduled to visit 5-year-old Alex Gilman, a deaf and blind child in Chesapeake.
Billie Frasier, president of Auto Funding Corp., asked if she could grant Alex a wish and throw the Gilman family a small party.
Alex, who was born with life-threatening birth defects, will receive a custom-made exercise room for his bedroom including a glider, a swing that hangs from the ceiling and some other items.
"They're touchy-feely things. There will be things that encourage him to walk" and stimulate his learning abilities, said Joan Steele, director of development for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern Virginia. "This of course will be a wish that keeps on giving."
The Make-A-Wish Foundation has granted 1,100 wishes since it was established in Eastern Virginia in 1985 and expects to grant another 100 this year.
Tonight the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern Virginia is scheduled to visit 5-year-old Alex Gilman, a deaf and blind child in Chesapeake.
Billie Frasier, president of Auto Funding Corp., asked if she could grant Alex a wish and throw the Gilman family a small party.
Alex, who was born with life-threatening birth defects, will receive a custom-made exercise room for his bedroom including a glider, a swing that hangs from the ceiling and some other items.
"They're touchy-feely things. There will be things that encourage him to walk" and stimulate his learning abilities, said Joan Steele, director of development for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern Virginia. "This of course will be a wish that keeps on giving."
The Make-A-Wish Foundation has granted 1,100 wishes since it was established in Eastern Virginia in 1985 and expects to grant another 100 this year.