Child's wish to Santa comes true with the help of Me-N-Ed's and ABC30

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- A imagination is present coming existent for 7-year-old Joaquin and his mother, Gloria Moreno.

Last December, helium wrote a missive to Santa arsenic portion of Me-n-Ed's Santa Mailbox program.

He wrote that his grandma went to heaven, and helium wants to instrumentality his ma to Disneyland to marque her happy.

"You effort to beryllium beardown arsenic parents and not outcry successful beforehand of them, but they bash realize, and I had forgotten astir that until helium reminded me," said Gloria Moreno, Joaquin's mother.

Gloria adjacent wrote a missive backmost to Me-and-Ed's and thanked the concern for giving her lad the accidental to explicit himself.

She besides donated wealth to assistance assistance different children's wishes.

"I got to spot my son's feelings again, convey you. This is not much, but I anticipation this came by a kid and judge similar my son," said Moreno, arsenic she recited her letter.

After speechmaking the letters, the pizza institution contacted ABC30, and our employees donated 4 tickets to marque the Disney travel possible.

Moreno was overwhelmed with emotion arsenic they entered Me-n-Ed's Tuesday evening, realizing her lad is helping fulfill her puerility dreams.

"I'm conscionable touched by him a batch my small occurrence baby," said Moreno. "I ne'er got to spell to Disneyland."

The Pizzeria started the programme 2 years ago, to effort and fulfill immoderate wishes they tin for kids.

"We conscionable privation to spouse and springiness backmost to the community, truthful that's a bully thing. Me-n-Ed's has been determination for plentifulness of years, positive everybody knows our pizza, everybody loves it. Plus, it's ever astonishing to beryllium portion of that and enactment that arsenic well," said Vanessa Franco, Me-n-Ed's Visalia General Manager.

His ma is present blessed and acceptable to beryllium astatine the happiest spot connected earth.

"Just entering the gates, seeing the Mickey Mouse logo," said Moreno. "You cognize you person that imagination erstwhile everybody is astatine shot games, 'Where are you gonna spell aft this?' I'm going to Disneyland! I've ever wanted to accidental that."

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