A 78-year-old avid Toronto Maple Leafs fan from Nova Scotia is getting the opportunity to see his favourite team play in person tonight thanks to a charity that grants unfulfilled wishes to seniors.
What’s more, when Eric MacDonald sits down to watch the Leafs take on the Boston Bruins at the Scotiabank Arena Friday night, he will be wearing a device that will allow him to actually see the players.
MacDonald is visually impaired. For over 10 years he hasn’t been able to see the faces of his grandkids.ahead of the game. “When I actually get in there and see the size and the number of people.”Katie Mahoney, co-founder of the charity We Are Young, said that Eric is one of 20 to 30 seniors whose wishes will come true this year. His love of his family and his struggle with his vision was what made him stand out from other applicants.
“He’s such an avid Toronto Maple Leafs fan and despite not being able to see, still wanted to go see the game to hear it and be amongst the crowd. It just spoke to us,” she told CTV News Toronto. Mahoney said that MacDonald last saw a Leafs game when he was 18 through a corporate event, but he was in the nosebleed section.We Are Young partnered with a company called
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