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Boy, 11, going to Hawaii thanks to Make-A-Wish foundation
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Eleven-year-old Joseph Tippins finds out Wednesday night he’s going to Hawaii at the University of North Georgia men’s basketball game. Joseph, who has Burkitt’s lymphoma, got the news from UNG player Travis Core, left. Bridget Sandy, right, is a former Make-A-Wish Foundation wish recipient and current UNG golfer. - photo by NAT GURLEY/Gainesville Times
DAHLONEGA - The temperature was cool outside, but it was hot, hot, hot inside Wednesday evening at the University of North Georgia men’s basketball game. And instead of cheers for the university’s Nighthawks, chants of “Aloha, Joseph!” filled the air. Calhoun resident Joseph Tippins, now 11, was first diagnosed with Burkitt’s lymphoma when he was 9.