Make-A-Wish: Krystins story [Video]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Once again, the Morning Edition is teaming up with Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington for its Million Mile Challenge — a campaign to raise airline miles to help create life-changing wishes for kids with critical illnesses.

Right now, the organization is working on granting around 55 wishes for kids in Alaska. The organization relies heavily on airline miles to help keep costs down. Many kids and their families have benefited from Make-A-Wish trips, including 19-year-old Krystin Intrchoodech, who recently graduated from high school and shared her experience of giving back to other kids as her wish.

Making a difference in other’s lives

Krystin’s smile and laugh is infectious. She loves stuffed animals; in particular the Build-A-Bears.

During a recent interview, she showed off one that her brother gave her called “Krystin Junior” and another named “Bunny Wish Star”— emphasis on the wish, because Krystin is a Make-A-Wish kid.

Her story starts in 2022. She and her mom Ladda both got COVID-19, but at the …