I Wish To Go To A Reptile Zoo

When Brayton was referred to us he was 7 years old.

At that time he wanted to go to Legoland, but when it was time to schedule his wish after the Covid-19 travel hold, his mom reached out to their Wish Manager, Elizabeth and said, you know, now that he’s older, his interests have really changed. Could we reimagine his wish to align with his current interest – reptiles? Elizabeth contacted the Florida chapter and worked to build his wish with a trip to the Miami zoo.

While at the Zoo Brayton was given the Super VIP experience. He had a private tour with a zookeeper at the Miami Zoo and had the opportunity to interact, feed and touch many animals including several reptiles.

Brayton and his family were even featured on the local news station.

Brayton stayed in the Florida Keys and also went deep sea fishing (caught a huge barracuda) and expereinced an Everglades tour where he could see alligators. Sydni from the Florida chapter said this about the zoo experience: “He got the most VIP experience that anyone at the zoo could have even gotten, basically all restricted access area and he even took us into the exhibits! He got to feed giraffes, elephants, hold a snake, hold a baby crocodile, feed a tortoise and so much more! The zookeeper also adopted an animal for him!”