Back in May, hMAG organized for a little girl diagnosed with terminal brain cancer to make a trip to Hoboken and complete some of her last wishes, including making a cake with the “Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro. Faith Pruden, 7, of Columbus, Ohio, compiled a list of her absolute greatest wishes (faithswishlist.com) and, with the help of her mother Sarah and hMAG, we were able to check off some items on her list before her passing last summer.

As we wrote in our July article about Faith:
“After falling for Buddy from TLC’s Cake Boss, Faith developed her own interest in cooking and dreamt about the day she could come to the Mile Square, meet Buddy, and make a cake with the Cake Boss himself.

When hMAG set up the trip for Faith and her family, Buddy and Carlo’s Bakery agreed to make Faith’s wish come true. Faith was able to go to the bakery, start from scratch and make the cake of her dreams – the theme being Heaven. Faith and Buddy created a chocolate mousse sky blue cake with angels, clouds, butterflies and doves. Since they had “watched every episode,” the Cake Boss bigheartedly gave the family autographs and goodies to take back to Ohio. Faith’s smile could not have gotten any bigger as her wish was coming true.”

It seems that Faith’s visit with Buddy made just as much of an impact on the Cake Boss as it did on the little girl, as is evident on his recent interview with USA Today. In the article he says "That really put life in perspective with me... I want people to know that life isn't so bad. If you think you have problems, others have worse problems."

While Faith passed away this past summer, hMAG would like to remind everyone that you don’t have to be the Make-A-Wish Foundation to make someone’s wishes come true… you CAN make an impact on someone’s life each and every day. We will always remember Faith.