Dream Factory, Chiefs surprise Blue Valley North junior with chance to meet Patrick Mahomes
‘I never thought it would be this amazing’
Updated: 6:22 PM CST Dec 16, 2019
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ALBERT’S STORY. >> EVEN IN TWENTY DEGREE WEATHER AND BLOWING SNOW. SAM ALBERT AND HIS FAMILY STOOD ON THE SIDELINES OF ARROWHEAD SUNDAY, ALL SMILES. YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT THE SNOW, DO YA? >> OH, NO, OF COURSE NOT, IT’S NOT EVEN THAT BAD. >> ALBERT AT JUNIOR AT BLUE VALLEY NORTH. GETTING HIS DREAM OF COMING A GAME AT ARROWHEAD STADIUM, THANKS TO THE DREAM FACTORY. >> THE SNOW JUST ADDS TO THE EXCITEMENT, IT’S AWESOME, AND WE’RE SO PROUD OF HIM, I MEAN I DON’T KNOW THAT WE EXPECTED THIS LEVEL OF RED CARPET, BUT IT’S SO FUN. >> SAM, LIVES WITH TYPE ONE DIABETES. A LIFE ALTERING DIAGNOSIS. BUT THE DREAM FACTORY AND THE CHIEFS, MADE SAM’S LIFE A LITTLE BETTER, WITH HANDSHAKES FROM THE PLAYERS. AND INCLUDING NUMBER 15 HIMSELF, WHO GAVE SAM, THE GAME BALL. >> WHEN YOU HAVE CHILDREN, TO SEE THEM GET TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, CONSIDERING THAT HE HAD A DIAGNOSIS THAT WAS SO LIFE CHANGING, IT’S JUST AWESOME. >> EVEN THROUGH THE WEATHER. THE DREAM FACTORY COMES THROUGH, ONCE AGA
Dream Factory, Chiefs surprise Blue Valley North junior with chance to meet Patrick Mahomes
‘I never thought it would be this amazing’
Updated: 6:22 PM CST Dec 16, 2019
Twenty-degree weather and blowing snow on Sunday wasn’t going stop Sam Albert from standing on the sidelines of Arrowhead Stadium with the biggest smile in Chiefs Kingdom.Thanks to the Dream Factory, Albert, a junior at Blue Valley North, had his dream of going to a game at Arrowhead Stadium come true.Albert lives with Type 1 diabetes, a life-altering disease. But the Dream Factory and the Chiefs made Albert’s life a little better with handshakes from the players, including from No. 15 himself.Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes even gave Albert the game ball.“When you have children, to see them get to experience something like this, considering that he had a diagnosis that was so life changing, it’s just awesome,” Albert’s father, Mitchell Albert, said.“I never thought it would be this amazing,” Albert said.
Twenty-degree weather and blowing snow on Sunday wasn’t going stop Sam Albert from standing on the sidelines of Arrowhead Stadium with the biggest smile in Chiefs Kingdom.
Thanks to the Dream Factory, Albert, a junior at Blue Valley North, had his dream of going to a game at Arrowhead Stadium come true.
Albert lives with Type 1 diabetes, a life-altering disease. But the Dream Factory and the Chiefs made Albert’s life a little better with handshakes from the players, including from No. 15 himself.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes even gave Albert the game ball.
“When you have children, to see them get to experience something like this, considering that he had a diagnosis that was so life changing, it’s just awesome,” Albert’s father, Mitchell Albert, said.
“I never thought it would be this amazing,” Albert said.
