Happy Jack cops all his wishes

SAM BAKER/The Manawatu Standard

HONORARY OFFICER: Jack Peacock, 7, had his wish of becoming a policeman granted by Make-A-Wish foundation yesterday at Whakarongo School.

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Jack Peacock had a wish to become a policeman and to holiday on the Gold Coast – and yesterday it all came true.

The seven-year-old Whakarongo pupil has a life-threatening illness called Hunter Syndrome, a terminal and debilitating genetic disease, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation organised for police to turn up to his school and award him his wish.

Jack's morning began with the news he was taking a trip with his family to the Gold Coast on Friday. The foundation has organised for Jack's dad, Kendall, who is in the army and serving in East Timor, to meet the rest of the family in Brisbane. This will be the first time Jack has seen his dad in six months.

After arriving in style to school in foundation volunteer Michael Earley's Corvette, the whole school and police met him on the school's tennis court.

Senior sergeant Brett Amas and dog handler Lance Kennedy presented Jack with a tiny tailored-to-fit police uniform.

Grinning from ear to ear, Jack said he was extremely excited about his new uniform and trip.

His mother, Kirsty Peacock, applied to the Make-A-Wish Foundation four years ago, when Jack was three.

"His wish was accepted then but it has taken this long to do the holiday because he's been through quite a bit of treatment."

Make-A-Wish Foundation is a non-profit organisation which grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions.

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