News Article

      I love reading Yahoo! news everyday. Today, something caught my eye. Taylor swift declined a teenagers request to go to prom? I thought to myself, why is this important? Why is it in the news? So, I decided to click on it.
     18 year old, Kevin McGuire has a painful struggle with leukemia since he was 13. He had a remission in 2010 but relapsed and is fighting cancer once more. His older sister Victoria, was very impressed with her brothers bravery. He never doubted himself and never asked "why me"? Throughout all his treatments, he kept his character, continued playing basketball and even joined the varsity football team. His prom was coming up. This is when he started doubting himself, saying why would anyone go to prom with him. He is going to be bald and his appearance is changing. This is when his sister decided to make a Facebook campaign. Kevin always looked up to Taylor. She decided to campaign about her brother. After it attracted 90,000 people Taylor responded saying no to prom, but instead asked him to go to the ACM awards. He was ecstatic. He recovered enough to accept the invitation and hes ready for his date with Taylor.
     I think this is very important, because it shows that not all stars are bad people. Taylor just made a Teens dreams come true. She is helping him recover. Not only, did she ask him out, she is taking him to one of the most extravagant award ceremonies. Go Taylor Swift! The article was written by Wendy Geller on February 24.