Sanger boy battling cancer heading to Disneyland after fundraiser hits goal

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The community has rallied together to make a dream trip to Disneyland come true for a young Sanger boy battling cancer.

In 2021, Maximus Cantu was diagnosed with a stage 3 form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma at the age of 8.

Because of that diagnosis, as well as the pandemic, he was never able to visit Disneyland.

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Since this story first aired on Monday, Action News viewers have donated $5,000 to a fundraiser for the trip.

On Tuesday afternoon, Yolva Lopez, Maximus' mother, shared a video of him learning his dream came true.

"You know how they came yesterday and interviewed you to ask you about going to Disneyland? Well, they raised $5,000 to take you-- all of us to Disneyland," Lopez told Maximus in the video.