Date uploaded: 2022-11-23 00:56:50

Carter Gomes has known for most of his seven years what he wants to be when he grows up. But he didn’t have to wait until he was older to live his dream, thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and his community. The second-grader, who has battled leukemia since he was 3, volunteers each Tuesday evening to roll his neighbors’ garbage cans out to the curb in Turlock, California. “During COVID, he would wake us up at 6:30 and he would want to stand in front of the window and watch the garbage trucks every Wednesday,” his father, Walt Gomes, told USA TODAY. Carter has had garbage-man-themed birthday parties and dressed up as a garbage truck one Halloween, according to his mom, Elsa Gomes. “He's got more garbage trucks and garbage cans than we can count,” she said. Visit the link in bio to read more about Carter’s story.