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Many times pleas for help will appear on the internet that are often attached to a young, sick, child’s dying wish.

Almost every time, the story doesn’t withstand closer scrutiny, through a website like snopes.com, which actually tracks hoaxes, rumours, and other obvious mistruths, it is almost always a hoax.

This week, however, a story came directly from the Children’s Wish Foundation, a Canadian charity that helps Canadian children, families, and communities by granting the favourite wish of a child diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.

The story is that of Olivia, who at age two was diagnosed with stage three Wilms’ Tumor, a cancer of the kidneys.

She lost one kidney to the disease, and fought through her treatment, inspiring those around her with her strength and courage.

Olivia is currently in remission and is cancer free. When it came time to have a wish granted, her greatest wish was to have a special dance move that people could copy, video themselves doing it, and share it to social media, making her famous.

Children’s Wish Foundation partnered Olivia with Canadian choreographer Blake McGrath, who helped her design a special dance move they call ‘the Livi’.

Anyone interested can learn the dance move by going to www.childrenswish.ca/dothelivi.

All video uploads should also contain the hashtag #DoTheLivi when posted to any social media platform.

A hashtag is a specific phrase or term that can be used to search all posts containing the term. For #DoTheLivi, Olivia will be able to search anywhere, using that term, and everything anyone has uploaded will show up for her to see.

It doesn’t cost anything. Olivia isn’t looking for donations, she’s looking for support.

If you’re willing, just learn the move, ask a friend to record you doing it, or better yet, get the friend to do it with you and get someone else to record it, then upload your video with the term “#DoTheLivi’ to your Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, or other social media platform.

Olivia could have chosen anything as her wish, but she wants to raise awareness for childhood cancer, and have her chance at being famous.