This 10-year-old boy asked Santa last year for a cure for Covid-19. This year he has a new request
All Jonah Simons said he wanted was a coronavirus cure to save the world. That was last year. Jonah’s letter was collected through the US Postal Service’s Operation Santa program and His mother, Doe Simons, says Jonah composes his Santa letters himself, without help from his parents.With a relentless virus and threats of the Omicron variant still plaguing a weary nation, Jonah has big plans for the Santa suit.”I want to wear it and go around the neighborhood and spread Santa’s joy, ask people what they want for Christmas,” the fifth-grader told CNN. Jonah has big plans for his 11th birthday Jonah’s inspiration is Heather Khalil, a Parkland woman who volunteers a lot in the community and has been awarded the Mayor’s Medal of Charitable Service. “She really turned him on to being a public servant,” Doe Simons says. Jonah wants to be a lot of things when he grows up. Most days he tells people he wants to be a doctor, a lawyer or a police officer. But he thinks he can make a bigger difference as the leader of the free world. “My best goal is to be a president,” he says. “That way, I can make changes to a lot of things and make decisions that help other people.” Until then, he’ll continue helping people in his community.Jonah already has big plans for his 11th birthday next July. He’s hoping that Covid-19 will be a thing of the past by then, so he can go to sleepaway camp without a mask. He’s also signed up to be an ambassador for the homeless. And once again he plans to use his birthday to raise money for charity. Maybe he’ll even wear his Santa suit.