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A St. Albert boy is making sure kids stuck in the hospital have something fun to do.

Like many kids his age, 12-year-old Lincoln Chessie is a big fan of playing video games.

“He loves them probably more than anything else in this world. He comes home and it’s the first thing he does after school,” his mom Nichole McDonald said.

Chessie wants to share that love with others.

“I was just thinking of how much I love video games… so I decided to give gaming stations to the kids in the hospital,” Chessie explained.

Four gaming consoles are now bound for Edmonton’s Stollery Children’s Hospital and the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary — thanks to Chessie and Alberta Dreams.

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Alberta Dreams is a charity that grants wishes for chronically and seriously ill children across the province.

When Chessie was born, he wasn’t well. He had trouble breathing and swallowing. He was in and out of the hospital for the …

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