VIDEO: A Wish Comes True

Thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, 11-year-old Shanna Learned of Burbank will be swimming with dolphins in Florida next week.

Make-A-Wish grants wishes for children with life-threatening illnesses. It started 31 years ago this week, when a 7-year-old boy named Chris Grecius wished he could be a police officer for a day. The nonprofit has now granted more than 250,000 wishes worldwide, including nearly 7,300 in Los Angeles County.

Kendra Doyle of Ralphs Grocery Co. joined Breena Gold, president and CEO of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles, to announce Shanna's wish Tuesday morning at the . in Studio City.

Shanna has prune-belly syndrome, a condition that has left her with only one functioning kidney. According to her parents, Jeff and Maureen Learned, Shanna is bright, artistic and very much looking forward to her upcoming trip. She told Patch that she's wanted to swim with dolphins since "forever."

Ralphs has launched a line of cookies and waffles to raise money for the Make-A-Wish foundation, and also gave Shanna a grocery-store sweep so that she could gather candy, toys and beach reading for her vacation in the sun.