Zach Muller - Winter 2004

Eleven-year-old Zachary Muller is one busy guy. This friendly, outgoing sixth-grader from Bayonne, NJ, enjoys school, with Reading, Social Studies, Math, Art and computer classes being his favorites.

He likes spending time with his friends, listening to Cher’s music and especially likes CCA. This will be his seventh retreat, counting this year. He’s a big Cher fan and has seen her five times at her concerts and had a chance to meet her backstage.

And he’s a TV star — he recently went to New York City to be on Maury, with Maury Povich! The show was about kids with differences, and featured Zach and three other kids and their moms.

He was a real hit with the audience and the staff of the show. Afterward, he was driven by a limousine to go on a shopping spree. He came back with, among many other items, lots of videos and video games. The show was taped back in December, but watch for the show to air soon.

Zach has had 21 surgeries so far in his life with “quite a few things more to do.” But that doesn’t stop him. His advice to anyone is to be positive and to not worry. “Keep smiling,” he said.

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