On Dec. 3, 2022, Jalen Pickett and the Penn State men's basketball team teamed up with the Centre County Youth Service Bureau to provide a holiday shopping spree for children from the State College area, aiming to make holiday wishes a reality for the 16 local kids. What Pickett didn't know at the time was that he and the local child he was paired up with for the shopping trip, Mason, would go on to form a special bond in the months to come.
This is the story of Jalen and Mason.
