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Kade Foster recently celebrated his 11th birthday, but things didn't go quite as he had planned.
In a tweet that quickly went viral, Kade's dad reached out to his favorite hockey team, the Toronto Maple Leafs, looking for a little backup after no one came to his son's birthday party.
My son Kade had his 11th birthday party last night. None of his invited friends came. That hurt. Iโm asking my Twitโฆ https://t.co/7Q3g63zB3gโ Jason Foster (@Jason Foster)1572777843.0
When Leafs Captain John Tavares got word of the young fan, he decided to turn Kade's birthday into the best one he'd ever had.
Tavares called Kade on his actual birthday and invited him to come meet the team ahead of the next weekend's game!
A special birthday celebration ๐ #LeafsForever https://t.co/hOsZmgS5ePโ Toronto Maple Leafs (@Toronto Maple Leafs)1573329656.0
ICYMI: The @MapleLeafs gave Kade a birthday party to remember last night! More: https://t.co/V1jsPxvB3t https://t.co/SFmQy9h4R0โ NHL (@NHL)1573383910.0
The Leafs went all out for Kade's big day.
.@CarltonTheBear with a special delivery for Kade ๐ #LeafsForever https://t.co/jGDOrZtxREโ Toronto Maple Leafs (@Toronto Maple Leafs)1573348679.0
Meeting the guys. #LeafsForever https://t.co/MCdvgzLap5โ Toronto Maple Leafs (@Toronto Maple Leafs)1573314632.0
And it wasn't only the NHL team that sounded off on Twitter.
A bunch of celebrities, including Mark Hamill and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also sent their best wishes.
Sometimes @TwitterMoments can restore your faith in humanity. It only took a moment for me to wish Kade the happiesโฆ https://t.co/93cdZdq0G6โ Mark Hamill (@Mark Hamill)1572896283.0
@NLWildlife @Marner93 @91Tavares @MapleLeafs Kade I donโt play hockey at all but Happy Birthday man!โ Ben Stiller (@Ben Stiller)1572817571.0
@NLWildlife @Marner93 @91Tavares @MapleLeafs HAPPY BIRTHDAY KADE! https://t.co/YIAKGtxi5Zโ Will Arnettโข (@Will Arnettโข)1572825265.0
@NLWildlife @Marner93 @91Tavares @MapleLeafs Happy Birthday Kade! I donโt know anything about sports. Why are thoseโฆ https://t.co/GZlHHPiD7bโ Zach Braff (@Zach Braff)1572829167.0
@NLWildlife @Marner93 @91Tavares @MapleLeafs Happy 11th birthday, Kade! ๐โ Justin Trudeau (@Justin Trudeau)1572834758.0
@NLWildlife @Marner93 @91Tavares @MapleLeafs Happy birthday from California https://t.co/crVzkRefSqโ Clara Jeffery (@Clara Jeffery)1572808870.0
The National Women's Hockey League also told Kade he was more than welcome at any of their games, any time.
@NLWildlife @Marner93 @91Tavares @MapleLeafs Your friends at the NWHL wish you the happiest of birthdays, Kade! Ifโฆ https://t.co/FbDfcAVmy5โ NWHL (@NWHL)1572802971.0
@NLWildlife @Marner93 @91Tavares @MapleLeafs Kade, when I was your age I didnโt have many friends, people picked onโฆ https://t.co/hQOwdUm3fpโ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ร๐๐๐ (@๐๐ฅ๐๐ ร๐๐๐)1572800785.0
The Foster family took to Twitter once again a little bit later to thank everyone for turning Kade's birthday into such a memorable occasion.
We canโt comprehend what has happened today. Kade and the rest of us are just amazed. To EVERYONE who sent Kade a mโฆ https://t.co/tuUiXWXlT5โ Jason Foster (@Jason Foster)1572806466.0
@MapleLeafs @NLWildlife https://t.co/JP6NuUXgk6โ Creepy (@Creepy)1572808425.0
Happy Birthday, Kade!
Hopefully there are even more great ones to come.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are one of the "original six" teams in professional hockey. Together with the Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers, they created the foundation for the modern NHL.
This shirt, in a retro version of the Leafs logo, is available here.
