Jordy Greene always assumed the photo on Cheerios cereal boxes was reserved for pro athletes or celebrities.

Until now.

Jordy, 10, got his picture on Cheerios boxes for his work with the Pittsburgh Children’s Miracle Network Champion, a major fundraising campaign to support children’s healthcare.

“I was in shock,” he said. “Normal kids my age never get to do that.”

Jordy’s journey onto the Cheerios box was extraordinary.

At age 5, Jordy was diagnosed with XLP2, a rare genetic disease. It is an immunodeficiency disorder with only 100 known cases worldwide.

“We had never heard of this disease,” said Jordy’s mother, Natasha Greene.

Life was not easy for Jordy and the rest of his family, which includes his father, Dustin, and older brother, Brekon, who’s now 15 and a freshman at South Fayette High School. His mother said she’d often get called to South Fayette Elementary School to pick up Jordy, because he was too sick to do school.

“The nurse was amazing, and the office ladies and teachers knew Jordy’s situation,” Greene said. “He missed a lot of schoolwork, and he missed a lot of days.”

After failed treatments, Jordy and his family decided to go forward with a risky bone marrow transplant.

In July 2024, Jordy was admitted to UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh and spent 60 days there. He was released on the day he turned 9 in August 2024.

Natasha said the transplant was done completely through donor cells from a girl from North Carolina — born the same year as Jordy.

Now a fifth-grade student at South Fayette Intermediate School, Jordy participates in lacrosse and also plays violin — with no limitations. He plans to play flag football next year. Jordy said support from Children’s nurses, surgeons and doctors helped him stay motivated and positive during that time.

“They cared for me and were always kind,” Jordy said. “I want to keep working for kids who have dealt with stuff like me.” He’s able to do so on a nationwide level.

Jordy’s image on Cheerios boxes is part of Costco’s “Make Big Change for All Kids” campaign benefiting Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

Through the month of May, shoppers can donate in-store at Costco registers or online by scanning the code on the Cheerios boxes. Jordy was at the Costco in the Waterfront this past Saturday, and will be at the Costco in Robinson on May 30, to hand out boxes and raise awareness for the cause.

Jordy said he hopes people learn to never give up.

“No matter your situation,” he said, “you can always overcome it.”