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What qualifies as a critical illness?

What qualifies as a critical illness?Children living with a critical illness often miss out on a carefree childhood because they experience pain, have to deal with medication and hospital visits. But what exactly qualifies as a critical illness? Are critical illnesses...

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Examples of childhood cancer fundraising

Examples of childhood cancer fundraisingMake-A-Wish International grants wishes to critically ill children. We grant wishes with the help of hundreds of volunteers, local partners and corporate sponsors. By fundraising for Make-A-wish you can make...

Is Make-A-Wish a childhood cancer charity?

Make-A-Wish is not solely a childhood cancer charity. We are a charity for children who are living with life-threatening illnesses. Make-A-Wish International is a worldwide recognized charity organization working with critically ill children to...

Ideas on how to raise money for Make-A-Wish

Make-A-Wish is dedicated to making the wishes of critically ill children come true. It was formed in 1980 when a young boy’s family and friends came together to make his wish come true. This is the origin story of Make-A-Wish! Since then,...

Who is eligible for a wish to be granted?

Make-A-Wish is an international organization that serves to fulfill the wishes of critically ill children. We operate in over 50 countries and have brought 550,000 wishes to life in 43 years. We celebrate the 29th of April every year as World Wish...

Make-A-Wish on World Wish Day 2022

At Make-A-Wish we are an international organization dedicated to granting the wishes of children who are living with a life-threatening illness. This journey started many years ago, on April the 29th in 1980 to be exact. Since that day we have made...

The childhood cancer awareness colors

Around 300,000 children all around the globe are diagnosed with cancer each year. This adds up to a significant amount in every country per month. The need for childhood cancer awareness is still high. Some of the cancer cases that could have been...