What is Make-A-Wish?
Make-A-Wish is the largest wish-granting organization, helping children around the world living with critical illnesses. Donate to help make a wish come true today.
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Wish parents said the wish improved their family’s well-being and brought them closer together.
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Wish children felt more hopeful for their future, stating that their wish helped them overcome feelings of sadness.
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Medical providers said the wish helped relieve the family from traumatic stress related to their child’s illness.
How did it start?
It started with a single wish on April 29, 1980: 7-year-old Chris, struggling with leukemia, wanted to be a police officer for a day.
Six people answered the call, rallied the entire community, and granted a wish that lifted Chris up during his darkest days. These six people are the original WishMakers.
Today, over a half-million children have received wishes that replace fear with confidence, sadness with joy and anxiety with hope.
Become a WishMaker
Each April, in honor of the founding wish, Make-A-Wish is seeking the next generation of WishMakers : people like you who can make a wish come true by donating. We are powered by your support. We are nothing without you, our WishMakers.
Because all it takes to make wishes come true, is YOU.
