This holiday season, help make wishes possible
The holidays should be filled with joy and anticipation. But for children with critical illnesses, hospital stays, treatment and uncertainty can often get in the way. A wish gives a child something extraordinary to look forward to and brings hope, joy and possibility when they need it most.
More than 10,000 children are waiting for their wish. All eligible children deserve the hope and joy a wish can provide.
More than 10,000 children are waiting for their wish. All eligible children deserve the hope and joy a wish can provide.
A child is diagnosed with a critical illness and becomes eligible for a wish every 25 seconds.
A child is diagnosed with a critical illness and becomes eligible for a wish every 25 seconds.
More than 93% of wish parents said the wish created happy lasting memories and increased family bonding.
More than 93% of wish parents said the wish created happy lasting memories and increased family bonding.
98% of wish children and parents agree the wish experience is important for every child with a critical illness.
98% of wish children and parents agree the wish experience is important for every child with a critical illness.
The Power of Your Gift
Critical illness can change so much of a child’s everyday life. A wish can help a child look beyond treatment and reconnect with the joy, anticipation and possibility of childhood. Your support can help make that possible, giving more children the chance to experience the lasting, life-changing power of a wish.
Help bring hope and joy to a child
Critical illness doesn’t take a break for the holidays. For children facing treatment, hospital stays and uncertainty, a wish can give them something powerful to look forward to, restoring hope, joy and a sense of possibility.
Right now, more than 10,000 children are waiting for their wish. Your donation can help more children experience the life-changing impact of a wish when they need it most.
The Power of Your Gift
Critical illness can change so much of a child’s everyday life. A wish can help a child look beyond treatment and reconnect with the joy, anticipation and possibility of childhood. Your support can help make that possible, giving more children the chance to experience the lasting, life-changing power of a wish.
Discover the power of a wish
Every wish is unique, but each has the power to bring hope, joy and possibility to a child with a critical illness. Discover the stories behind wishes from around the world.
I wish to meet Santa Claus
Asia is a girl whose smile lights up every room. Despite her congenital tetraparesis, she doesn’t let the limitations of her condition hold her back. With her parents and her twin sister Alessia always by her side, Asia lives life with courage and love.
I wish to go ice skating
Mía is a sweet 9-year old living in sunny Colombia, awaiting a new liver after undergoing a previous transplant. She lives in a very warm city where ice skating isn’t possible. But that never stopped her dreaming about it.
I wish to go to lapland
At 6 years old, Léane—who has battled nephroblastoma and underwent heart surgery following a pulmonary embolism—dreamed of meeting Santa and his reindeer in Lapland.