Hello, dear readers!
I have just started my volunteer work as a wish granter for the Make a Wish Foundation, which does its best to provide the dearest wish to children ages 2 1/2 to 18 who are diagnosed with life threatening conditions. It began in Phoenix, Arizona in the 1980s when a police department rallied together to provide a young boy with his wish to be a police officer for a day. Make a Wish is a not for profit organization and 80% of all its donations go to wish granting. The other 20% is divided up between publicity, fund raising, and staff salary. Because of the recession in the United States, the Make a Wish foundation has been forced to make the difficult choice to cut down on staff in order to continue granting wishes as donations become fewer and farther between.
I know that times are hard for many and this time of year people are especially feeling the strain as they tighten their purse strings and attempt to stretch even more expenses into an ever shrinking budget. However, if anyone at all would be willing to donate to your local chapter (Make a Wish has locations all over the world) or to the foundation in general, the Make a Wish foundation would be incredibly grateful.
Click here for their main site. There, you can find your local chapter and find out about pending wishes, review the office's wish list (most offices are in need of donated office supplies), and make a monetary donation. You can also read the stories of a few wishes that came true! In order to find your local chapter, click on the map in the upper right-hand corner. For my international readers, you can go directly to world wish to find your local chapter and find out how you can help.
Many of the pending wishes are in need of enhancements, which are usually donations in kind (one volunteer in my chapter is a make up artist and provides makeovers for a lot of wishes), so if you cannot give money, see if you can provide a service!
Share the Power of a Wish!
Kate
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