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โ ...when asked his one true wish, Von drew a picture of an erupting volcano.โ
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Here Are Some Creative Ways You Can Help Fulfill Wishes:
“Hey Boss, Match My Gift!”
Many companies encourage employees to 7om-|; |o |_;bu =- oub|; 1_-ubঞ;v 0 l-|1_bm] 1om|ub0 ঞomvķ vol;ঞl;v 7oѴѴ-uŊ=ouŊ7oѴѴ-u or more. Ask your company today if they _- ; - l-|1_bm] ]b[ ruo]u-lĴ
Wishmakers at Work ®
By introducing this program at your company, you will transform work life into a purpose and change the lives of wish children and their families. ou lou; bm=oul-ঞomķ 1om|-1| -u;m $u-|;m at ktraten@philadesv.wish.org
Donate Your Car!
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I wish to go to Hawaii
serve far into the future.
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Are you a Wish Family looking for a way to honor your child’s wish experience? Wish It Forward is a program that encourages Wish Families to share their stories, host fundraisers, volunteer and stay in touch ‰b|_ |_; 0uo-7;u -h;Ŋ Ŋ)bv_ -lbѴ‹ĺ
Are you or do you know a college student looking for a way to connect with other students while fundraising for and sharing |_; lbvvbom o= -h;Ŋ Ŋ)bv_ľ )bv_l-h;uv m -lr†v 1Ѵ†0v ;Šbv| bm v1_ooѴv -ѴѴ -1uovv the country and provide a wonderful way to get involved at your university.
Interested in any of these programs? l-bŃ´ l‹ "া7_-l -| -vা7_-lĹ r_bŃ´-7;vÂˆÄşÂ‰bv_Äşou]
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Wish alum Avielle wished it forward by _ovাm] Äž"‰;-| ou - Causeâ€? at Explosive "rou|v ;u=oul-m1; in July. Way to go, Avielle!
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Wish Snapshots I wish to go to Disney World
Colin, 4 (now 5) congenital heart disease
Colin’s anxiety was worsening around the time of his wish, but his trip to Disney made him realize that “things ;u;mĽ| -v v1-u -v _; l-7; it out to be in his head.”
I wish to attend a Jimmie Johnson car race Nate, 14 leukemia
)_;m 7o1|ouv =buv| |oѴ7 Nate and his family that his treatment would take threeand-a-half years, it seemed Ѵbh; -m ;m7Ѵ;vv v|u;|1_ĺ But now they say that the ; 1b|;l;m| o= -|;Ľv bv_ “makes the journey of three and-a-half years go by a little faster.”
I wish to go to Disney World
Alaya, 5 ]-v|uobm|;vঞm-Ѵ 7bvou7;u
ľ$_; l-]b1 o= |_-| |ubr opened our eyes up to possibilities, what is possible for Alaya’s future,” her grandmother v- vĺ ľ$_; l-]b1 bv v|bѴѴ within her.”
I wish to go to Hawaii Alyssa, 15 1 vঞ1 C0uovbv
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I wish to meet Ariel Maddy, 6 cancer
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