Light the Candles Make-A-Wish celebrates four decades of bringing joy to critically ill children. It all started here
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Text by JANIE MAGRUDER ❖ Photos by TINA CELLE and courtesy MAKE-A-WISH ARIZONA
annah Benkel’s birthday wish for an Arizona nonprofit organization commemorating 40 years of bringing joy to critically ill kids is wise beyond her 23 years. “My wish would be for
Make-A-Wish to continue to be a beacon of genuine charity,” the Phoenix woman says. “Every dollar in is a dollar out, completely clean of corporate greed or personal gain. It’s extremely admirable.”
Benkel is among 6,470 young Arizonans who since 1980 have been given
something to look forward to by Make-A-Wish Arizona. The nation’s founding APRIL 2020 / 47
