For most, the New Year brings new hope and new beginnings. But wish kids fighting critical illnesses face a different reality full of tests, hospital visits and medical challenges. Many feel scared and hopeless, when the rest of us find fresh optimism in the new year. Will you help a waiting child experience the life-changing power of a wish this year?

Joanna experienced the wonders of a wish firsthand, when her wish to visit New York City was granted during the worst days of her respiratory disorder. When Joanna learned she’d be receiving a wish, she daydreamed and talked about it for months beforehand … it helped her through the toughest days. With your help, Make-A-Wish^® was able to make her wish a reality, filling Joanna with hope, strength and the promise of brighter days ahead. But every wish depends on you, so please donate now.

Thanks to you, Joanna got to visit Central Park AND meet two custom-created likenesses of her imaginary friends, the wuz (a goat-cow mix) and the shoom (a cat/vacuum cleaner hybrid). Like the transformative joy of her wish experience, these stuffed versions of her imaginary best friends are hers to keep forever. Please help another child experience the transformative joy that only a wish can bring.

Each wish is created especially for that child, so every wish experience is as unique and unforgettable as they are – vividly demonstrating that they are deeply loved … and so much more than their diagnosis. Wishes have even been shown to give children better odds of overcoming their illnesses.

A New Year’s gift will make a profound difference in the life of a child today – will you give?

We wish you all the best in the coming year. Thank you for caring about wish kids!

Gratefully,

Mission Team, Make-A-Wish