If giving back to the community is on your list of New Year’s resolutions, Make-A-Wish might be the perfect charity for you to support. Make-A-Wish grants the wishes of local children between the ages of 2 ½ and 18 who are battling critical illnesses. If you are still not convinced that Make-A-Wish is the charity for you, a recent Wish Nation blog post published by a Make-A-Wish blogger might be all the persuasion you need.
New Year's is a great time to make plans to lead a healthier lifestyle, get organized and make other life changes. Keeping New Year's resolutions is something most of us struggle with, but it is much easier to stick with a goal when it is something when you know what small steps you need to take in order to achieve a big goal.
If you have a car, truck, boat, motorcycle or camper to donate, now is the perfect time to make your vehicle donation. Donate a vehicle by 11:59 p.m. tonight to receive a tax deduction on your 2014 taxes. Donate your vehicle to Wheels For Wishes, benefiting Make-A-Wish, just in time for the New Year!
The holidays are a great time to get together with family and friends, and of course, get your child's photo taken with Santa Clause. In Seattle, if you are supporter or would like to be a supporter of Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington, there's a special opportunity to take part in a special meeting with Santa while helping to grant wishes.
Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington is celebrating the holidays in a winter wonderland at the Four Seasons Hotel Seattle (99 Union Street) at the upcoming Season of Wishes Brunch with Santa. This event is exclusive to donors who are part of the Wishful Giving campaign who donate at the Wish Friend level and above. Guests will enjoy a delicious plated breakfast, create holiday themed crafts to take home and receive a commemorative photo with Santa. For questions about the Brunch with Santa, please contact Lindsey Johnson.
If you're looking for some holiday fun and a great way to help Make-A-Wish South Dakota you won’t want to miss the Holiday Jam with the Hegg Brothers Dec. 11. This benefit concert features performances by a 10-piece band that specializes in classic and contemporary arrangements of popular holiday music. You’re sure to hear something new and unexpected at this performance.
Hosted by Make-A-Wish Iowa, Jolly Holiday Lights is an annual favorite and a great way to help grant more wishes for local kids. In 2013, Jolly Holiday Lights raised enough to grant the wishes of 35 children! You can help them reach even more children at this year’s display. All of the proceeds from Jolly Holiday Lights go to Make-A-Wish Iowa.
The holiday season is right around the corner, and for more than 30 years, Reyn Spooner has helped to spread the holiday cheer through colorful aloha shirts. Guests are asked to wear their favorite Reyn Spooner aloha shirts at the Reyn Spooner Holiday Party on Nov. 13. This exciting event will take place at Neiman Marcus in Honolulu (1460 Ala Moana Blvd.) and will go from 6-9 p.m. Enjoy cocktails, live entertainment, and an opportunity to grant wishes for Hawaii kids!
For 27 years, Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island has been granting wishes to children with critical illnesses – 6,999 wishes to be exact. On Sept.26, the chapter hits the milestone 7,000th wish when it grants three-year-old Alisha Savage's wish to go to Walt Disney World Resort.
Alisha’s milestone wish is sponsored by American Airlines and the Something mAAgic Foundation’s mAAgic Flight, offering Alisha and her family a seven-day stay at Give Kids the World Village and an unforgettable vacation experience visiting Central Florida’s attractions.
Make-A-Wish Oregon has a goal of granting about 200 wishes each year, but they need your help in order to make that happen. Whether you are a Make-A-Wish volunteer, donor, or you make an effort to attend their fun-filled events, you can help Make-A-Wish Oregon grant wishes for kids all over the state of Oregon. Maybe the Make-A-Wish Oregon Wish Ball will be the event you choose to attend this year!
This year's Wish Ball is on Saturday, Oct. 25 at the Portland Art Museum in Southwest Portland. Throughout the evening, Make-A-Wish Oregon will highlight some of the local wish recipients and share the magic that Make-A-Wish creates. It will be an evening of dancing, appetizers, wine, silent auctions and fun-for-all to support the meaningful work that Make-A-Wish Oregon does in the community. Tickets for the Wish Ball are $75 and can be purchased on the event's website. Tickets are available until noon on Friday, Oct. 24, and will not be sold at the door.
As summer comes to an end, you may find that the weeks have flown by too quickly for you to do everything you set out to do this summer. If one of your summer goals was to find a meaningful way to give back to your community, there’s still time and Wheels For Wishes is here to help. Through our auto donation program, we benefit Make-A-Wish and help them grant wishes for children who are facing critical illnesses. Donating is easy, hassle-free, and allows you to dispose of an unneeded vehicle while also giving back to your community!
How Does Donating A Car Help?
On average, Make-A-Wish grants a wish every 38 minutes. But even with that amazing rate, they aren’t able to reach every child waiting to have their wish granted. Donating your vehicle to Wheels For Wishes is a great way for you to help them reach more of these deserving children. When you donate a car, truck, RV, boat, motorcycle or almost any other type of automobile, Wheels For Wishes turns it into wishes for children in your community.
The Monterey Bay Gala is one of Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area’s hottest events of the year. Each year, guests enjoy a night of fine dining, silent auctions, and world-class entertainment at Clint Eastwood’s Tehama Golf Club in Carmel. The event is usually black tie, but this year’s theme is Diamonds & Denim. Take a fashion lesson from Carrie Underwood and show off your best country-chic look! This year’s Monterey Bay Gala might just be the best one yet.
Summer is car show season, and car shows make for a fun day or evening browsing through all the different hot rods and classic cars. If you have a classic car that you’d like to show off, or maybe you’d just like to browse through the other awesome cars out there, take a look at our list of car shows all over the United States! Get the family together, pack a cooler and enjoy one of America’s favorite pastimes.
For many people, the decision to make a donation to a charitable cause is an easy one. If you don’t have enough extra income to make charitable contributions, however, there is still a simple way that you can make a significant contribution to Make-A-Wish. If you’ve got a car that no longer runs or if it’s time to upgrade to a better vehicle, donating your old car can be an easy decision.
There are many options for people when it comes to replacing an old vehicle. Selling it yourself or trading it in can be stressful if you don’t know its fair-market value or you need to make repairs to it first. Selling a broken down car to a scrap yard can be difficult too. The cost of towing it to the yard may not balance out the payment you’ll get from selling it for scrap metal.
With all that in mind, it’s good to know that there is an easier alternative to all the stress of haggling with buyers on the price, towing the car yourself, or worrying that a dealer isn’t giving you a fair price.
Spring is in full swing, and the next few weeks are a perfect time to get outside and enjoy the season. It’s also the perfect time to care for and beautify the land we love so much by cleaning up rivers, parks and other natural areas. Since the beginning of spring, various organizations and cities have been hosting clean up events, recycling programs and clean sweeps. And even though Earth Day was back in April, you can still help the planet every day by keeping it clean. Below we’ve listed a few upcoming June events around the nation that promote a green lifestyle. If you don’t see one in your city, chances are someone in your area is still hosting a local clean up or recycling event.
Look back on your life and remember the days of being a child and a teenager. Now put yourself in the shoes of a child battling a critical illness, such as neurofibromatosis or a brain tumor. Brain tumors are most common in children under the age of 20, males up to the age of 39, and females under the age of 20. Neurofibromatosis is usually diagnosed in childhood or early adulthood. This puts many children and young adults at risk. This is why it is so important to spread awareness during the month of May during National Brain Tumor and Neurofibromatosis Month. Start by remembering to wear a gray ribbon, which signifies brain tumors.
Plans are in place for the eighth annual Merrill Lynch Grand Gala. The Merrill Lynch Grand Gala offers a great opportunity for wish supporters in Wisconsin to come together to make wishes possible in Milwaukee, Green Bay, Madison, and all across Wisconsin. Registration is open now. You can get your tickets today by contacting Nicole Williams, Madison Regional Director, at 608-252-4321. Doors open at the Gordon Event Center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus at 5:30 p.m. on May 2. Sponsorship opportunities are also available at the gala. Check out the Grand Gala Table Host packet to choose a plan that works best for you.
The month of April is filled with exciting Make-A-Wish events all around the United States. If you live in the northeastern part of the United States, there are three fun-filled events just around the corner benefiting Make-A-Wish Metro and Western New York and Make-A-Wish New Jersey.
Choose from Make-A-Wish Metro and Western New York’s A Night At The Sands event on April 9, or the Make-A-Wish New Jersey Sparkle Shine Fashion Divine event on April 14, or the Make-A-Wish New Jersey Touch-A-Truck Extravaganza. By participating in any of these three events, you can help to grant wishes for your local Make-A-Wish!
What’s better than taking a long walk in the beautiful spring air? When you can raise money for a worthy cause while doing it! Walk For Wishes benefiting Make-A-Wish Orange County and the Inland Empire takes place on two different weekends: Saturday, April 12, at Castle Park in Riverside, and Saturday, April 26, at Orange County Great Park in Irvine. All of the proceeds from the walks will benefit Make-A-Wish Orange County and the Inland Empire. The money raised will help pay for the wishes of children with critical illnesses.
Make-A-Wish Arizona’s 2013 Rat Pack Wish Ball raised $2.4 million and hosted 470 guests last year. The upcoming Great Wish Ball offers another opportunity to give back and help the chapter that helped found Make-A-Wish in 1980. The ball, which celebrates the mission of Make-A-Wish Arizona by raising funds to grant the wishes of Arizona children with critical illnesses, has long been a significant event for the chapter.
This year’s Great Wish Ball black-tie gala is on April 5 at The Phoenician (6000 Camelback Road, Scottsdale), from 6-11 p.m. The Wish Ball includes a program, silent and live auction and entertainment for guests, as well as bringing together donors with wish families and wish kids who attend as guests of Make-A-Wish Arizona.
We all know how sweet and delicious a spoonful of sugar can taste, but did you know that it can also help to grant wishes? At Make-A-Wish Wisconsin’s Spoonful of Sugar Wish Night event, more than 60 Wish Kids will have their wishes granted after one amazing night. How sweet is that? Wishes provide children with hope and strength and are sometimes just what a child needs to help them feel like a kid again.
