Make A Wish Foundation Research Paper

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Make A Wish Foundation By Taj Atkinson
Have you ever thought about making a wish or actually made a wish, now think about this wish and what it took to make this happen. This passed Thursday on October 5th, I was given the wonderful opportunity to sit down with Olivia Cafaro, head of Make A Wish Foundation’s Management Team, and she had much to share about the organization. She spoke about Make A Wish’s history, insurance to better children’s health, and even the organization going international to achieve their mission of making wishes come true.
The Make A Wish Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in the United States that arranges experiences described as a wish to children with life threatening medical conditions. I approached …show more content…

The head of the management team took time to share that the first person ever to be granted a wish was by the name of Frank “Bopsy” Salazar. He was the age of 7 with Leukemia. He had three wishes and was granted all three! Frank asked to be a fireman, go to Disney Land, and ride in a hot air balloon. I was curious how many wishes are granted total a year and Olivia had much to share. One hundred eighty-five wishes were granted last year to the children in Utah. Also, this charity hosts additional wishes in other states. Nationally M.O.W. has granted 285,000 wishes and a wish is granted every 34 …show more content…

In 2015 John Cena had granted over 500 wishes. Turning his wrestling logo “Never Give Up,” into a campaign for ill children. He raised over 1 million dollars for Make A Wish. A young boy named Sam had neuroblastoma a cancer that effects the nervous system. He always wanted to play baseball but never could physically handle it. The community came together and built him a baseball field and put together two teams just so he could for one day. Over 400 people came out to support. This was one of our top 10 events ever! I was fascinated to discover in New Jersey there was a Make a Wish Walk in this past September. In July 2017, Cake Boss raised 25,000 dollars for the program. And Mikes Jersey Subs raised over 263,000 for

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