Make-A-Wish America

It's National Nonprofit Day and we just wanted to share the incredible impact we make, together 💙✨

Maggiano's has been serving up more than just delicious meals—they’ve been dishing out hope for 21 years! Over $10 million has been contributed to help make wishes come true for wish kids like Hannah. 💙

Through August 21st, be part of their Eat-A-Dish campaign and help grant even more wishes!

✨ Purchase a wish star in-restaurant.
✨ $1 donated for every Eat-A-Dish menu item.
✨ 50 cents donated for every drink on the Eat-A-Dish menu.
✨ A donation is made for every kids’ meal purchased.

100% of the proceeds go to Make-A-Wish. 🍽️ Add a donation at checkout or donate online at maggianos.com/make-a-wish

We're half-way there and it's only the start of the month! 🥳

Who's ready to join our 20 Minutes a Day Reading Challenge? Grab your favorite book, sign up, and let's reach this goal as a team! 📚 https://a.wish.org/4fHlrkD

A wish came true for Rachel when she met Megan Thee Stallion! 💖✨ She had a special meet and greet with Megan Thee Stallion and enjoyed the show from a front-row seat in Memphis.

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Jaime's days were always filled with exploring the world of creatures big and small. When Jaime was diagnosed with cancer in kindergarten, Make-A-Wish stepped in to grant his wish to visit the San Diego Zoo 🐾

His mom, Leticia, said, “It was exciting for Jaime to look forward to his wish. It motivated him to keep working on his physical therapy to build stamina to see all the animals at the zoo." The zoo staff gave him a private tour, allowing him to get up close and personal with the animals, even feeding the tortoises 🐢

Your support gives children like Jaime a piece of their childhood back, the possibility of better health outcomes and the belief in brighter days ahead.

Last year,
Make-A-Wish granted more than 16,200 wishes in the U.S. and its territories.

Continue to help us make a BIG difference with Big Lots! Through July 31, support Make-A-Wish by donating at the register in your local Big Lots store. Any amount helps, and you'll receive a $5 off coupon for your next purchase of $15 or more! Your donation makes wishes come true for kids like Francesca, who wished for a princess playroom. 👑 Big Lots made it happen with a stunning room makeover! 🪄 Join us in spreading joy to wish kids all over the nation!

What a week! Every year our friends at ESPN and SportsCenter help grant wishes and share the stories of wish kids who have a true passion for sports through the My Wish series. We are so grateful for their continued support.

We want to know, were you able to tune in this week and hear all about these inspiring wishes? Tell us!

But if you need to catch up on all the action, make sure to watch the stories here:

Watch Athletes Transform Lives on ESPN® "My Wish" Watch Athletes Transform Lives on ESPN® "My Wish" Follow Make-A-Wish & Instagram & Twitter When children with critical illnesses meet their favorite athletes, they see the impossible as possible. They are inspired to feel stronger and more confident, because those they deeply admire bring t...

For Gunnar, baseball isn’t just a game. It’s an opportunity to show that his respiratory disorder doesn’t define him. He faces his treatments with the same fire he brings to the baseball field.

His wish? To meet his hero, Freddie Freeman of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tomorrow, starting at7am EST on SportsCenter, witness his wish come true as part of ESPN’s .

Tomorrow, witness the unbeatable spirit of Yisroel as he faces health hurdles and see his wish to meet the legendary Tua Tagovailoa of the Miami Dolphins granted!

Watch this remarkable day unfold only on ESPN's starting at 7am EST on SportsCenter 🏈

Wishes really do come true! While battling kidney disease, Bradee shared that his wish was to see his beloved Duke Men's Basketball Blue Devils take on their biggest rivals, the UNC Tar Heels. There are few rivalries as intense as the joy experienced by this wish! 🏀

Make sure you witness this wish on ESPN's SportsCenter starting at 7am ET tomorrow.

Our friends at Fanatics are helping make these MLB All-Star wishes extra special ⭐️

Never know who you’ll run into at All Star Week! Make-A-Wish Illinois Make-A-Wish America

It's one thing to meet your heroes, it's another to dive into the lane beside them! 🏊‍ Especially when your hero is Katie Ledecky 🤩

Wish kid Laura faced bone cancer and part of her treatment was a major surgery. This meant she had to relearn how to walk to fully recover. And she did it! She also got off the sidelines and swam with seven-time gold medalist Katie Ledecky.

See the full story, on SportsCenter tomorrow, thanks to ESPN!

Facing the struggles of cancer treatment, Levi wished to meet his heroes – The San Francisco 49ers.

Thanks to our friends at ESPN, you can watch as his wish was granted, on SportsCenter starting at 7am EST tomorrow.

You make this possible 😊

Win a trip to meet Liv Morgan at WWE Monday Night RAW in Florida plus a pair of signed Fragment Design x Travis Scott x Air Jordan 1 Retro High Sneakers!

Donate now and you could win round trip travel to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a 2-night hotel stay, tickets to WWE Monday Night RAW on Monday 8/19 and you'll get to meet me before the event.

Help grant life-changing wishes by becoming a WishMaker at: fandiem.com/livmorgan.

✨ Fandiem ✨

Charlie wished to bring his entire class to visit the Statue of Liberty! We can't think of better wish to share on the Fourth of July 🎆 ☺️

Make a BIG impact with Big Lots! ✨ From July 1 - 31, you can choose to support Make-A-Wish by donating at the register at your local Big Lots. Donate any amount and you’ll receive a coupon for $5 off your next purchase of $15 or more! Your donation will help kids like Francesca, who wished to have a princess playroom. 👑 The Big Lots team helped grant her wish by giving Francesca a room makeover complete with a castle, swing, slide, a ball pit, and princess dresses galore! 🪄 Let’s spread more joy and excitement to children fighting critical illnesses!

For 21 years, Maggiano's has contributed over $10 million to help make wishes come true for kids like Hannah, an 11-year-old battling cancer. 💙 Now you can help them grant more wishes! From June 27 to August 22, join their Eat-A-Dish campaign.

✨ Purchase a wish star in-restaurant.
✨ $1 donated for every Eat-A-Dish menu item.
✨ 50 cents donated for every drink on the Eat-A-Dish menu.
✨ A donation is made for every kids’ meal purchased.

100% of the proceeds go to Make-A-Wish. 🍽️ Add a donation at checkout or donate online at maggianos.com/make-a-wish-partnership

Giana’s connection with horses has run deep, ever since she was born, according to her dad, Ken. Together, Ken and Giana would often go horseback riding to find a calming sense of joy – until a near-fatal brain tumor altered Giana’s life forever. With Dad by her side, Giana had to relearn how to walk, talk and eat. Her wish to go to a dude ranch marked a pivotal moment in their heartbreaking journey – one that brought them closer and launched Giana onto a stronger road to recovery. "Giana put her arms around a horse, and the horse sort of hugged her with its head," says Ken, recalling her wish experience. "Giana started sobbing. I started crying. It was just such a beautiful moment."

⭐️ Want to honor a dad or father-figure in your life? Consider making a tribute gift in their name to create more joy-filled wishes for kids like Giana: wish.org/donate Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area

It is common for treatments to interrupt celebrating milestones in the lives of wish kids. For Roel, chemotherapy prevented him from attending his high school graduation and Grad Nite in the spring of 2023. Drawing inspiration from the celebrations he saw his friends having, Roel wished for a special graduation experience with a touch of Disney magic ✨ We are grateful for our friends at Disneyland and Disneyland Resort Cast and Community for helping grant this wish and giving Roel the milestone celebration he deserves!

Life-changing day for these kids!

Thank you Los Angeles Dodgers and Fanatics 💙

More than 4,500 wish kids are waiting for their wishes to be granted this summer - YOU have the power to make their wishes come true ☀️

“For a child that has gone through so much, it’s so nice when they get a win. And this was Bryce’s win … Because when my son laughs, when my son is happy, we are reminded of the challenge that he’s overcome – and I am forever grateful for the contribution and the gift that we received from Make-A-Wish.” 💙🐶🌟

Today, we honor World Sickle Cell Awareness Day in honor of the many children like Bryce (pictured here with his dad, Bruce), who bravely fight this painful illness every day. Visit wish.org/donate to make more un-fur-gettable wishes come true. Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area

Wish kid Megan and her family set sail on the Disney Wish and made magical memories together in the Bahamas 🏖️ Surprises awaited them around every corner, including an unexpected excursion to Castaway Cay and a photo package to capture special moments from their trip ☀️

We are so grateful to DCL Crew & Community for giving Megan and her family such an incredible realization of Megan's wish 💙

Thank you to The Kansas City Chiefs and Fanatics for fulfilling Kenyon's wish meet the team! 🤩

A big thank you to The Learning Experience for raising $2.4 million to help benefit Make-A-Wish! 💫 With your generous contributions, we’ve been able to grant wishes for children with critical illnesses across the nation. ✨ Thank you for your continued support and for making a difference in the lives of wish kids and their families!

Who remembers mowing the lawn as a kid? For 10-year-old Coby, what is an ordinary chore to some, is a passion and a business! Wish kid Coby was diagnosed with a brain tumor in February of 2023. While in the hospital, Coby would look through magazines, dreaming of the day when he could own the perfect mowing machine. Recently, our partners at Genentech helped grant Coby's wish.

Genentech dedicates an entire week each year for their employees to donate and volunteer their time in support of thriving communities. We are grateful for the continued support from Genentech to help grant life-changing wishes!