MakeAWish Foundation News

NEAR RICHLAND, Wash. -- If you ever wanted to fly a miniature airplane, this weekend is your chance.

Pictured from left are Jack Holland, Insurance Matters LLC, Jonathan Holland, Agent State Farm, Kenneth Stephenson, ChFCA Complete Financial Solutions Hosting their May 5, second annual Customer Appreciation Day event located in the 7629 Purfoy Road Business complex in Fuquay-Varina. CFS added fund raising component and hopes to raise $7,500 in ... (more)

N early 1,200 McDowell High School students circled the track at Gus Anderson Field in Millcreek Township on Wednesday as part of the sixth annual Walking for the Cause event.

Members of the music appreciation class at Leonard Middle School in Old Town, helped write a song.

Isabella, with her brothers Ozzie, Angus, and Ollie enjoyed their trip to the Gold Coast thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

"Seeing Paityn's face light up, watching how excited she was." That's how Angie Elston described her favorite memory from her family's recent trip to Disney World.

So when the eight-year-old, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2009, was asked to make a wish, it was to have lunch with four of his favourite caped crusaders.

The Plainfield Junior Woman's Club will host its annual Rock For a Wish fundriaser to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation with a golf outing and dinner May 31 at the Whitetail Ridge Golf Club, 7671 Clubhouse Drive in Yorkville.

Bangor - A group of wish granters held their annual walk on Saturday. They were walking in Bangor, along with five other locations around the state, to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

The Drugmand family will be selling hand-crafted turtles to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation at the Boulder Creek Festival over the three-day Memorial Day weekend at the northeast corner of the Boulder Public Library parking lot.

Stefanie Scott spent her Friday night with some kids from Make A Wish Foundation as they visited the set of "ANT Farm." Stefanie tweeted: "Cutest kids from the Make A Wish foundation visited our set today! We had a mini dance party.

"We started asking her what she wanted to do... And Mickey Mouse was all she ever talked about, so I knew that`s what she wanted to do!", Said Miranda's mother, Heather Wheeler.

It's always nice to see a social TV integration aimed at a social good. USA and Viggle recently raised funds for Characters Unite, and now E! and Shazam have partnered to "Shazam For A Cause," an initiative to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation .

This past week, I had the opportunity to interview one of my favorite and wonderful neighbors Gracie Doran, whom I've had the pleasure of knowing for the past 10 or so years.

Two principals in the Francis Howell School District will camp out on top of Hollenbeck Middle School on May 17 for a good cause.

Mac, who met 18-year-old Bobby Stewart in December when he donated $50,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, joined him at ID Labs to cut a collaborative track.

Often times individuals deserve to be recognized for their services to the community and organizations, and Atlantic Automotive Group was very proud to see their own General Manager of Atlantic Hyundai honored by the Make A Wish Foundation on Thursday, May 3. In 2001, Dan Toomey Sr.

Dozens of kids and hundreds of trucks hit the road in Lancaster Sunday for a special event to help raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Five pals from their St. Xavier High School days - Greater Cincinnati businessmen Pete Kopf , of Kopf Real Estate; Matt Olson , of Merrill Lynch; Dave Geppert , of Cengage Learning; Dan Ryan , of Fifth Third Bank; and Mike Stagnaro , Stagnaro Distributing - got together in 2008 to set up Cincinnati Golfers for Charity.

Isabella, with her brothers Ozzie, Angus, and Ollie enjoyed their trip to the Gold Coast thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.