Description & Features

Lasting Memories Courtyard - In Honor of Adam Sliger
When visitors and families enter The Wishing Place, they are welcomed by a beautiful outdoor garden with a special sculpture designed to represent the more than 3,000 wishes already granted in North Texas.

The Wishing Tower - The Carreker Family Foundation
The Wishing Tower provides an interactive experience where children can make magical wishes in a setting that befits and celebrates the most precious of moments. When each wish child is ready to explore wishing opportunities, the child is asked to choose a favorite color on a touch panel outside the Wishing Tower. After a selection is made, the interior of the Wishing Tower begins to glow the chosen color from top to bottom. Once inside the Wishing Tower the wish child will follow the colorfully lit path to reveal a sitting area

I Wish to Go . . .
I Wish to Have . . .
I Wish to Be . . .
I Wish to Meet . . .

After all wish types are explored, the wish child holds a special star and announces which wish has been chosen. At that moment, the special star begins to glow to celebrate the making of a wish.

The Wish Presentation Hall - Employees of Zale Corporation
The Wish Presentation Hall serves as a place where wishes actually happen as well as a place for children's bon voyage parties and art parties.

In addition to its role as a place to make wishes come true, the Wish Presentation Hall provides a place for volunteer training, board and committee meetings, receptions and business conferences.

Joy Stage - Nina & Jerry Lee and Peggy & Howard Jennings
Inside the Wish Presentation Hall is the Joy Stage. The Joy Stage has many purposes: presentations, productions, movies and more. On the stage sits a piece of the Foundation's past, The Wishing Tree. The tree was is filled with wish kids' handprints placed lovingly over the years. Upon moving to The Wishing Place, helpful "lumberjacks" from Precept Builders transplanted the tree from our former office into our new home.

The Michael Monette Family Room - In Honor of Wish Kid Ocie
The Family Room is a place where wish families can relax and meet with wish granting volunteers. It is designed to be a warm, homey space with a fireplace, comfortable seating and a table where children can color, play, and begin to talk about their one true wish. Children's artwork is continuously displayed on a flat screen TV above the fireplace. A computer is available to research wish requests.

Wish Families can spend time in the Family Room outside of the wish process as well. Families are always welcome to watch movies, play video games or check email from home when they come to the DFW area for medical treatment.

The Office Space
  President and CEO's office - Bill and Linda DeFee
  Director of Program Services office - Barbara Hollis
  Endless Possiblities Wing (Program Services) - Precept Builders
  Imagination Wing (Development, Admin, Communications) - Walker Engineering
  Hope Conference Room - Bob Cresswell
  Strength Conference Room - John and Debra Round & Strasburger Price, LLP
  Shooting Star Reception Area - Nissan
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas chapter office is now located in The Wishing Place. There is ample office space for the current staff, as well as space for future growth. The Wishing Place brings the staff and volunteers closer to the mission of the Foundation by providing a place where the power of a wish can transcend the limitations of life-threatening medical conditions.

Outdoor Spaces
  Caring Courtyard - Tommy and Renee' Parrett
  Chi Omega Alumnae of Dallas Courtyard
  Krissi Holman Family and FRIENDS Fountain - Leon, Susan, Danny and Katy Holman
  Darling Homes Patio - In Honor of their Home Owners in La Villita
The grounds around The Wishing Place are landscaped with a patio for outdoor events, a garden and fountain. It is a living tribute to all the children who have shared their hopes and dreams and left us all enriched by their indomitable spirit.

The Walk of Wishes is located on the veranda and sidewalk areas behind The Wishing Place, and showcases personalized bricks and pavers that signify donations of $150, $500 and $1000 to honor friends or family. The Walk of Wishes overlooks the Wishing Pond at the end of the canal backing The Wishing Place.

The Magic Toy Room - North Texas General Motors Dealers
The toy room is the first stop for the volunteer Wish Granters before they meet a wish child and their family. Each wish-granting team comes bearing gifts for each child in the family. The Magic Toy Room is where they get their supplies. The room is filled with toys and gift cards collected or donated by generous volunteers and organizations.

Wishful Thinking Welcome Area -BOKA Powell Architects and Interior Designers
The Wishful Thinking Welcome Area will be the first thing you see upon entering The Wishing Place. The Director of First Impressions sits behind a beautiful custom desk. The front of the desk is covered with tiny doors which open to a surprise for each wish child.

Gallery of Wishes - David and Michele Hoover/Cadeaux Foundation
The Gallery of Wishes is a stretch of hallway aside the Wishful Thinking Welcome Area. The Gallery displays the stories of wishes recently granted by the North Texas Chapter.

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