Northeast Region
Walt Disney World... Fishing in Alaska... Playground for a "Princess"... Meet the New York Yankees... Big Screen TV... Golden Retriever Puppy... Bedroom Makeover... and dream after dream after dream...
In the Northeast Region, the 30-county area serves the Longview, Marshall, Texarkana, Paris, Greenville, Corsicana, Athens, Palestine, Henderson, and Tyler areas.
You can share in the magic!
"Shooting Stars” Sporting Clays Event
Greetings! You are personally invited to join us at the UAW-GM “Shooting Stars” Sporting Clays event benefiting Make-A-Wish Foundation® of North Texas!
The event will be Saturday, May 31st at Prairie Creek Sporting Clays in Gladewater, Texas and we are hoping to make it bigger and better than ever before. You can choose a sponsorship or just come and shoot with your team. Either way, we know you’ll enjoy the day.
Highlights of the day include:
* Breakfast provided by Chick-fil-a
* Lunch provided by Outback Steakhouse
* Photos with the Dale Earnhardt, Jr. custom motorcycle
* Awards and prizes
* Raffle
* 10 stations of shooting plus games
Just complete the attached registration form and fax it to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas, Northeast Regional office at 903-597-9475 or call us and become an event sponsor!
Click Here to Register Now!
Become a "wish granter" and help grant wishes for children in your area.
To earn your fairy wings, attend a four-hour training session and have a background check. Here are some examples of what wish granters do:
- Partner with another wish granter to interview the wish child and help discover his/her wish.
- Serve as a liaison between the family and office staff.
- Complete necessary wish-related paperwork.
- Make arrangements for wish enhancements to make the child say "WOW!"
Be a Volunteer!
- Organize an event with your business, church, civic group or youth group.
- Volunteer at Make-A-Wish events to help with registration, set up, decorations, refreshments and invitations.
- Represent the Foundation at expos and exhibits.
- Make arrangements for staff to attend speaking engagements — or be the speaker!
- Research and cultivate prospective donors and sponsorships.
Annual events include the "Shooting Stars" Sporting Clays Benefit and the Walk for Wishes in Longview.
ON BROADWAY
Seventeen-year-old wish child Kendall says the neon lights are definitely bright “On Broadway…On Broadway.” Always active in theater and music, she wanted a dream trip to New York to see Broadway shows. After fatiguing hospital visits and treatments for a life-threatening condition, Kendall was ready to hit the Big Apple, where she said she had no problem finding the energy to participate in everything her volunteer wishgranters had planned for her.
From a hometown send-off complete with a “New York, New York” serenade by a local musician, to a celebrity-style greeting at the airport, Kendall felt every bit the movie star. With family in tow, they took in a whopping six plays! She said, “By far, the musicals were my favorite part of the trip.” She was even lucky enough to see Harry Connick, Jr. in The Pajama Game – what an experience! And, as a follow-up surprise, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New York sent her a poster from that play autographed by the entire cast, Harry included.
An avid Audrey Hepburn fan, Kendall always dreamed to have breakfast at Tiffany’s. She struck a famous Audrey-like pose for a photo. From there, Coreen, the Big Apple Greeter, showed Kendall and her family the town. The Brooklyn Bridge, Ground Zero and China Town were just a few of her favorites. And of course, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and the Empire State Building were must sees.
With stars in her eyes and her wish fulfilled, Kendall finally boarded the plane for Texas. “Thank you so much for my dream trip to New York…there was never a dull moment to be found!” There was definitely Make-A-Wish magic in the air “On Broadway…On Broadway.”
Kendall’s wish was sponsored by GSC Enterprises, Inc.
Northeast Regional Board
Renee Harvey - Century 21/Harvey Properties, Paris
Andrew Clyde - The Tyler Paper, Tyler
Janet Price - GSC Enterprises, Inc., Sulphur Springs
Richard Weber - Curt Green Real Estate, Texarkana
Northeast Regional Staff
Sherry Johnson, Program Services Director
For information regarding donations, events, publicity, or speaking engagements, contact:
Wendy Frizzell, Regional Development Director
For any other questions, contact:
Pam Shillinglaw, Mission Resources Coordinator
Location:
215 Winchester, Suite 109
Tyler, Texas 75701
Phone: (903) 597-9474
Fax: (903) 597-9475
