Wishing

What is a wish?

"If you could wish for anything, what would it be?" Wish granting starts with that one question -- a wonderful and magical question that indulges the imagination and empowers the spirit. The answer can be as simple as a birthday party or as complicated meeting the President.

Some children wish to meet someone very special -- a celebrity who has been a hero, a role model, a motivator or an inspiration through a very difficult time. We have recently fulfilled wishes to meet the Dallas Mavericks, Raven Simone, the Wiggles, Orlando Bloom, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Beyonce and John Cena.

Many children, especially the littlest ones, make fantasy wishes. They wish to save the world as a superhero ... to dance with Barbie... to be an FBI agent... or even to be the boss of the ice cream man.

We have also granted gift wishes for computers, shopping sprees, hot tubs, bedroom sets, playgrounds, swimming pools, big-screen TVs, a dog named "Angel" -- even a desktop movie studio.

Other children make wishes for travel to locations as far away as New York City ... to ride a horse-drawn carriage in Central Park. To Hawaii ... to swim with the dolphins. To Alaska ... to cruise through the glaciers. To Colorado ... to see snow and learn to ski. To Las Vegas ... to enjoy the National Rodeo Finals. Or to Walt Disney World ... to meet Mickey Mouse.

There is nothing so precious as the wish of a child.

Make-A-Wish Foundation® of America

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