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The Sacramento & Northeastern California Make-A-Wish Foundation®, established in 1983, grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions between the ages 2 ½ and 18. Within its vast service area, from Modesto to the Oregon border, including El Dorado County and the Tahoe area, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® creates a compassionate community where each child’s wish focuses on bringing him/her hope, strength and joy….magical moments to provide a lifetime of wonderful memories.

Once a child is determined to be eligible by a physician, volunteer teams work with the child and family to help make the wish come true. Wish teams interview children and a Make-A-Wish staff member works out the logistics.

Wishes fall into four broad categories:

  • I would like to go….
    Over 50% of wishes are requests to meet Mickey Mouse…to visit Disneyland or DisneyWorld. They call it the Magic Kingdom for a reason! These trips include tickets, travel expenses, accommodations and spending money for a child and his or her immediate family. Other destination might include New York City to attend a Broadway play and to see the sites, the Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas or Hawaii to swim with dolphins.
  • I would like to be…."
    …a fire fighter, a model, a highway patrol officer—the list goes on!
  • I would like to meet…
    Adam Sandler, Jeff Gordon, The Rock, Tiger Woods, Johnny Depp and Raven are just some of the celebrities who graciously comply with a child’s wish to meet them.
  • I would like to have…
    A computer is the most requested “special gift” wish. Children also wish for toys, playhouses, new clothes, golf clubs, swing sets, new bedroom sets…the list is a long and creative one. Whenever possible, a limousine delivers the child and his or her family to other destinations, followed by lunch or dinner. A wish reintroduces the magic and wonder back into a child’s life. A child actually gets two wishes…one is the wish they make and the second wish is to get to be a child again.

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    Wish child Justin - His wish, DisneyWorld.

     

     
     

    For more information on
    The Make-A-Wish Foundation of
    Sacramento & Northeastern California:

    Website: www.makeawish-sacto.org
    Address: 3841 N. Freeway Blvd, Ste. 185
    Sacramento, CA 95834
    Phone: (916)437-0206
    FAX: (916) 437-0205
     

    URL: http://www.tahoesbest.com/make-a-wish-foundation.htm

     

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