🌟 Today is a BIG day 🌟 It’s the Big Day of Giving! When it comes to granting wishes for children battling critical illnesses, small acts of kindness make a big difference. When you witness the hope, strength and joy that a wish brings out in our wish kids, it’s priceless. Give today to promise a hopeful tomorrow for the more than 180 wishes that waiting to be granted in our Greater Sacramento region today. Participate at 👉 https://lnkd.in/gPnM8i9S 👈 #nonprofit #SacramentoNonprofit #BDoG2024
Make-A-Wish® Northeastern & Central California and Northern Nevada
Non-profit Organizations
Sacramento, California 1,633 followers
Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.
About us
Make-A-Wish® grants the heartfelt wishes of children battling critical illnesses. A wish becomes a rallying point for themselves, their families, and friends. Research shows that children who have wishes granted build the physical and emotional strength they need to fight. In short, a wish delivers hope when it is needed the most. Make-A-Wish was inspired by a 7-year-old boy named Chris Greicius, who wanted to be a law enforcement officer. His wish set in motion a phenomenon that would create an unprecedented kind of charity that grants wishes to children battling critical illnesses every 34 minutes nationwide. Three years after Chris’ wish inspired the formation of the charity, the local chapter which now spans across 45 counties in Northeastern & Central California and Northern Nevada was founded in 1983. Since then, more than 8500 wishes have been granted to children in our communities. With the help of generous donors, community supporters and dedicated volunteers in all of our regions, our chapter is on track to grant more than 400 wishes this year, or one every 20 hours. The vision of Make-A-Wish is to grant the wish of every eligible child to bring hope, strength, and joy to them when they most need it and to give them a lifetime of happy memories. Wishes are more than just a nice thing to have – they are a need to have for a child battling a critical illness. Having the ability to grant wishes is truly transformational. This is what the power of a wish is all about.
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http://wish.org/canv
External link for Make-A-Wish® Northeastern & Central California and Northern Nevada
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Sacramento, California
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1983
- Specialties
- granting wishes, children, family support, inspiration, hope, joy, and wishes
Locations
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2800 Club Center Drive
Sacramento, California 95835, US
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1 E Liberty Street Ste. 600
Reno, NV 89501, US
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351 W Cromwell Ave
Suite 112-A
Fresno, California 93711, US
Employees at Make-A-Wish® Northeastern & Central California and Northern Nevada
Updates
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Shop with a purpose! 🌟💎Join us for Kendra Gives Back Wish Weekend at your local Kendra Scott store! On April 27th-28th from 3-5PM, 20% of all in-store sales will be donated to Make-A-Wish from the Kendra Scott Foundation! ✨Become a WishMaker and help grant life-changing wishes for children battling critical illnesses. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to make a difference! 💙For more information and to RSVP, visit https://lnkd.in/gyz2-TyS #KendraGivesBack #WorldWishMonth #WishmakersWanted
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Wishes don’t come true by luck or chance. They come true because of WishMakers – especially our incredible volunteers! As long as children face devastating critical illnesses, they’ll be counting on our volunteer WishMakers to create the hope and strength they need to fight. Thank you, volunteers, for being a WishMaker and making wishes come true! #NVW
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Special thanks to World Wish Month community partner, Squeeze In Breakfast and Lunch for hosting a round-up campaign all month long. Stop by any of their northern Nevada locations to participate. Participating locations: ☀️South Reno Squeeze In ☀️Northwest Reno Squeeze In ☀️Sparks Squeeze In ☀️Carson City Squeeze In
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WishMakers Wanted! This World Wish Month, Make-A-Wish is recruiting 1 million WishMakers – including you – to make wishes come true! As long as children face devastating critical illnesses, they’ll be counting on WishMakers like you to create the hope and strength they need to fight. Become a WishMaker today at wishmaker.org.
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Please join us in welcoming Make-A-Wish Northeastern and Central California and Northern Nevada's new CEO, Julie Hirota! ⭐️ Julie has over 25 years of dynamic leadership across diverse sectors, including private, public, and non-profit. Julie was the former CEO of Saint John's Program for Real Change where she demonstrated her exceptional ability to drive tranformative change and achieve outstanding results. Under her guidance, Saint John's underwent an extraordinary financial revitalization, a testament to her expertise in fiscal management and operational proficiency. When Julie's off the clock, she spends her time training for her next marathon, making art, and quality time with her loved ones (pets included 🐶🐶🐱). Julie's clear dedication to empowering our community and her extensive executive leadership background made her the ideal candidate for this role. We're excited to have you on the team, Julie! 🥳
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In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, we’re proud to highlight Make-A-Wish co-founder Linda Pauling, whose son, Chris, inspired the founding of Make-A-Wish when his wish to be a police officer came true in 1980. Thanks to Linda’s passion and ongoing support, Make-A-Wish has granted more than 585,000 wishes ever since. We’re continually inspired by Linda and all the women around the world who support Make-A-Wish every day, as well as those who provide loving care for the many children with critical illnesses we support. Thank you for all you do!
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Say hey to the newest honorary Nevada Men's Basketball team member, Asher, wish kid! 🏀 Asher's wish to join the Nevada Men's Basketball Team was recently granted. Asher defended the Pack courtside, spoke at his first press conference, and snagged some autographs on the way. Thank you, Nevada Men's Basketball Team, for allowing Asher to dribble down the court with you all! ⭐️ Be sure to grab tickets to the next Nevada Men's Basketball Game on Friday, March 1. Grant wishes like Asher's by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3SW8gBF
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