The Make-A-Wish Foundation strives to provide wish children and their families with a much-needed break from the world of hospitals, treatments, and medical bills by creating a time of magic, wonder and optimism.
Children are energized by a wish. They can imagine, describe, plan, anticipate and eventually rejoice in its fulfillment. By demonstrating that a wish can come true, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® encourages a child to envision a positive future and to remain an active partner in treatment when courage and hope wane. At the same time, a wish is a moment of joy and fantasy and laughter in the midst of a much darker time in the child’s life and in the life of the family. Hope, strength, and joy are powerful medicines!