This World Wish Day,
Relieve traumatic stress
of parents say a wish relieved their family of traumatic stress.
90%
Improve emotional well-being
of medical providers say a wish improves a child’s – and their
own – emotional well-being.
99%
Create a turning point in treatment
of wish alum say their wish made them feel more joyful, confident and hopeful for the future.
90%
Give strength to
fight an illness
of parents say a wish served as a coping mechanism for
their child.
80%
Promote better
health outcomes
of medical providers say a wish can improve a child’s physical well-being & overall quality of life.
90%
A spark of hope can change everything.
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Hope can be found in a wish,
and you have the power to create it.
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Stream For Wishes
World Wish Day is an annual Make-A-Wish event that commemorates more than 40 years of granting life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. World Wish Day takes place on April 29 every year, marking the anniversary of the wish that inspired the creation of Make-A-Wish. We often celebrate in various ways in the week and month leading up to the event and invite you to join us!
Celebrate World Wish Day
Having granted more than 520,000 wishes for children with critical illnesses worldwide since 1980, Make-A-Wish staff, volunteers and supporters have heard wish families state time and time again that their wish changed their lives.
In honor of World Wish Day, we released new research in the form of the 2022 Wish Impact Study that provides quantitative data to lend credibility to the anecdotal feedback heard regularly from wish families. The powerful results of the Wish Impact Study add to a growing body of research demonstrating how wish-fulfillment promotes mental and emotional well-being for children and their families who are facing trauma stemming from a critical illness.
Wish Impact Study
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A wish begins with hope.
Hope begins with you.
A spark of hope can
change everything
Click the images below to discover your impact when you help grant wishes.
A wish begins with hope. Hope begins with you.