Make-A-Wish Foundation
The Make-A-Wish-Foundation is an internationally active non-profit organization that aims to fulfill the heartfelt desires of seriously ill children free of charge. Almost all the children's wishes are fulfilled, unless the fulfillment of the wish would endanger the child's health. The children's wishes can be communicated to the organizers by relatives or friends.
The first child to have a wish granted by Make-A-Wish was Christopher James Greicius, suffering from cancer, whose heart's desire was to be a cop for a day. On April 29, 1980, this wish was fulfilled by his mother and two police officers, including a helicopter flight and rides in a patrol car. The three people decided to give other children the opportunity to have their wishes fulfilled. Make-A-Wish was founded in the USA in 1980 . The headquarters are still located in Phoenix (Arizona) . Over the years, Make-A-Wish established national organizations in 50 countries with the same purpose (status: 2018). The organizations work with 40,000 volunteers and are financed through donations . Over 400,000 wishes had been fulfilled by 2018.
In June 2008 the German national organization “Make-A-Wish Deutschland e. V. “founded. When it was founded, it was initially based in Hamburg and then in Munich. The German national organization Make-A-Wish has been operating as a non-profit company with limited liability since summer 2018. The registered office of the company is in Frankfurt am Main.
There are national organizations u. a. also in Austria and Switzerland.
Since 2010, in which the Make-A-Wish Foundation celebrated its thirtieth anniversary, "World Wish Day" has been celebrated annually on April 29 of each year and used as an opportunity to celebrate the work of Make-A-Wish to draw attention.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Home Page | Make-A-Wish International. Retrieved December 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Imprint - Make-A-Wish Germany. Retrieved December 3, 2018 (American English).