Make A Wish Foundation Of Wisconsin, Inc

Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.[4]

WE GRANT THE WISHES OF CHILDREN WITH LIFE-THREATENING MEDICAL CONDITIONS TO ENRICH THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE WITH HOPE, STRENGTH AND JOY. ACCORDING TO A NATIONAL STUDY, A WISH COME TRUE HELPS CHILDREN FEEL STRONGER, MORE ENERGETIC, MORE WILLING AND ABLE TO BATTLE THEIR LIFE-THREATENING MEDICAL CONDITIONS. FOR MANY OF THEM IT MARKS A TURNING POINT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THEIR ILLNESS. MAKE-A-WISH WISCONSIN GRANTED 396 WISCONSIN WISHES.MAKE-A-WISH WISCONSIN RECEIVED A RECORD 442 REFERRALS.THROUGHOUT 2019, MAKE-A-WISH WISCONSIN CELEBRATED ITS 35TH BIRTHDAY, CULMINATING BEING CHOSEN AS THE FEATURED CHARITY AT THE GREEN BAY PACKERS FAMILY NIGHT WITH MORE THAN 1,300 MAKE-A-WISH FAMILIES, VOLUNTEER AND STAFF ATTENDING AND WITH 40 WISH KID AMBASSADORS ON THE FIELD. WE ALSO HOSTED THREE DONOR RECEPTIONS IN 3 MAJOR MARKETS WITH MORE THAN 250 SUPPORTERS IN ATTENDANCE.FOR THE SECOND TIME, MAKE-A-WISH WISCONSIN WAS PRESENTED WITH THE POWER OF ONE AWARD BY MAKE-A-WISH AMERICA, THE HIGHEST HONOR FOR A CHAPTER FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ENTIRE MAKE-A-WISH ENTERPRISE.MAKE-A-WISH WISCONSIN WON THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF WISCONSIN'S TORCH AWARD FOR ETHICS.WISCONSIN'S CHAPTER VICE CHAIR OF WISH GRANTING, SHEILA DODDS WAS PRESENTED WITH A HEALTHCARE HERO AWARD BY BIZTIMES MILWAUKEE.IN OCTOBER, NOMINATED BY MAKE-A-WISH WISCONSIN, THE GREEN BAY PACKERS WERE PRESENTED WITH THE NATIONAL CHRIS GREICIUS AWARD GIVEN BY MAKE-A-WISH AMERICA.ALSO IN OCTOBER, MAKE-A-WISH WISCONSIN VOLUNTEER AND DONOR, BARB BYE WAS PRESENTED WITH THE NATIONAL SUZIE ALLEN VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD BY MAKE-A-WISH AMERICA.THE PERCENTAGE OF FUNDS RAISED GOING DIRECTLY TO MISSION IS 75.77%.A NEW ONLINE REFERRAL SYSTEM WAS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED, AND THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY WAS TRAINED WITH OUR GOAL OF REACHING EVERY ELIGIBLE CHILD. WE ALSO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED MAKE-A-WISH AMERICA'S SWEEPING CENTRALIZED TECHNOLOGY CONVERSION.VOLUNTEER REFRESHERS WERE HELD ACROSS THE STATE, SUCCESSFULLY UPDATING ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS WITH THE MOST CURRENT WISH GRANTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.THE WISCONSIN CHAPTER SUCCESSFULLY PILOTED A WISH OUTSOURCING PROGRAM RESULTING IN GRANTING FIVE WISHES FOR CHILDREN OUTSIDE OF WISCONSIN.IN DECEMBER, MAKE-A-WISH WISCONSIN GRANTED ITS 7,000TH WISH TO SIX-YEAR-OLD BEN WHO WISHED TO HAVE A SYNCHRONIZED CHRISTMAS LIGHT SHOW IN HIS FRONT YARD.SEVERAL INTERNAL FUNDRAISERS, INCLUDING WISH NIGHT, GOURMET WISHES AND SARGENTO & JOHNSONVILLE MAKE-A-WISH GOLF EVENT BROKE FUNDRAISING RECORDS.LINDA PAULING, THE MOTHER OF CHRIS GREICIUS WHOSE WISH INSPIRED THE CREATION OF MAKE-A-WISH WAS OUR HONORED GUEST, RECEIVING THE W.I.S.H. AWARD AT WISH NIGHT.MORE THAN 14,600 DONORS SUPPORTED MAKE-A-WISH WISCONSIN IN FY2019.WE LAUNCHED THE YOUNG WISHMAKERS OF WISCONSIN YOUNG PROFESSIONALS GROUP IN APPLETON.MAKE-A-WISH WISCONSIN IS ACCREDITED BY THE WISCONSIN BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU.NORTHEAST WI REGIONAL OFFICE100 W. COLLEGE AVE. STE. 50EAPPLETON, WI 54911920-993-9994NORTHEASTWISCONSIN@WISCONSIN.WISH.ORGMADISON REGIONAL OFFICE1 S. PICKNEY ST. STE. 40MADISON, WI 53703608-252-4321MADISON@WISCONSIN.WISH.ORGTRINITY'S ROYAL WISH, A LETTER FROM TRINITY'S FAMILY:MAKE-A-WISH WISCONSIN WITH AN ASSIST FROM MAKE-A-WISH NORTHEAST NEW YORK, GRANTED 8-YEAR-OLD TRINITY'S WISH TO HAVE A ROYAL EXPERIENCE. TRINITY AND HER FAMILY TRAVELED FROM THEIR HOME IN WISCONSIN TO UPSTATE NEW YORK WHERE TRINITY, WHO'S LIVING WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS, FULLY IMMERSED HERSELF IN HER WISH, ALONG WITH 7-YEAR-OLD SISTER FELICITY AND PARENTS KATRINA AND BROOKS. THERE THEY SAW JOUSTS, MET HER QUEEN - TWICE - AND EVEN STAYED AND FEASTED IN A CASTLE."I THOUGHT, 'WHAT IS THE MOST FUN THING FOR ME THAT I COULD THINK OF? AND I CAME UP WITH THIS," SAID TRINITY. "IT WAS A VISION IN MY HEAD...A HUMONGOUS CASTLE...VERY NICE BALL GOWNS."AFTER ARRIVING IN NEW YORK, TRINITY AND HER SISTER WENT ROYAL GOWN SHOPPING -- PRINCESSES MUST BE PROPERLY ATTIRED. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE FAMILY THAT TRINITY'S SISTER RECEIVED AN EQUALLY ROYAL EXPERIENCE, A TESTAMENT TO THE FACT WISHES IMPACT NOT ONLY THE WISH KID, BUT ENTIRE FAMILIES. THE NEXT MORNING, THE FAMILY HAD A DELUXE SPA TREATMENT, BEFORE GOING ON A HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE RIDE.THEY WERE LATER FETED AT THE NEW YORK RENAISSANCE FAIRE IN TUXEDO PARK, WHERE THEY MET "QUEEN ELIZABETH," WHO KNIGHTED THE SISTERS. THE FAMILY TOOK PART IN ALL THE FROLIC THE 16TH CENTURY ENGLISH VILLAGE OFFERED.A CRUISE ON SCENIC LAKE GEORGE FOLLOWED, WHERE A ROYAL HERALD INVITED THE PRINCESS AND HER ENTOURAGE TO A FEAST AT THE BEHEST OF "QUEEN ELIZABETH."THEY DISEMBARKED IN BOLTON LANDING FOR HIGHLANDS CASTLE - AN ACTUAL CASTLE -- WHERE THEY STAYED AND WERE HONORED WITH A SUMPTUOUS EIGHT-COURSE FEAST WITH ALL RESPLENDENCE AND MEDIEVAL ENTERTAINMENT BEFITTING ROYALTY.THE WISH EXPERIENCE WAS CAPPED BY THE SPECIAL DINNER AT THE INN AT ERLOWEST ON LAKE GEORGE, WHERE THE SISTERS DINED ON THEIR FAVORITE DISH, LOBSTER, WHILE SITTING ON ROYAL THRONES."PEOPLE FROM WISCONSIN, NEW JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA AND MUCH OF NEW YORK STATE - PARTICULARLY THE HUDSON VALLEY, CAPITAL REGION AND LAKE GEORGE AREA -- HELPED CRAFT A MAJESTIC WISH BASED ON TRINITY'S IMAGINATION," MAKE-A-WISH NORTHEAST NEW YORK CEO WILLIAM C. TRIGG, III, SAID. "THIS MAGICAL EXPERIENCE WILL BE A LIFELONG GIFT TO THIS FAMILY.""IT TAKES AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO HELP MAKE EACH OF THESE WISHES A REALITY," SAID PATTI GORSKY, PRESIDENT & CEO OF MAKE-A-WISH WISCONSIN. "EVERY WISH IS UNIQUE AND EACH WISH IS LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE THAT CAN IMPROVE A CHILD'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND PRODUCE LETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES."TRINITY'S PARENTS WERE OVERWHELMED. "WE ARE SO GRATEFUL - SO GRATEFUL -- FOR MAKE-A-WISH, WHO HAS MADE THIS BETTER THAN I COULD EVER HAVE PLANNED," MOM KATRINA SAID. "A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE WHO GIFTED US THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN ASK FOR."TRINITY'S MOM SAID SHE WAS CAREFUL NOT TO MAKE A LOT OF PROMISES BEFOREHAND TO HER DAUGHTER, NOT KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT. BUT HAVING EXPERIENCED HER WISH, TRINITY HAS A ROYAL DECREE FOR OTHER KIDS WAITING FOR THEIR WISH:"TRUST ME: THIS IS GOING TO BE AMAZING."