Why have I chosen to support Make-a-Wish UK?
I have been volunteering for Make-a-Wish UK for the last year or so and I've seen numerous people raising money for the charity. I've helped them out by cheering on runners at races as well as helping with bag packs and street collections and I wanted to do more for them. Talking with their staff at events I realised how much every single penny counts and they have to raise an awful lot to grant the 1,000 wishes that they so every year.
Find out what they do via their website:
From their website:
Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK is a charity
with a single purpose – we grant magical wishes to children and young people
aged 3-17 fighting life-threatening conditions.
• Make-A-Wish
has granted more than 8,000 magical wishes over more than 26 years. We know
that our wishes transform lives!
• Over
20,000 children in the UK are living with a life-threatening condition, a
figure validated by research commissioned by Make-A-Wish. At a human level, we
believe few things can be more important, or more deserving, than giving a
seriously ill child the chance to have their wish come true, with all the hope,
expectation and happiness that brings.
• For
many families the Make-A-Wish memory can be the last happy memory they have of
their child having fun in a magical world, surrounded by family and friends –
rather than memories of days and weeks of painful treatments and
hospitalisation. The memory of the wish may be of their child laughing and
enjoying being a princess or zoo keeper for the day or meeting a favourite
celebrity. In years to come, the family can look back and remember that special
time.
• Make-A-Wish
is expert in wishgranting; it is all that we do, each and every day.
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