KOB Web Staff Created: May 02, 2021 06:44 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A 17-year-old Make-A-Wish recipient celebrated the one-year anniversary of his wish on World Wish Day.
In 2020, Sam Neale s wish was to give back to health care workers on the front lines of the pandemic, so he received $50,000 in donations to put together care packages for the workers at Presbyterian Hospital.
Sam was able to create around 200 kits total.
With the help of the Jennifer Riordan Foundation, coffee and donuts were delivered to 750 local health professionals at Lovelace, Presbyterian, and UNM Hospital in honor of Sam s wish.
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Wish-iversary: Wish Kid, groups thank local medical workers
Cancer survivor and Make-A-Wish New Mexico “wish kid” Sam Neale, right, serves doughnuts to Presbyterian Rust Medical Center health-care workers Thursday morning outside the hospital’s main entrance. Make-A-Wish, the Jennifer Riordan Foundation and the Neale family provided coffee and doughnuts at three area hospitals to thank medical workers and celebrate World Wish Day. Argen Marie Duncan photo.
A year ago, an area teenager received his wish to give back to health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and he gave back again last week.
Thursday, on the anniversary of that wish granted by Make-A-Wish New Mexico, Albuquerque cancer survivor Sam Neale, now 18, served coffee and doughnuts to 250 employees at each of the three hospitals where he dropped off decontamination kits last year. Presbyterian Rust Medical Center was one of those facilities, along with the University of New Mexico Hospital and Lovelace Hosp
Updated: 11:22 PM EDT April 29, 2021
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. Gift CPAs of Mechanicsburg and Lancaster got pies to face today live on social media, in honor of World Wish Day on April 29.
Employees have been raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation throughout tax season.
On Thursday, the people who raised the most money from each team, took pies to the face, live on social media.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation creates life changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. More than 7,150 wishes were granted by Make-A-Wish Philadelphia, Delaware, & Susquehanna Valley since 1986.
In total, Gift CPAs raised more than $6,200.
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To support Make-A-Wish Central New York, Dunkin’ is offering a free donut to those who donate $1 to help grant wishes to local kids.
Posted: Apr 29, 2021 5:42 PM
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To support Make-A-Wish Central New York, Dunkin’ is offering a free donut to those who donate $1 to help grant wishes to local kids.
Make-A-Wish and Dunkin’ came together to launch the new campaign on Thursday, which was also World Wish Day.
“Dunkin’ is pleased to continue its support for Make-A-Wish Central New York, a charity that works day-in and day-out to help make the wishes of local children come true,” said Eric Stensland, Field Marketing manager for Dunkin’. “I encourage the residents of the Mohawk Valley to enjoy a special treat while supporting an organization that is so important to the children and families in our community.”