Latest Make-a-Wish Foundation Stories
CHERRY HILL, N.J., Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Subaru of America kicks off its fourth annual "Share the Love" event Saturday, November 19. This year's campaign features five charitable beneficiaries and even more love, thanks to support from the Facebook community. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080325/SUBARULOGO ) Subaru will donate $250 for every new Subaru vehicle sold or leased from November 19, 2011 through January 3, 2012 to one of the following five charities:...
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Emmy®-nominated actress Christina Hendricks, in partnership with Allergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN), the maker of LATISSE® (bimatoprost ophthalmic solution) 0.03% is calling on women to help her in a final push to raise $500,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation by November 30 through the LATISSE® Wishes Challenge - a campaign inspired by the tradition of blowing on an eyelash to make wishes come true. Since its launch in June 2011, participants in...
CHERRY HILL, N.J., Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Subaru of America, Inc. today announced its newest Share The Love charity beneficiary, the Make-A-Wish Foundation. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080325/SUBARULOGO ) For the first time, Subaru invited Facebook fans to vote on a charitable organization for the automaker's fourth annual Share The Love event. After three weeks of voting, Facebook fans added the Make-A-Wish Foundation to a roster of charities anticipated to receive...
FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines and the Something mAAgic Foundation® are working with four wish-granting organizations to help grant children's wishes with a trip to Orlando, Fla. Thirty three courageous children and their families will participate in this year's mAAgic(SM) flight, the Something mAAgic Foundation's annual marquee event. mAAgic flight sends children with chronic or life-threatening medical conditions and their families to Florida for a...
WHEELING, W.Va., Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Tri-State Petroleum Corporation, a family-owned convenience store operator and wholesale distributor of motor fuels in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, is inviting Wheeling residents to make a splash at a special dunk tank fundraising event to help benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The fundraiser will be held on Wednesday, August 17 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the company's store located at 1243 National Road, Wheeling, WV....
COLUMBUS, Ind. and FOXBORO, Mass., June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dorel Juvenile Group (DJG), the nation's largest juvenile products manufacturer, announced its Cosco® Brand has made a commitment to donate $150,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dorel-juvenile-groups-cosco-brand-pledges-150000-donation-to-make-a-wish-foundation-123542209.html Until April 2012, part of the...
IRVINE, Calif., June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Allergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN), the maker of LATISSE® (bimatoprost ophthalmic solution) 0.03%, announced today the launch of the 2011 LATISSE® Wishes Challenge. Inspired by the tradition of blowing on an eyelash to make wishes come true, the campaign is gaining momentum for the second year by rallying women in support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation®, a nonprofit organization dedicated to granting the wishes of children with life-threatening...
BIRKIRKARA, Malta, June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Make A Wish Malaysia Annual Charity Golf Tournament is taking place at the KLGCC Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club on Friday 3rd June, with a league of over 150 golfers. The remarkable charity sponsors terminally ill children to enable them have their wish come true. Graham Storey, the Area Manager of The deVere Group Malaysia office commented, "We are delighted to have the opportunity to contribute to this great event for such a...
Otis Spunkmeyer is sponsoring the Make-A-Wish Foundation with a special cookie to honor World Wish Day. Called Emily's Rainbow Chocolate Crispy, this cookie dough flavor combines decadent chocolate dough with crisped rice, milk chocolate chips, and candy-coated rainbow chocolate pieces. San Leandro, CA (PRWEB) April 27, 2011 Otis Spunkmeyer, Inc. (OSI), the nation's leading fresh-baked cookie company, announces a limited time product offering in honor of the Make-A-Wish...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., April 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- What do 2,000 volunteers, mounds of soap suds, 140 CARSTAR stores and more than 4,000 vehicles add up to? Dreams come true for Make-A-Wish® kids and children with cystic fibrosis across North America! This June 11, thousands of volunteers across the United States and Canada will be washing vehicles in hopes of breaking the Guinness World Record for "Most Cars Washed - Multiple Venues" it set in 2009 by washing more than 4,000 vehicles...
