GIVE ONLINE through the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America website. To support local wishes, please direct your gift to the Kansas chapter as the recipient when filling out the online contribution form at the site listed above.
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Wish kids love to travel: It is the Make-A-Wish Foundation®’s
conviction that a child’s wish should only be limited by his or her
imagination. Last year, more than 62 percent of our wishes granted
nationwide involved travel. Here are a few of the thousands of travel
wishes granted across the nation fulfilled through the generosity of our
airline partners and its members:
- Wish Kid Eric, of Montana, wished to visit and snorkel in the
Galapagos islands
- Wish Kid Willie, of Virginia, wished to take a nap on a hammock
between two palm trees in Hawaii
- Wish Kid Melvin, of Connecticut, wished to go to March Madness
in St. Petersburg, FL.
- Wish Kid Kaeli wished to meet Mary Poppins at Disney World.
Who is helping our wish kids: Our airline partners, and its members, enable
the Foundation to create moments of hope, strength, and joy for children with
life-threatening illnesses -- through generously donated frequent flier miles.
- AirTran Airways: A+ Rewards, 800-247-5691
- America West Airlines: FlightFund, 800-247-5691
- American Airlines: AAdvantage, 800-882-8880
- British Airways: Executive Club USA, 800-955-2748
- Continental Airlines: OnePass, 713-952-1630
- Delta Air Lines: SkyMiles, 800-325-3999
- Northwest Airlines: WorldPerks, 800-327-2881
- Southwest Airlines: Rapid Rewards--contact the Kansas MAW Chapter to donate vouchers
- United Airlines: Mileage Plus, 800-421-4655
- US Airways: Dividend Miles, 336-661-8390
Fast facts about travel wishes:
- Number of travel wishes granted during fiscal year 2005: 7,538
- Dollar value of each donated ticket: $750
- Percentage of wishes involving travel: More than 60.4 percent
- Average number of miles needed for one travel ticket: 40,000
No gift is too small. Your donation makes a difference:
In fiscal year 2005, more than 7,500 children wished to travel. The Make-A-Wish
Foundation® is committed to including each member of the child's immediate
family in the wish experience.
Estimating a family of four, the Make-A-Wish Foundation would need more than one
billion frequent flier miles this year to fulfill every wish child's travel request.
For immediate opportunities to donate frequent flier miles, please visit
the Make-A-Wish Foundation Web site at www.wish.org and click on "Giving" or
call (800) 566-WISH.
AngelWorks
Debilitated by grief after a series of family deaths, author and former
journalist Polly Basore thought she'd lost nearly everything that mattered,
including her parents and career. But a windfall from unexpected * and
undesired * inheritances provided a chance to start over, placing her on the
path to a life of meaning built on easing others' pain. In What Heaven Left
Behind, Basore shares her journey through the common experience of grief and
the rare experience of creating AngelWorks, a philanthropy that since its
creation two years ago has provided more than a third of a million dollars
to Wichita-based nonprofits including Make-A-Wish Foundation of Kansas.
Purchase this book and $5 of the purchase price goes directly to grant
wishes to Kansas children. www.whatheavenleftbehind.com
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