Give to Our Annual Appeal

Celebrating 40 years, 10,000 wishes, and you

Right now, over 500 children in Massachusetts and Rhode Island are dreaming and waiting for their wishes to become a reality.

When you support wish children with a gift through our annual appeal, you give these children and their families:

  • JOY through a sense of anticipation and carefree wonder.
  • HOPE that grows through the power of community and the power of possibility.
  • STRENGTH to persevere with courage and resiliency during a time of intense physical and emotional hardship.
Wish kid Kyle, our 10,000th wish recipient, wished for a treehouse

HELP MAKE WISHES COME TRUE DURING OUR MILESTONE 40TH YEAR

Every wish granted through Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island is fulfilled through the generosity, time, and compassion of supporters like you. A wish experience gives children with critical illnesses a powerful tool to pull them through their most difficult moments. YOU are essential in making this possible.

Help wish children and their families experience life beyond illness. Please make your gift today!

WHY NOW?
  • Every single day, children in Massachusetts and Rhode Island receive the devastating diagnosis of a life-threatening illness. There are children right now in your community who need to experience a wish fulfilled, with all the positivity and hope that it brings.
     
  • The power of a wish to help children feel joy, find courage to persevere, and embrace hope for the future remains paramount. Wishes strengthen families and unite communities.
     
  • Research* shows that children who have wishes granted can build the physical and emotional strength they need to fight a critical illness. You can provide children with a vital complement to their medical treatment. You can help them experience life beyond illness.
    • 95% of wish recipients said their wish improved their well-being.
    • 91% of wish parents believe the wish experience gave their child a better chance of surviving their critical illness.
    • 90% of medical providers said they have observed children increasing their compliance with treatment after learning they would receive a wish.

      *Source: Make-A-Wish 2022 Wish Impact Study (rounded figures).

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A brief timeline of milestones in the history of Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island