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A Special Wish Foundation
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Dedicated to granting wishes of children under the age of 21 diagnosed with a life-threatening disorder.
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Angelwish
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Trying to improve the lives of children living with HIV/AIDS by answering wishes and paying for computers for the children to use while using treatment centers.
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Association of Wish Granting Organizations
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Organization formed in 1995 to oversee the donation and fund-raising process of wish-granting organizations.
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Children's Dream Fund
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Florida based charitable group finding ways to grant wishes to seriously ill children. Includes video, calendar, stories, how to be involved, board members, and contact information.
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Dream Come True
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Fulfilling wishes of children with life threatening illnesses. Includes current events, referrals, and photo gallery. [Pennsylvania]
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Dreams Come True
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Features non-profit organization with the simple goal of making children's dreams come true. Most of these children have life-threatening illnesses.
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Dreams for Maine Kids
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Non-profit organization that fulfills wishes of children age five through fifteen with life threatening illnesses.
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Give Kids The World Village
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Non-profit resort that offers children with life threatening illnesses vacations in Orlando, Florida.
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Kids Wish Network
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National wish-granting organization for children. Includes referral and contact information, recent wishes, hospital programs, and memorials.
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Making Memories
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Non-profit gives breast cancer patients an opportunity to fulfill a dream or wish. [Oregon]
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New Hope for Grieving Children and Families
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Programs include the Center for Grieving Children where children mourning the death of a loved one can share their experience. Grants wishes to children in Central Florida with life-threatening illnesses.
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Operation Liftoff
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Dedicated to providing treatment and dream trips within the U.S. for children who are facing life-threatening illnesses.
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Reach For A Dream Foundation
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Fulfilling the dreams of children with life threatening illnesses in South Africa.
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Starlight Children's Foundation UK
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Aims to grant wishes for seriously ill children and to provide stimulating programmes in hospital. Information about the charity, its services, and how to volunteer or to raise funds.
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Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation
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An international, non-profit organization that lifts the spirits of seriously ill children and their loved ones by raising money to make wishes come true.
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Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation Canada
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A non-profit organization that lifts the spirits of seriously ill children and their loved ones with a variety of innovative programs, services, and events.
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Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation Washington
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Dedicated to lifting the spirits of seriously ill children and their families. Programs, events, volunteer opportunities, and photo album.
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The Children's Wish Foundation International
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Grants wishes to children under the age of eighteen with life threatening illnesses.
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The Dream Factory
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Grants dreams to critically ill children. Provides personal stories, contact and chapter information.
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The Dream Factory of Greater Kansas City
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Part of a US national organization with over 50 chapters that fulfills the dreams of seriously ill children.
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The Sunshine Foundation
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Grants the wishes of seriously ill, handicapped, and abused children. Funded by public donations.
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When You Wish Upon A Star
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An organisation devoted to granting wishes to children with life threatening illnesses.
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Wishing Well Foundation USA, Inc.
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Grants wishes to children in Louisiana with life threatening illnesses.
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A Child's Wish of Greater New Orleans
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Dedicated to helping make wishes come true for children with serious medical conditions. Features history of organization, how to refer, events, news, testimonials, supporters, and contact information.
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A Hand of Hope
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Grants special wishes to children facing life threatening illness in Arizona. Includes pictures, newsletter, testimonials, events, and donation information.
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A Hunt Above
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A ministry to seriously ill and handicapped children who have a dream to hunt or fish. [Mississippi]
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A Wish Come True, Inc. of Rhode Island
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Grants wishes to children ages 3 through 18, who have a life-threatening illness. Includes facts, history, staff, how to sponsor a wish, stories, volunteers, and upcoming events.
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A Wish with Wings
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Grants wishes to Texas children who have life threatening illnesses.
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A World of Dreams
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Grants dreams to critically, chronically and terminally ill children up to age 18 across Canada. Includes foundation information, ways to give, upcoming events, and how to refer a child.
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Benefit 4 Kids
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Grants the outdoor wishes of children with life threatening and life limiting illnesses. [Michigan]
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Bert's Big Adventure
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Dedicated to taking seriously ill and/or physically challenged children and their families who live in The Bert Show local listening area on a vacation to Walt Disney World. [Georgia]
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Carolina Sunshine for Children
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Helps to make wishes come true for children with life-threatening illnesses.
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Catch-A-Dream
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Gives children 18 years and younger with life-threatening illnesses the chance of a lifetime to experience an outdoor adventure.
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Chai Lifeline
NEW!
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Offers a number of services for Jewish children with life threatening illness.
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Chef David's Kids
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Dedicated to granting wishes to children afflicted with any form of terminal illness such as cancer, leukemia, and pediatric HIV. Includes slide show, patient biographies, staff, sponsors, and a guest book. [Florida]
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Cherished Creations
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Grants fun requests for seriously ill children up to the age of twenty one.
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Children With Cancer Fund
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Goal is to grant wishes for those children suffering from cancer. Includes pictures, history, and contact information. [UK]
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Children's Hopes and Dreams
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Serves children with serious illnesses to fulfill wishes. Provides contact and donation information.
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Clayton Dabney Foundation for Kids
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Provides families with children in the last stages of terminal cancer, assistance in creating everlasting memories.
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Crossing the Finish Line
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Offers adult cancer patients and their family a week long retreat. Patients must live in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Delaware.
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Cystic Fibrosis Dream Holidays
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Gives support to families with children suffering from Cystic Fibrosis by providing a stress free holiday. Includes history, news, photographs, donations, contact information. [UK]
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Debbie Chisholm Memorial Foundation
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Organization dedicated to granting wishes to seriously ill children within the Inland Empire. Includes history, dreams fulfilled, sponsors, and fundraising events. [California]
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Dial-a-Dream
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Mission is to make the dreams of seriously ill children become a reality. [UK]
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Dream A Wish Foundation
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Charity making dreams come true for mentally handicapped and terminally ill children in Central Florida.
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Dream Catchers USA
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Making outdoor dreams and wishes come true for the disabled and terminally ill. Includes fishing trips, hunting trips, shooting competitions, demonstrations, and other outdoor adventures.
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Dream Factory Central Illinois
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Organization dedicated to granting the dreams of children with life-threatening illnesses. Includes stories, gala, pictures, events, contributions, and contact information.
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Dream Foundation
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Grants wishes to adults battling terminal illness. Provides resources, stories, services, sponsorships, and donation information.
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Dreams Take Flight
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Provides trips of a lifetime for physically, mentally or socially challenged children. Includes chapters, kids fun page, sponsor, and contact information. [Canada]
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Fairygodmother Foundation
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Volunteer charity that grants wishes nationally to adults facing terminal illness. Provides information about upcoming events, donations, and contacts.
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Give Kids The World
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Helps create memories for children with serious illness by bringing them to a special resort in Orlando. Features a scrapbook, wishes, employment, volunteers, club, shop, and news. [Florida]
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Happiness Unlimited
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Unique program makes wishes come true for adults with cancer. Includes qualification information, how to help, notes, and contacts. [New Jersey]
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Her Heart's Wish
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National organization dedicated to granting the wishes of adult women who are facing terminal illness. Provides profiles, special events, contact, and application forms.
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High Hopes of New Hampshire
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Dedicated to granting the wishes of New Hampshire’s seriously ill children between the ages of 3 and 18.
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Hunt of a Lifetime
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Nonprofit organization that grants hunting and fishing adventures to children with life threatening illnesses.
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Jasons Dreams for Kids
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Highlights non profit organization dedicated to helping kids with life threatening illnesses. Includes the goals, fund raising, donations, events and contact details.
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Kidd's Kids
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Sponsors annual trips to Disney World for seriously ill children between the ages of five and twelve. Information about how to nominate a child, merchandise, previous trips, and message board.
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Magic Moments
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A non-profit organization that exists on donations, and provides "wishes" to Alabama's most seriously ill children.
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Marty Lyons Foundation
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Fulfills the special wishes of children aged three to seventeen years old, who have been diagnosed as having a terminal or life threatening illness.
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Never Too Late
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Primary purpose is to reach out to adults in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospice programs to help make their dreams and wishes come true.
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Rainbow Connection
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Fulfills the dreams of Michigan kids who have terminal and life threatening illnesses.
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Ride A Wave
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Dedicated to giving disabled children and adults the chance to experience riding a wave and enjoying the ocean. Photographs of past events, sponsors, volunteers, and information on how to participate. [California]
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Starlight Children's Foundation Canada
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Organization enhances the lives of children and their families by wish granting, programs, and audiovisual entertainment in pediatric hospitals.
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Starlight Children's Foundation: NY NJ CT
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Lifts the spirits of seriously ill children and their loved ones through a variety of innovative programs, services and events. Includes stories, store, and a parents reference guide.
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Starlight Childrens Foundation Australia
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Dedicated to brighting the lives of seriously ill and hospitalised children and their families by using positive distraction.
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Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation Atlanta
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Provides in-hospital and outpatient programs and services focused on distractive entertainment for seriously ill children. [Georgia]
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Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation Colorado
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Raising funds locally to support programs for seriously ill children. Provides volunteer, event, and contact information.
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Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation Mid-Atlantic
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Dedicated to lifting the spirits of seriously ill children through a variety of innovative programs, services, and events.
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Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation Midwest
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Organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for seriously ill children and their families.
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Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation: New England
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Dedicated to brightening the lives of seriously ill or hospitalized children by using programs that educate, entertain, and inspire.
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Sunshine Dreams for Kids
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Makes dreams come true for children challenged by severe physical disabilities or life-threatening illnesses. [Canada]
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Tender Wishes Foundation
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Provide assistance in granting requests and arranging special events for persons under the age of eighteen who have been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. [Niagara Falls, Ontario]
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The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada
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Grants a favorite wish for children afflicted with a high risk, life-threatening illness.
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The Joshua Foundation
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Dedicated to making life experiences for children with terminal cancer and their families. Information provided about various trip options, fundraising, concerts, events, news, and contacts.
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The Wishing Well Foundation, Inc.
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Grants wishes to seriously ill children living in Collier and Lee Counties, Florida.
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Twilight Wish Foundation
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Mission is to enrich the lives of elders that have served others through wish granting and group celebrations. Must be 68 years or older.
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United Special Sportsmen Alliance
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A non-profit Christian organization that fulfills a dream wish to go hunting, fishing, camping, or canoeing. [Pittsville , WI]
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Western Wishes Foundation
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Makes the dreams of seriously ill children and young adults who love the 'western way of life' to come true.
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Will Santa Find Me Foundation
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Grants wishes for children who are orphaned/living in homeless or domestic violence shelters, or who are in hospitals with chronic life-threatening, and or terminal illness.
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Willow Foundation
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Dedicated to bringing special days to the seriously ill who are between the ages 16 and 40 years of age and live in the United Kingdom.
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Wings to Wishes
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Pilot volunteers who work in partnership with organizations to grant air related wishes or help with the transportation needs of seriously ill children.
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Wish Upon a Star
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Law enforcement organization that grants wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses. Includes stories, donation, volunteer, and contact information. [California]
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Wish Upon a Star Evansville
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Grants wishes to children between the ages of 3 and 18 who have been diagnosed with life threatening medical conditions. Includes board of directors, links, and photo album. [Indiana]
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Wishes and More
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Enhances the lives of children with life threatening illness from birth to nineteen. Encourages teens to become involved in helping others. Includes events, how to donate, and wish referral. [Minnesota]
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Wishes Can Happen Inc.
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Grants wishes to young people age three to twenty one who have life threatening illnesses. Includes events, FAQ, donations, artwork, stories, and contact information. [Ohio]
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Wishing Star Foundation
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Grants wishes to local children with life-threatening illnesses between the ages of 3 and 21. [Washington and Idaho]
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Wishland Foundation
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Provides cherished moments of joy and hope to children with a life-threatening condition and their families. Includes history, how to help, and list of programs. [California]
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