Archive for the ‘Wishes’ Category

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June

A Hero’s Welcome!

Coming home to a hero’s welcome is a quite a privilege. It’s reserved for some of life’s most special moments.
Crossing a finish line after riding 300 miles from Traverse City to Chelsea to help grant wishes to amazing Michigan kids, well that’s one of those moments.
The Wish-A-Mile 300 Bicycle Tour (WAM) on July 22-25 will [...]
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June

Fan Mail!

Nearly every day in Michigan, a wish is granted. It is amazing knowing at a particular moment, a child is on a  magical wish  experience. What is even  more fun is opening the mail in the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan offices and getting a photo, a letter or a drawing from a child just home from [...]
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May

It started with a wish…

A twist of fate was ahead for Ellie Andrus…

…but if Ellie, at 17 and diagnosed with leukemia, knew what the future held, just maybe the twist and sometimes cruel turns ahead of her, would have brought a smile now and again.

Ellie was a senior in high school. Battling senioritis was her biggest health concern – [...]
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May

Macy’s Believes!

“Believe” and “Thanks” are two words that are echoed daily throughout the Make-A-Wish community. Our families have to believe, and when wishes come true, heartfelt thanks can’t begin to tell the whole story.
When wishes are granted for our Michigan children, the story begins with a family on a heartfelt journey. At the Make-A-Wish Foundation of [...]
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April

A Celebration of Global Wishes!

On April 29, there will be a little more wishing going on as our inaugural World Wish Day celebrates and honors global wish granting.
As the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Michigan, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of America and Make-A-Wish Foundation® International come together in celebration of 30 years of wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions, one little [...]
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March

Brendan’s journey…to Walt Disney World® Resort

We shared Brendan’s brave journey in an earlier blog, and his story touched so many of us so we wanted to provide a little update on his wish.

Brendan, diagnosed with Medulloblastoma – cancer of the brain and spinal cord, received the OK from his doctors to travel, and he and his family went on his [...]
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March

A Wish is Good Medicine

As a children’s cancer specialist, it is my great privilege to help care for some of the most extraordinary children and young adults that you can imagine. These are kids who have had devastating challenges, and sometimes insurmountable odds forced upon them, along with a “new life” of surgeries, hospital stays, clinic visits, painful procedures, [...]
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February

Brendan’s Brave Journey

It was a mixture of love and anger that prompted Krista to post on Facebook the excruciating photo of her son Brendan during craniospinal radiation treatment.
The photo was posted with a simple caption, “The next time you think you’re having a bad day…”
When Erica, Brendan’s wish manager at the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan, saw the [...]
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January

New Beginnings, but first, a Farewell

It’s hard to believe there is a job out there beyond being a Fairy Godmother. But there is and our Make-A-Wish of Michigan Fairy Godmother, Susan Lerch , with wand in hand, is off to make more magic for Michigan children with Autism and their families.
During Susan’s more than 13 years with Make-A-Wish, she has [...]
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December

Bring Joy – 24.7.365

24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year somewhere in Michigan a child facing a life-threatening medical condition is sweetly blanketed with the gentle comfort, compassion and joy provided by those involved with our extraordinary Make-A-Wish mission.
As we gather with our loved ones during this season of light and love, we [...]
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