Tens of thousands of volunteers, donors and supporters advance the Make-A-Wish® vision to grant the wish of every child diagnosed with a critical illness. In the U.S. and its territories, a wish is granted every 34 minutes.

Make-A-Wish traces its inspiration to Christopher James Greicius, an energetic 7-year-old boy battling leukemia who wishes to be a police officer. In 1980, his Phoenix community came together to make his wish come true. Little did Chris know that his wish would create a movement that would transform millions of lives.

Make-A-Wish is able to grant wishes through the help of their caring workers, donations from millions of supporters, medical authorities and communities. Whenever Make-A-Wish is notified of an eligible child, they get to work to determine all the possible ways they can make the child's wish a reality.

We regularly grant wishes for pets, bedroom makeovers, shopping sprees, celebrity meetings, computers and much more. A wonderful, unique wish experience can be created based on the child's interest such as golf, cooking, favorite animal, love of the beach, etc. Our goal is to create an incredible wish for your child.

The mission of the Make-A-Wish Foundation is to create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. The children we serve are fighting for their lives, and their families are doing everything that they can to help them in their battles.

"To wish" means to express a desire or hope for something to happen. Making a wish can be a symbolic or ritualistic act, Feodor Kouznetsov.

Wish was started by Piotr Szulczewski, a former Google engineer, as a software company called ContextLogic. In September 2010, ContextLogic received $1.7 million in investments and involved Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman. In May 2011, Szulczewski invited college friend Danny Zhang to relaunch the company as Wish.

Contributions of time, talent and money allow us to transform lives, one wish at a time. Wishes come true because of the caring actions of volunteers, donors, medical professionals and communities who come together for one purpose: To create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

There are five types of wishes: to have, to give, to meet, to be and to go.

The mission of the Make-A-Wish Foundation is to create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. The children we serve are fighting for their lives, and their families are doing everything that they can to help them in their battles.

Good wishes, it is said, have the power to cool down burning situations. They keep the mind calm in challenging situations and touch the hearts of others, inducing positive feelings and a like response.

desire desire, wish, want, crave, covet mean to have a longing for. desire stresses the strength of feeling and often implies strong intention or aim. wish sometimes implies a general or transient longing especially for the unattainable. want specifically suggests a felt need or lack.