October/November 2013 - Inspired Woman Magazine

World of Wishes EventLane, Tanner and Ty Kulsrud arebrothers who have all benefited fromMake-A-Wish North Dakota. The siblingshave the same genetic disease,PKAN.When Make-A-Wish North Dakotacontacted the family, the boys had verydifferent and specific wishes. Lane, 12,wanted to travel to Hawaii. Tanner, 10,wished for a cruise, anywhere. Ty, 8,decided his wish should be granted inTexas with real cowboys.Ty has wanted to go to Texas since hewas three years old. He got to attend aPBR bull riding event and meet famousbull-rider cowboys, then he met realcowboys at Fort Worth Stockyards,where the family stayed.Lane’s wish for Hawaii came fromhis desire to travel to faraway places.He has always been intrigued with dolphinsand got to swim with some whilehe was there.Tanner’s wish will be granted inJanuary and, like all of the previouswish trips, the entire family will traveltogether on the cruise.To ensure other children continueto receive their wishes, Make-A-WishNorth Dakota is holding their annualfundraiser, World of Wishes, November16th at the Ramkota in Bismarck. Startthe night socializing and explore thesilent auction. During dinner, enjoy themusical entertainment of Shawn Oban.Then comes the highlight of the night:the special wish presentation. The eveningends after the live auction, whichjust may have the item or package tomake your wish come true.For more information and to gettickets visit makeawishnd.com.The Kulsrud boys24 INSPIRED WOMAN OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2013