2011 annual report - Make-A-Wish Foundation of Orange County ...

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3 Thank you To our naTional parTners with special thanks to our hometown partners allergan/latisse ® wishes challenge Allergan became a sponsor of the Make-A-Wish Foundation in 2009 with a $1 million donation through the launch of LATISSE ® (bimatoprost ophthalmic solution) 0.03%. To date, Allergan has donated nearly $2 million through LATISSE ® Wishes campaigns. The LATISSE ® Wishes campaign was born out of the tradition of blowing on an eyelash to make wishes come true and centers on the realization of wishes. Blizzard entertainment Blizzard Entertainment supports the Make-A-Wish Foundation globally. In 2010, Blizzard Entertainment pledged to donate 50 percent of the sales price of every Pandaren Monk, a World of Warcraft pet, purchased by World of Warcraft players. The promotion generated close to $1 million for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, granting wishes worldwide.
from the ceo dear friends, Last year, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Orange County and the Inland Empire granted 300 wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions. As a matter of fact, we were able to grant each and every wish that was requested – a remarkable accomplishment! This was possible because of all of you who supported our efforts to bring hope, strength and joy to the 300 deserving wish families we had the opportunity to help this past year. Recent research has shown there are many deserving children eligible for a wish in Orange County and the Inland Empire who we have yet to reach. In response to this information, we will increase our focus this year in two areas – increasing our wishes and raising the dollars to meet the cost of those wishes. A wish is a very powerful tool. Whether it is for a few hours, a day or a week, a wish for our children means, for that special moment in time, the ability to get away from the stress of their condition, the stress of treatment and to escape the obstacles the family often faces day to day in dealing with the child’s illness. It allows them time to relax, enjoy and experience the reality of having the child’s wish come true! I have witnessed this first-hand since coming to the Make-A-Wish Foundation this past September. As we end a successful year of wishes and move into a more challenging 2012 of wish granting, I want to thank you for your incredible support and invite you to join us again this year as we raise the bar to grant 325-plus wishes! I leave you with one of the first thoughts I had after attending my very first wish. Never underestimate the power of the smile of a wish child – it truly is life-transformational! Thank you again for a great 2011 and for helping to share the power of a wish ® Best Wishes, Stephanie McCormick President & CEO savannah, age 3 I wish to have a Pixie party Mira Loma, Germ Cell Tumor Adopted by Konica Minolta Business Solutions 4
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