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Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

• Make-A-Wish has granted more than 360,000 wishes in the U.S. and its territories since our inception in 1980.
• More than 24,000 volunteers across the U.S. and its territories help us grant thousands of wishes each year.
• Last year, Make-A-Wish granted more than 12,800 wishes throughout the U.S. and its territories.
• Since the beginning of the pandemic, Make-A-Wish has granted more than 27,000 wishes.
• Make-A-Wish serves every community in the United States and its territories through 58 chapters nationwide.
• Every day, more than 35 wishes, on average, are granted throughout the U.S. and its territories.

Visit Make-A-Wish America at http://www.wish.org to learn more.

For information about Central and Western North Carolina, visit https://wish.org/nc.