Wish News

We are thrilled to announce that since the last newsletter in July, we have 177 wishes  booked out of our massive target of 210 wishes for 2013. We also have lots of wishes waiting for 2014.

In July we granted 15 wishes, in August 24 wishes and so far in September a staggering 34 have been granted.

Thank you so much for all the wishes you have helped to grant. Its people like you make wishes come true. Your donations and support are really appreciated by families all over Ireland and is a life-line for wishes.  

Our star has a taster of the special wishes granted this year under each of our wish categories; I Wish to Have; to Go; to Be; to Meet. Join us on facebook – click here and you will see more wish news.

Wow, companies all over Ireland are making wishes come true. Here is a flavour of some of the imaginative things happening!

A little ask has gone such a long way as Debenhams stores all over Ireland raised over €50,000 through customer and staff fundraising in just a short few months. The latest escapade of the dedicated team at DAA was a 100K cycle! The Travel Trade organised a wonderful family fun day at ALSAA with bouncy castles, 5-A-Side, 5k run and even egg and spoon races. Make-A-Wish Ambassador Martin King TV3 weatherman ensured that the weather stayed fine on ALSAA day and popped by to present prizes. We had such a great day there!

Cars all over Ireland are squeaky clean while Maxol stations are busy washing cars and raising funds. 

The Camogie Association are making lots of coffee and tea and helping to raise money for wishes. Go Girls.

The clever people and ClevaMama  have lauched a new product called ClevaMemories - a keepsake suitcase with the help of Make-A-Wish Ambassador Miriam O'Callaghan and are hoping to raise lots of money to grant wishes with this.

Remember to watch out for Cadbury Wishes and special packs of Fairy Liquid coming soon to shops around the country.

Its truly inspiring what companies and communities are doing to help us grant more wishes. If your company would like us to be your charity of choice or help us raise funds get involved by contacting sinead@makeawish.ie and help us make more wishes come true.

Inspired by our supporter Tony Flynn from Dunshaughlin, and his friends who got together earlier this year with a weight-loss fundraiser - we're asking you if you're up to the challenge? Tony gathered a group of 20 people together and split them into two teams who competed against each other to see who could lose the most weight. They got sponsorship from their local gym and other businesses and held some fundraising events over the course of three months.

The result? They lost lots of weight and raised more than €20,000 for Make-A-Wish!

You don't have to do it on this scale to still make a difference. This is a personal challenge and effective fundraiser that can be done at any time that suits you. Just sign up with Make-A-Wish, set up a Mycharity.ie fundraising page and we'll send you out a pack to get you started. You can undertake the challenge for as little as a few weeks or for a few months - it's all up to you. Call us on 01 205 2012 or email martina@makeawish.ie for more information.

Movie Screening - The Muppet Christmas Carol

Get in the spirit of Christmas on Sunday, 24th November in the Sugar Club in Dublin by attending a special Make-A-Wish screening of classic movie, The Muppet Christmas Carol!

This is a family movie that brings out the child in everyone. All of us here in the Make-A-Wish office are very excited about it, and we'd love to see you there on the day. Email martina@makeawish.ie for details of times and ticket prices.

This year’s Dublin City Marathon takes place on Monday 28^th of October and we are asking marathon runners to become superhero’s by choosing us as your charity choice. If you would like to participate in the Dublin City Marathon, visit www.dublinmarathon.ie. Registration closes Monday 1^st October, entry fee €95 per person. If you have already signed up and would like to run in aid of Make-A-Wish, email: mary@makeawish.ie or call: 01 205 2012. You will receive your very own Make-A-Wish charity fundraising race pack.