MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC
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Mission Statement
Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.
About This Cause
Make-A-Wish Southern Florida has a sole mission: Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Started in 1983 by the Plantation Junior Woman's Club, the Southern Florida chapter has grown from granting a wish every 180 days to granting a wish every 14 hours. In our 40-year history, the organization has granted more than 14,000 wishes. The 14,000th wish came true when Charlie, a 5-year-old who suffers from leukemia, wishes to have a custom-themed golf cart. It is our vision to grant the wish of every medically-eligible child in our territory. Make-A-Wish America began in 1980 with the fulfillment of a 7-year-old boy’s wish to be a police officer. That one child's delight in his fulfilled wish provided the inspiration for Make-A-Wish. Today, Make-A-Wish is the largest wish-granting organization worldwide with 62 chapters in the U.S. and in nearly 50 countries across five continents. Today, Make-A-Wish Southern Florida serves children and families in 22 Florida counties in Southeast and Southwest Florida, the Tampa Bay and Suncoast regions and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In fiscal year 2023, we granted more than 800 wishes to local children with critical illnesses. Additionally, we granted additional wishes, in collaboration with other chapters, when children come to our territory to experience their wishes.