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March is #ChildrensWishMonth - Help Grant More Heartfelt Wishes

28-02-2019

Donate today at ChildrensWish.ca/WishMonth

TORONTO, Feb. 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada, the largest and only all-Canadian wish-granting charity, is kicking off #ChildrensWishMonth with activities planned nationally beginning March 1st. #ChildrensWishMonth is dedicated to celebrating the joy that children, diagnosed with a life-threatening illness or a severe genetic or neurological condition, feel when their wish is granted. Canadians can participate in #ChildrensWishMonth events in cities across the country and help make heartfelt wishes come true by donating today at childrenswish.ca/wishmonth.

“For more than 34 years, with the support of Canadians from coast to coast, we’ve been able to grant over 25,000 wishes to children that have been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness - but there are still more wishes to be granted,” said Chris Kotsopoulos, CEO, Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada.  “Having a heartfelt wish to look forward to gives children, and their families, strength to endure treatments, helps to raise spirits, and lets children be children again. The positive effects of a wish extend far beyond the child to the broader community. This March we ask Canadians to donate at childrenswish.ca/wishmonth so that together, we can make more wishes come true.”

I WISH: BLUE CROSS® CONTEST MAKES A TRAVEL WISH COME TRUE

To share the joy that is felt when a wish is granted, Blue Cross is inviting Canadians to participate in its ‘I Wish…’ contest by sharing a dream travel wish. The contest will run throughout the month of March, with a random winner to be selected in April. The winner will receive a $5,000 travel voucher and Blue Cross will make a $5,000 donation to Children’s Wish. To enter, please visit bluecrossiwish.ca.

EVENTS ACROSS CANADA
#ChildrensWishMonth activities will be taking place in cities across Canada.  You can find out what’s happening where you live here. A few to look out for include:

  • Wish Clouds will be available for purchase at retailers across Canada - find the one closest to you at childrenswish.ca/wishmonth
  • Children’s Wish Month Proclamations in communities across Canada
  • Fairytale Land (formerly known as the Princess & Superhero Party) will take place in Toronto, ON
  • The 4th Annual Wonderland Ball will take place in Calgary, AB
  • Night of Wonders Galas will take place in Vancouver, BC, Saint John, NB and St. John’s, NL.

MAKING HEARTFELT WISHES COME TRUE
The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada grants over 1000 heartfelt wishes each year – that’s three wishes each and every day all year long!  Did you know:

  • Travel wishes are the most popular wish – representing 66% of wishes in a typical year (item wishes approximately 30%; celebrity 4%)
  • The average cost of a wish is approximately $10,000
  • Disney World is the most popular wish destination – representing over a quarter of all wishes granted in a typical year
  • The average wish trip is booked over 100 days in advance, but in 2018 we booked rush trips in as few as 24 hours prior to departure
  • We grant wishes to kids aged 3-17;  the average age of our wish kids this past year was 11.5 years
  • 149 hospitals and clinics treated our wish children over the last year
  • 1037 health care professionals referred wishes to us last year
  • Wishes were granted to children from 449 Canadian cities and towns last year
  • 3858 family members were included in wishes granted last year
  • Wish children have flown to 131 cities around the world in the last year
  • Anyone can refer a child for a wish - wishes are never delayed and there is never a waiting list
  • In our 30+ year partnership, Blue Cross has supported nearly 12,000 travel wishes!

To learn more about the Children’s Wish Foundation or to help make heartfelt wishes come true, please visit childrenswish.ca. For more information about the Blue Cross ‘I Wish…’ contest, please visit www.bluecrossiwish.ca.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Jill MacCannell
jillm@getfreshpr.com
902.471.7080

About Children's Wish Foundation of Canada
Children's Wish Foundation of Canada is the largest and only all-Canadian wish granting charity dedicated to granting wishes to Canadian children between the ages of 3 and 17 who are diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. For more than 34 years, Children's Wish has worked tirelessly to grant heartfelt wishes to more than 25,000 children and their families that’s three wishes each and every day all year long!

Children’s Wish has chapter offices and professional staff in every province, and each wish family is assigned a dedicated Wish Coordinator who is able to personally and carefully structure each heartfelt wish experience to meet the particular needs of the child and their family. Families travel worry-free thanks to exclusive Blue Cross insurance.

Now more than ever, we are encouraging Canadians to donate and support Children's Wish Foundation of Canada. You can help grant the next single-most heartfelt wish. Visit www.childrenswish.ca for more information and to donate.