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The tradition of giving continues at Germantown Academy with the 11th Annual Make-A-Wish Basketball Showcase benefiting Make-A-Wish Foundation of Philadelphia & Susquehanna Valley. This amazing event involves students, the community and the school and this year raised over $8,800 to help grant local wishes. We thank all our good friends at Germantown Academy; Coach Fenerty, Mr. McVeigh, the players and the students for their dedication and support of our mission.
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Elizabeth Fleischer, a student at Sandy Run Middle School, receives a Kids For Wish KidsŪ certificate recognizing her Mitzvah project donation of $225.36. Elizabeth organized bake sales at her school for her Bat Mitzvah project. Thank you Elizabeth for your hard work and dedication!
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Keith Valley Middle School held the 32nd Annual Keith Valley Challenge on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9. The overnight hockey marathon raised an unbelievable $51,532 that will benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation of Philadelphia & Susquehanna Valley and the ALS Association of Southeastern PA
From left to right: Wish mom and event speaker, Mrs. Janet Topper; Sportscaster and celebrity guest speaker, Jim Jackson; Make-A-Wish Executive Director Dennis Heron; Keith Valley Challenge organizer and Secretary to the Vice Principal, Renee Bortnichak, former Keith Valley Art Teacher and event speaker, "Mr. T"; former Keith Valley MS student and event speaker Jocelyn; Executive Director of the ALS Association of Greater Philadelphia, James V. Pinciotti
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Olivia Andrisani and a team of friends and family continued their holiday tradition of raising funds for wish kids. Through their hard work and beautiful voices, they shared the holiday spirit by singing Christmas carols raising over $16,200 to support wishes. Special thanks to: Olivia, Nathan, Allyson, Alexa, Sophia, Molly, Riley, Megan, Jillian, and their friends for their kindness and dedication to helping those less fortunate.
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Owen J. Roberts High School students Morgan Crider (Left) and Nicole Miller (Right) present a check to Rebecca Reid of Make-A-Wish for $7,846.25. The girls are part of the DECA Club at the High School and organized an All-Star Girls Soccer Tournament in November to raise the funds for Make-A-Wish Foundation. The donation is sponsoring a Disney wish for a local child. We thank Nicole and Morgan for their hard work and outstanding dedication to our mission.
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Conestoga Valley High School set out to raise $4,000 over a three day fundraiser which they entitled "Holiday Wishes". The goal was set at $4,000 in the hopes that they would raise enough money to sponsor wish child, Andreas' trip to Disney World. Not only did they raise enough to send Andreas to Disney, they also raised enough to send Chloe to Disney and to make Terric's wii game system wish come true! In only three days CVHS was able to raise $10,800! Not bad for a first time fundraiser! The students were rewarded with donuts and a movie before the holiday break. Thanks again for your hard work CVHS!
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Students in Mrs. Tracey Andre's 9th grade Business, Technology & Communications class at Poquessing Middle School hold up a check for Make-A-Wish Foundation totaling nearly $11,000. The money was raised through various class projects including Make-A-Wish Star Magnet sales, Car Wash, Gift Basket Raffles and donations from local businesses. The students were able to grant David's Wish to go to Hawaii with his family during the summer of 2007. For an added bonus, local businessman, Joe Atkinson, donated first-class airline tickets to Hawaii for David's family bringing the overall donation to over $20,000! Thank you Poquessing Middle School and everyone involved in this wonderful fundraiser!
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The Phoenixville Area High School and Middle School Youth in Philanthropy students held a Walk For Wishes Walk-A-Thon in April to help send wish child, Adam, to Disney World. The high school raised over $1,600 and the middle school raised over $1,200 with the balance made available through a Youth in Philanthropy grant funded by Phoenixville Community Health Foundation.
A total of $6,500 will be donated to our chapter to grant Adam's wish. Thank you to Phoenixville High School and Middle School Youth in Philanthropy students for this outstanding effort! Thank you also to the students and teachers who participated in the walk and to the Phoenixville Community Health Foundation for the generous grant.
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Make-A-Wish Development Associate, Rebecca Reid, presents the Drama Club Director, Krista Yerkes, with a plaque and Make-A-Wish banner.
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The Drama Club at Perkiomen Valley Middle School West recently donated $7015.00 to Make-A-Wish Foundation to grant Makenzie's wish to swim with the dolphins. The extraordinary donation was raised through ticket sales from the club's March performance of 'A Year with Frog and Toad'. The Drama Club's director, Ms. Krista Yerkes, organized the club fundraiser and rallied the students together to make Makenzie's wish a reality. Thank you to Ms. Yerkes, the Drama Club students, and all the parents and teachers for this wonderful effort!
Drama Club members enjoy the end of year Cast Party.
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At a special school assembly, elementary students at Loomis Elementary School in Broomall, PA hold up 'Caring Quilts' that they made along with their classmates especially for Make-A-Wish Foundation. Each year the Loomis students put time, effort and love into each and every quilt square and then donate the finished quilts to our chapter to bring some joy and happiness to other kids their age who are going through a difficult time. Thank you Loomis students for your generosity and caring support!
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Students gather around Mr. Jim Donnelly, Principal of Chichester High School along with Mr. Mike Borkowski, Counselor (back row) for a presentation of a $4,750 check to Development Director Karen Traten. Students raised the funds by organizing several fundraisers throughout the year: a bachelor auction, talent show, and dance to name a few. Thank you Chichester students and teachers for a job well done!
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Keith Valley Middle School held the 32nd Annual Keith Valley Challenge on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9. The overnight hockey marathon raised an unbelievable $51,532 that will benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation of Philadelphia & Susquehanna Valley and the ALS Association of Southeastern PA. Special guests included Philadelphia sportscaster, Jim Jackson and the Philly Phanatic. We thank the school, the students, and the community for continuing to bring joy and happiness to so many local children! |
| The tradition of giving continues at Germantown Academy with the 11th Annual Make-A-Wish Basketball Showcase benefiting Make-A-Wish Foundation of Philadelphia & Susquehanna Valley. This amazing event involves students, the community and the school and this year raised over $8,800 to help grant local wishes. We thank all our good friends at Germantown Academy; Coach Fenerty, Mr. McVeigh, the players and the students for their dedication and support of our mission. |
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CSO Organizors and basketball captains – left to right: Hilary Barrer '08, Amanda Jones '08, Kat Magagna '08, Jesse Carey '09, Caroline Doty '08, Joe Hill '08, Alan Tate '08, Tim McCarty '08, Katelyn Martin '08. Heather Rittenhouse '08, Michael Schlesinger '08 |
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Jacqueline Adams and Lindsey Nakao recently celebrated their Sweet 16 birthdays and instead of asking for gifts from friends and family, the girls decided to ask for monetary donations. Their selfless request resulted in a $1,210 donation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The girls are pictured holding up their Kids For Wish Kids certificates recognizing their effort and dedication to help other kids. We thank Jacqueline and Lindsey for being heroes to our wish kids!
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Kids For Wish Kids partner, Madeline Wagonfeld, presents a check to Executive Director, Dennis Heron, for $500.00 in honor of her bat mitzvah. Thank you for all your hard work to make a wish come true Madeline!
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