Wishes
From making unicorns fly to sending kids to the moon, all wishes are unique. Each child's Wish Journey is carefully planned and delivered to create a positive, life-changing, lasting impact.
If you could wish for anything, what would it be?
This is the question we ask every wish child - to spark imagination, to encourage them to dream, and to start making the impossible possible!
How wishes comes to life
The Wish Journey
Make-A-Wish volunteers visit each child to capture their greatest wish, getting to the heart of what kids truly want and why. This profound insight is part of what makes Make-A-Wish unique, giving children full creative control and helping to shape their entire Wish Journey.
Back at Make-A-Wish HQ, we partner with families, volunteers and medical teams to design the ultimate wish experience - and start rallying our partners and supporters to help make it happen.
In the lead up to the wish, we take each child on a journey designed to build excitement and provide a welcome distraction from medical treatment. Anticipation can be incredibly powerful, helping to calm, distract and inspire sick kids at a time they need it most.
When the moment finally arrives, children get to experience their greatest wish come true - it's everything they've imagined and more. Pinch yourself, and don't forget to take a breath and enjoy every precious moment!
Wish impact studies show that a child's wish lives on, long after the moment. A wish gives more than just hope – with an incredible and lasting effect on the lives of sick kids, their families and wider communities.
Wish kids featured on this page
⭐ Andrea, 8, post-transplant lymphoma, 'I wish to learn how to bake allergen-friendly sweets and desserts for my family and friends'.
⭐ Dara, 7, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, 'I wish for the ultimate puppy experience'.
⭐ Noah, 9, mitochondrial disease, 'I wish for a veggie patch in the backyard'.
⭐ Aedan, 10, hydrocephalus, 'I wish to feel the wind in my face and different motions'.