The child must be able to identify a wish and cannot have received a prior wish from a wish-granting organization. The child's treating physician makes the final determination of whether the child is medically eligible and able to participate in the wish. Also, the child must be legally present in the United States, or in a country served by an international affiliate. Usually, wishes are limited only by a child's imagination. Once a chapter approves the child's wish, the wish team sets out to make it come true.
Every effort is made to include the immediate family in the child's wish.
The wish experience often touches dozens, and sometimes hundreds of people who either help coordinate or are directly involved in the wish. The wish experiences created by our chapters are made possible only through the support of generous donors and more than 20,000 volunteers around the world. If you know of a child who needs our help, please visit our wish-referral page or contact your local chapter .