Walk for WIshes****

Saturday April 18, 2009
WALK FOR WISHES for Make-A-Wish Foundation
This early Saturday morning I got up to walk for wishes with this fantastic non profit determined to make wishes come true for local children in the central NC area! The central chapter has made over 2,000 wishes come true since Dr. Jerry Clark founded it in 1980. Now his daughter Cameron runs the walk! There were big teams and small teams, families and school sororities/fraternities that came out to Profilific Park in Northwest Greensboro! Registration began at 9am, and I helped my friend Susan and some of her sorority sisters and their mothers sell raffle tickets to benefit the organization and the wishes for the kids! Starbucks coffee was out there, and provided gift bags for the raffle! Ruth Chris also gave a gift certificate, along with over 35 other raffle items donated to the Walk! Carrabba’s Italian grill made lunch after the walk! And football Super bowl star Ricky Proell even stopped by to say hello! The walk was fantastic, and it was nice to meet new people and see the volunteers! I drew numbers for the raffle as well, and we all even got the privilege of hearing the touching stories of the Wish children and their families! (I have some pictures with them in the blue “wish family” shirts) It was such a blessing to hear their stories and their wishes come true! I had a wonderful time and it was an honor to work with the Make-A-Wish team and the families who have been so blessed by the wishes they have been granted! Stay tuned to the upcoming events with Make-A-Wish…next event: Celebrities Serving the Community: local restaurants and local celebrities serve dinner and proceeds go directly to making a wish come true! Annual wishes from Central chapter in NC- about 220!