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520: 473: 373: 244: 84: 186: 43: 332: 645:) to prom night. When they run into an ex-girlfriend and the situation gets awkward, the girl says "Make A Wish" to release the tension, suggesting the boy is granting her wish to attend prom night while being in a wheelchair. Later, she uses the sentence "Make A Wish" again, suggesting she wants the boy to make love to her. 535:, which arranges hunting trips for terminally ill children; Catch-a-Dream, which was conceived by Mississippi outdoorsman Bruce Brady and formed by his loved ones following Brady's death from cancer to grant hunting experiences to ill children; and Life Hunts, founded by the Buckmasters American Deer Foundation. 530:
Make-A-Wish stopped granting wishes involving hunting-related activities, including fishing, use of firearms or other weapons that are designed to cause animal injury in 1996. This was largely due to concerns over child safety, pressure from animal-sensitive donors, and criticism from animal rights
756:, the titular character Kimberly Levaco, a sixteen-year-old with an unnamed disease that makes her age four and a half times as fast as normal, sends a letter to Make-A-Wish in a song aptly titled "Make-A-Wish", agonizing over what to wish for before settling on a treehouse. 611:
produced a parody video claiming that the Make-A-Wish was bankrupted due to a child's wish for "infinite wishes". The video was apparently so convincing that some people believed it to be real, and it had to be debunked by the urban legends website
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portrays a dying child unsettling his doctor and a Make-a-Wish representative with increasingly disturbing "wishes", deliberately provoking the doctor into calling him a "devil child" and questioning his beliefs about "the essential goodness of
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series based on the novel of the same name, the titular character Zac uses the wish he received from Make-A-Wish to recreate prom for Mia after she initially forgoes her own due to her embarrassment over her current medical
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focuses on a knock-off of Make-a-Wish called "Dream of a Lifetime", an organization run by two men trying to offer a discount for families of ill children, but whose lack of resources or connections ends with one of them in
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into law, which her father lobbied to pass after being fired for visiting Missy in the cancer ward. Make-A-Wish is not sure she will get to meet the president or be allowed to see the
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chose to christen all Make-A-Wish foundation children as the Godchildren of the newest ship in the Disney fleet, the
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that helps fulfill the wishes of seriously ill children. Make-A-Wish was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in
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did similar sketches about the Make-A-Wish, the latter causing an unprecedented amount of controversy.
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Make-a-Wish made headlines in 2013 with an elaborate Batman-themed wish, turning a young child into "
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holds the title for the most wishes granted by a single individual, at over 650 wishes.
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with Make-A-Wish recipient Nick Wetzel and his older brother Stephan on December 9, 2016
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CNN.com โ€“ Hunting organization grants wish that Make-a-Wish won't โ€“ December 15, 2000
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CNN.com โ€“ Hunting organization grants wish that Make-a-Wish won't โ€“ December 15, 2000
546: 346: 31: 989: 500: 425: 415: 1178:"The heartwarming story of Tucson's Carter Lucero who has his Make-A-Wish granted" 652:". This wish was heavily publicized, and was chronicled in a documentary entitled 963: 847: 785: 777: 731: 602:", a parody of the Make-A-Wish called the Grant-a-Dream Foundation was presented. 871: 796:. In addition to the goal, Lucero also signed a lifetime contract with the club. 727: 713: 676: 642: 1140: 1115: 562:, playing himself in a cameo appearance, meets her to make her wish come true. 1224: 793: 654: 638: 504: 496: 1154:"'Survivor' host Jeff Probst explains why he stopped that reward challenge" 990:"Urban Legends Reference Pages: Make-a-Wish Bankrupted by Unlimited Wishes" 707: 702: 684: 668: 559: 523: 503:. The organization operates through its 59 chapters located throughout the 477: 789: 764: 555: 710: 594: 586: 581: 722: 607: 508: 401: 858: 243: 83: 372: 730:
helped the four children make one-of-a-kind cakes before making a
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Seven-year-old Carter Lucero, a soccer fan supporting
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groups. In response, three organizations were formed:
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Non-profit organization founded in the United States
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involved in the Make-A-Wish activities for children
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