Sandpoint, ID: Make-A-Wish® Idaho granted a wish to have college tuition to Cynthia, a nineteen-year-old Sandpoint resident with cancer on February 7, 2022. Cynthia has battled cancer since 2018, often receiving treatment at the Mayo Clinic.  

Cynthia’s lifelong dream has been to work with animals, and she is now enrolled at Penn Foster to receive a Vet Tech A.S. degree, so she can pursue a career as a veterinary technician and technologist. The wish will cover the entire cost of the Vet Tech A.S. degree.  

 “Over these past couple of chaotic years, I have reached a decision of what I would like my wish to be. Through many obstacles and unexpected turns of my health, my dream of working with animals has stayed strong. Animals have always brought me peace and comfort through my journey of dealing with cancer. It would be a dream come true to have college tuition paid for to become a Veterinary Technician and Technologist,” Cynthia wrote to Make-A-Wish Idaho. 

Make-A-Wish Idaho plans to grant 85 wishes during the 2022 fiscal year. There are currently around 150 wish kids waiting for their wish. Although the pandemic has slowed some aspects of wish granting, Make-A-Wish Idaho has continued to grant wishes efficiently, safely, and creatively.