Champions of Hope
We invite your company to become a partner in our mission by becoming a Champion of Hope!
As a Make-A-Wish Champion of Hope, your year-long commitment will allow wishes to come true, giving wish kids their heartfelt experiences of hope and joy when they need it the most.
What is Champions of Hope?
The Champions of Hope program invites your company to participate in fundraising or corporate giving for our chapter year-round, with the opportunity to help grant 4-16 wishes a year. In addition, your company will join an elite group of philanthropic businesses that will have an association with our brand year-round.
Download the Champions of Hope Fact Sheet below.
Benefits to Your Company
Social responsibility plays an increasingly important role in advancing companies’ strategic business objectives and building goodwill among employees. Employees want to know that their employer cares about the communities in which it operates.
Becoming a Champion Hope will make work more purposeful for employees, boost morale with a common goal, and increase goodwill around your brand, all while helping to create a life-changing experience for a local family at a time when they need it most.
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The average cost of a wish for Make-A-Wish® Central & Western NC is $6,000. Your partnership could be representative of granting 4 to 16 wishes. Our dedicated staff will help you to celebrate this life-changing impact with your employees and our community in the following ways (cumulative by level):
Representative of granting 16 wishes!
In addition to the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Level benefits, the Platinum Level benefits include:
- Partnership celebration reception to be hosted at the Wishing Place with Chapter Leadership
- Potential for customized employee engagement opportunity at partner's office facilitated by MAW Staff member
- MAW supported content for partner's social media channels tagging CWNC chapter
- Dedicated press release announcing partnership, including quote from MAW CWNC leadership
- Feature story of your partnership in chapter newsletter or eblast (in lieu of highlight)
- Use of Make-A-Wish CWNC Platinum Champion of Hope Designation for one-year term
Representative of granting 12 wishes!
In addition to the Silver and Bronze Level benefits, the Gold Level benefits include:
- Opportunity to host biannual sendoffs, welcome home parties, or wish reveals
- Exclusive invitation to a local wish reveal (when appropriate/available)
- Biannual "Thank you” messages from a wish kid for use in company publications
- Highlight of partnership in chapter newsletter or eblast
- Collaboration on integrated communications plan to amplify partnership
- Use of Make-A-Wish CWNC Gold Champion of Hope Designation for one-year term
Representative of granting 8 wishes!
In addition to Bronze Level benefits, the Silver Level benefits include:
- Receive local wish stories quarterly to share internally to inspire employees & connect with the mission
- Engagement with a wish ambassador (wish kid, wish family, medical professional) to share their wish experience
- Collaboration on partnership video featuring your organization’s key stakeholders, MAW leadership, and wish kid for use by company. Scripting, casting, and location support provided by MAW; partner responsible for videographer and cost
- Opportunity to host a formal check presentation to be shared on partner & chapter communication (social, email, newsletter, etc.)
- Use of Make-A-Wish CWNC Silver Champion of Hope Designation for one-year term
- Logo recognition on chapter website (in lieu of name)
Representative of granting 4 wishes!
The Bronze Level benefits include:
- Framed wish story for office display highlighting the profile of a local wish kid
- Make-A-Wish facilitated information session for employees (in-person or virtual)
- Opportunity to host a sendoff, welcome home party, or wish reveal
- Social Media feature for MAW & Partner's social channels
- Thank you from a wish kid for use in company publications
- A Brick on our Walkway of Wishes at the Central & Western NC Wishing Place
- Use of Make-A-Wish CWNC Bronze Champion of Hope Designation for one-year term
- Right to use chapter name/logo (subject to MAW approval)
- Name recognition on chapter website
- Acknowledgement in our annual Year in Wishes Report
