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May 16, 2024
Beulah Public School’s Daviney McKay named MDU’s Teen of the Year
Wish child Daviney McKay was named the MDU Resources Teen of the Year in connection with The Bismarck Tribune!
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May 08, 2024
Stanley kid gets community sendoff to meet actor Ryan Reynolds through Make-a-Wish
Jacob’s wish to meet Ryan Reynolds on the set of one of his movies in Montreal is coming true this week.
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April 29, 2024
Make-a-Wish honors the first wish ever granted with World Wish Day
April is World Wish Month and April 29th is World Wish Day. It’s the anniversary of the wish that originally inspired Make-A-Wish and involved a seven-year-old boy named Chris from Phoenix.
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April 29, 2024
Huck family shares progress update following eight-year-old Aacen’s 10-hour brain surgery
Every year, Make-A-Wish North Dakota grants wishes to children facing critical illnesses, but what is it like to receive a wish?
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April 21, 2024
UND Softball honors Wish Kid ahead of Sunday afternoon game
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - What may seem like a regular afternoon softball game was part of a dream come true for one Grand Forks girl on Sunday.
This afternoon, 8-year-old Everly Peterson had the opportunity to be a part of the UND Softball team lineup. The opportunity was part of an effort in honor of World Wish Month which recognizes the first wish granted by Make-A-Wish back in April 1980.
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This afternoon, 8-year-old Everly Peterson had the opportunity to be a part of the UND Softball team lineup. The opportunity was part of an effort in honor of World Wish Month which recognizes the first wish granted by Make-A-Wish back in April 1980.
April 16, 2024
Kaycee Fuder honored by Make-A-Wish North Dakota
Kaycee Fuder will be the first to tell anyone that it takes a village to make the work of Make-A-Wish North Dakota happen. Whether it is fundraising or actual wish granting, so many people make the positive, inspiring work possible.
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March 25, 2024
Make-A-Wish grants ultimate gaming room Wish for boy battling rare illnesses
Make-A-Wish Foundation volunteers fulfill Lane Henderson's dream by transforming his bedroom into a state-of-the-art gaming room, providing joy amidst his battles with rare health conditions.
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February 19, 2024
Make-A-Wish grants Aacen Huck his wish for a pontoon
Because medication has proven to not truly help Aacen, he will have a corpus callosotomy on March 5,2024 , which is a surgery that will ultimately split his brain in half by severing the corpus callosum.
The hope is this surgery will greatly reduce or possibly stop the drop seizures.
So, with such a big surgery around the corner, Make-A-Wish North Dakota, local community members and Aacen’s family and friends jumped came together to make his wish come true.
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The hope is this surgery will greatly reduce or possibly stop the drop seizures.
So, with such a big surgery around the corner, Make-A-Wish North Dakota, local community members and Aacen’s family and friends jumped came together to make his wish come true.