Make-A-Wish^® Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana

This World Wish Month, we're asking Wishmakers across our chapter - our donors, corporate partners, staff, medical professionals, and community advocates - to rally together for wish kids. Throughout April, you'll see the collective impact of your fundraising across Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, and our progress towards granting one life-changing wish! Every dollar makes a difference, so follow the link below to find or start your team today or to make a donation as an individual and help us bring hope, strength, and joy to every eligible child in our community.

Invite your friends, family, coworkers, and community members to join the Make-A-Wish community and help grant wishes for kids with critical illnesses like Andrew!

Andrew’s health took an unexpected turn shortly after his first birthday. An emergency hospital visit during a family vacation led to devastating news: Andrew had a brain tumor.

In the eight months that followed, Andrew endured two emergency surgeries, six rounds of chemotherapy and three stem cell transplants. “Most of that eight months, we were a divided family,” said Andrew’s mom, Amy. “We felt very isolated.” During treatment, Andrew’s care team decorated his hospital room with pictures of his favorite animals, and regular visits from the service dogs helped lift his spirits and offer much-needed comfort. These small, joyful moments sparked Andrew’s love for animals.

So, when Make-A-Wish® came into their lives, his family knew his heartfelt wish had to involve animals. “With our WishMakers, they helped us brainstorm and we came up that he could be a zookeeper for the day because he just loves animals so much,” Amy said.

Thanks to a compassionate community of WishMakers like you, Andrew’s wish to be a zookeeper came true! Andrew made countless new animal friends, from the friendly giraffes who leaned in for a hello to the hungry camels who crunched on the lettuce he fed them. And for the first time in two years, his family spent meaningful, stress-free time together.

Wishes like Andrew’s don’t come true by luck or chance. They come true because of WishMakers like you. Become a WishMaker this World Wish Month, because as long as children like Andrew face devastating critical illnesses, they’ll be counting on you to give them the hope and strength they need to fight.