Matching donation adds momentum to Judy's fundraising efforts
In the fall of 2020, an anonymous Make-A-Wish Vermont donor heard about Judy's grassroots effort and was moved to create a matching grant: If Judy could raise $10,000, they pledged to double it.
By then, Judy’s mailing list had grown to more than 100 recipients. She included photos of her Wishes from the year, and some very special personal news as well: Her husband, Ronald, is in remission from stage three cancer. Wrote Judy: "2020 wasn't a good year for many, but it was good to us.”
Judy organized other Wish Granters to write their own letters for support, galvanized the local kids to lead bake sales and other local efforts, and more. Whatever she could think up to raise money for Wishes, she did, and bit by bit she accumulated the needed $10k to trigger the match, and then some.