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Make-A-Wish Foundation
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in the United States that arranges experiences (described as "wishes") to children with life-threatening medical conditions.〔(Our Mission ) from Make-A-Wish Foundation website〕 In order to qualify for a wish, the child must be between the ages of 3 to 17 at the time of referral. It is the child's physician that ultimately decides if a child is eligible.〔
The national headquarters and founding chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation are in Phoenix, Arizona.〔(Contact Us ). Make-A-Wish Foundation. Retrieved on August 29, 2012〕 The organization grants wishes through its 61 chapters located throughout the US. Make-A-Wish also operates in 45 other countries around the world through 38 affiliate offices.〔(Make-A-Wish Foundation International : The Make-A-Wish Story )〕 The President and CEO of Make-A-Wish America is David A. Williams. Professional wrestler John Cena holds the title for the most wishes granted by a single individual, with over 500 wishes.〔(Wish granted! WWE star John Cena to grant 500th Make-A-Wish request )〕 Coming in second with wish granting is Justin Bieber, with over 250 wishes granted.〔(September 3rd, 2015 Justin Bieber helped more than 250 Make-A-Wish dreams come true )〕 The third top donor is the largest National Women's Collegiate Fraternity Chi Omega, which has raised over $13 million for Make-A-Wish since 2001.
==History==
In the spring of 1980, 7-year-old Christopher James Greicius (August 8, 1972 – May 3, 1980) was being treated for leukemia. He had always wanted to be a police officer. U.S. Customs Officer Tommy Austin befriended Chris and worked with officers at the Arizona Department of Public Safety to plan an experience to lift Greicius' spirits. Chris spent the day as a police officer, rode in a police helicopter, received a custom-tailored police uniform, and was sworn in as the first honorary DPS patrolman in state history. Greicius died soon after, but his wish became inspiration for the world's largest wish-granting organization.〔http://wish.org/about-us/our-story/how-it-started〕
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