The ‘wish providers’

• Make-A-Wish International was founded in Arizona in 1980

• Founded in Canada in 1983, Make-A-Wish Canada consists of eight regional chapters and a national office in Toronto

• Since 1983, Make-A-Wish Canada has granted over 2,400 wishes to Canadian children

• Today, it grants approximately one wish a day across the country

(BOLD SUBHEAD)How it began

• The inspiration for Make-A-Wish was a wish granted to Christopher Greicius by members of the Arizona Highway Patrol. Christopher who had leukemia, wished to become a police officer.

• In the fall of 1983, Make-A-Wish granted the first wish in Canada to Debbie, aged 13, suffering from leukemia. Debbie chose to go to Germany with her father and brother to see her grandparents.