This is actually the email I meant to send you this morning. With 8-year-old TJ waiting for his wish to go to outer space to come true, I really wanted to make sure you still saw his story today.

I’ve seen the impact that a granted wish has on a child’s life – how it provides them with strength to keep fighting against their illness and hope for brighter days ahead. There are so many kids like TJ who are still waiting for their lives to be changed by a wish experience, and I don’t want them to have to wait even one unnecessary day.

So, please, I’m personally asking you: Will you make a donation now to grant more wishes for kids like TJ? Your support will help create the turning point a child needs to fight their critical illness.

Thank you so much. Your gift truly will change lives.

Erin Regan
Make-A-Wish® America


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From: Make-A-Wish
Date: Thu, Dec 7, 2023
Subject: TJ's wish is waiting. Will you help send TJ to outer space?

TJ was diagnosed with cancer at just 6 years old. Suddenly, the creative boy who loved to build with blocks and ride his bicycle around the neighborhood had to travel to faraway doctor visits with his dad away from his mom and sister.

TJ’s world became a series of overnight stays, radiation treatments and separation from family members. But as an inquisitive child, he was always asking questions and stunned his doctors and his parents with how much he understood about his condition.

But even brave kids like TJ need an escape from the fear and stress of facing a critical illness. While he was in the hospital, he watched countless videos about outer space – a place he has always been fascinated by for its vastness and mystery – to help take his mind off what he was going through.

When Make-A-Wish® came into TJ’s life, he saw a glimmer of hope – and found an even deeper level of strength that he needed to fight. His biggest wish is to go to outer space. And as he waits for it to come true, it continues to give his entire family a sense of excitement. But it'll take donors like you to make it come true.

With 40 more kids like TJ added to the list of waiting wishes every day, we rely entirely on the generosity of supporters like you to grant wishes in waiting. We need your help to grant wishes like TJ’s.

So please, if you’d like to help us provide TJ and so many other waiting wish kids with the hope, strength and joy that can only be found in a wish, make a donation today.

Thank you so much for all you do,

Make-A-Wish