Wednesday, October 21, 2009

News from Around the World

Make-A-Wish Foundation and Mattel Work Together To Impact the Lives of 30,000 Children Globally

Make-A-Wish Foundation International and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America recently announced joining with Mattel, Inc., the world’s leading toy manufacturer, as a Global Signature Partner. With this announcement, Mattel will become part of the Make-A-Wish experiences of 30,000 children with life-threatening medical conditions worldwide in the next year.
To launch this effort, Mattel created custom-designed Make-A-Wish Barbie® dolls and Make-A-Wish Hot Wheels® cars that will be given to wish kids around the world...


Disney Continues Support with $50,000 Donation

Continuing Disney’s longstanding commitment to brighten the lives of children in need around the world, Disney Worldwide Outreach has made a $50,000 gift to Make-A-Wish Foundation International. Disney Stores Europe continues their support of select European affiliates with a recent Mickey t-shirt promotion and a holiday mug promotion, which 25% of sales will benefit the Foundation...


Make-A-Wish Foundation® Singapore Sponsor Climbs for Wishes

Nine colleagues from Temasek Holdings, led by Michael Dee, a founding board member of Make-A-Wish Foundation Singapore, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for the organization. They reached the summit at 10am Sunday, 5 July and have raised more than $230,000 USD to date...

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