I wanted to take a second let you guys know how the Wish-A-Thon went. Thanks to everyone who made this possible. Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this year’s Wish-A-Thon such a success. The final numbers are in and Wishes Can Happen raised $213,759, which I believe is a record. I …
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Jul 21 2018
Thank you Wishes Can Happen and the @AkronZoo for an amazing day
I wanted to take a minute and thank Wishes Can Happen and the Akron Zoo for a fantastic day. Wishes Can Happen sponsored today’s trip for us and many other previous wish families. We got to visit the local zoo, meet other families who have been touched by Wishes Can Happen and have an amazing lunch. We all …
Oct 02 2017
Wishes Can Happen: Legoland 2017
We made it to Legoland today and the boys had so much fun. Several parts of the park were closed, and the weather was kinda crappy but it didn’t actually rain. ☺ It’s pretty much an amazing place that awesome for kids and tales grownups back to their childhood. We were really lucky because the …
Jul 22 2018
If I gave you 100 guesses, you’d never guess what we’ll be doing today
Something interesting, exciting and a bit nerve-wracking happened today. While we were at the Akron Zoo, the executive director of Wishes Can Happen say down to speak with us. We were meeting her for the first time and it was a very pleasant visit. ☺ During the visit, she asked if we would be interested …
Jul 21 2018
The really cool reason we’re going to the @AkronZoo today
We’re off to the Akron Zoo this morning for a special event sponsored by Wishes Can Happen. For those who don’t know, Wishes Can Happen granted Gavin’s wish last Fall. It was an amazing experience and you can read about it here. Since then, there have been quite a few additional surprises, the latest being …
Aug 10 2018
The important reason I cried this morning
This morning, Emmett and I went to Wishes Can Happen’s annual Wish-A-Thon. I was planning to go alone for a couple of reasons. First of all, this is a very hard thing to do and I didn’t want to upset the kids or talk about Gavin’s story in front of him. There’s a silver lining …
Aug 10 2017
We are supporting Wishes Can Happen this morning
We have a very busy day. Lizze has an appointment first thing in the morning. The boys and I will be dropping her off and then heading to a fundraiser for Wishes Can Happen. Thursday and Friday they are having a Wish-A-Thon to raise funds to grant wishes for kids like Gavin. One of the …