February 2020
Imagine watching your favourite baseball players on television in your living room and dreaming that one day you’ll be a famous baseball player. Now, imagine if that wish came true. For Nathan, an 8-year-old from Alberta who lives with a serious heart condition, becoming a Toronto Blue Jay was his ultimate wish. StubHub Canada and the Toronto Blue Jays pulled out all the stops to make Nathan’s wish an experience he and his family will cherish forever.
January 2020
365 Sports is gearing up for its 2020 Canadian 5K Foam Fest tour, and for the third consecutive year, will support Make-A-Wish® Canada as its official charitable partner.
January 2020
Omar and 18 other wish kids going to Super Bowl LIV will join the ranks of more than 250 children with critical illnesses to have attended the Super Bowl since 1982
January 2020
The Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of the following individuals to its inaugural National Board of Directors, as a result of the organization’s recent amalgamation with the Children’s Wish Foundation in October.
November 2019
Each year in April, Pita Pit Canada franchisees raise funds for Make-A-Wish® Canada. This year was a success with stores raising $72,230 nationally, and making wishes come true across the country. Pita Pit Canada and Make-A-Wish® are happy to share some of the wishes granted by this initiative in 2019.
October 2019
365 Sports and Make-A-Wish® Canada are thrilled to announce that The 5K Foam Fest fun run exceeded its 2019 fundraising goal, raising more than $100,000 to help create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.
October 2019
Make-A-Wish® Canada is delighted to announce that its national signature fundraising event, Make-A-Wish®Rope for Hope, generated more than $1 million this year. Since the event’s launch in 2012, a total of $7.7 million has been raised to help create life-changing wishes for children living with critical illnesses.
October 2019
United organization will have the ability to grant 25 per cent more wishes each year
September 2019
Over 2,000 cyclists will ride to make life-changing wishes come true for children with critical illnesses.
September 11, 2019, MONTREAL – From Sept. 13 to 15, more than 2,000 cyclists will take over the ICAR track, and part of the Montreal-Mirabel main tarmac, for the 13th annual 48-HOUR RIDE in support of Make-A-Wish® Quebec.
September 2019
The 13th edition of the 48-HOUR RIDE will be remembered as the edition of all records. The unveiling of a check of $ 2,618,000 in donations was the highlight of this weekend, which brought together 372 teams and more than 2,200 participants.
The involvement of teams, volunteers, partners and donors is exceptional, the mobilization, remarkable.