Make-A-Wish® Connecticut

Join us for the 25th Annual Wishes on Wheels on September 15th! 🚛🚚🚒 We're looking for trucks to participate in the convoy! To celebrate an incredible 25 years of support, our goal is to have a record-breaking year of over 700 trucks. Join the largest convoy in New England and help make wishes for local Connecticut children come true - one truck at time. 💙🌟 Pre-register your truck(s) by July 31st for a special discounted price! Visit the pre-registration #linkinbio or at wishesonwheels.com to join the convoy. Event is free to attend for the general public.

The impact of a wish lasts far beyond the hope and joy a child feels during their wish experience. Visit ct.wish.org/get-involved to learn how you can help make wishes come true! ⭐

A huge thank you to Bertera Subaru of Hartford, Dan Perkins Subaru of Milford, Quality Subaru of Wallingford, and their customers for supporting Make-A-Wish Connecticut through the Subaru Share the Love event! 💙 We are grateful for your partnership and for making wishes come true for kids in Connecticut. Your contribution helps Make-A-Wish take one step closer to achieving the vision of granting the wish of every eligible child.

🌻🌻 Sunflowers for Wishes is less than two weeks away! 🌻🌻 Duane and Kim Button of Buttonwood farm plant 14 acres of sunflowers every year and harvest over 300,000 blooms. Because of their incredible generosity, 100% of the proceeds benefit Make-A-Wish Connecticut. Over the past 21 years, they have raised $1.9 Million dollars to grant about 190 local wishes. 📅 Saturday, July 20 to Sunday, July 28 📍 Griswold, CT 🌻 Cut your own sunflowers to make beautiful bouquets. 🍦 Get delicious, homemade, premium farm-fresh ice cream. 📸 Take photos in the sunflower field. ⭐ Get photos with the Make-A-Wish Truck! Pricing: $3 per person entry to cutting field & $3 per flower Learn more at ct.wish.org/sunflowers Interested in volunteering? Please contact Erin at efleischer@ct.wish.org

In June we granted an incredible 27 wishes! ⭐️🤩 We couldn't do it without YOU! ✨ Wishes Can't Wait - visit ct.wish.org/get-involved to learn how you can help us make more wishes come true! 💙 #makeawishct #MakeAWish #MAWCT #Connecticut #CT #nonprofit #wishcometrue

Thank you to our board member, Kim Lumia, and her family who hosted the 2nd Annual Waves for Wishes event in Wolcott. This event raised $13,600 and will help make another life-changing wish come true! Kim and her family brought together Jeep lovers from across the state for a fun-filled day of food, entertainment and activities to benefit Make-A-Wish Connecticut! Thank you to all of the volunteers, vendors, participants and donors who contributed to the success of this event! 🌟🚘

Jaime's wish to visit the San Diego Zoo and Aquarium had a profound physical and emotional impact. “He accomplished incredible progress we hadn't thought possible. When we returned home, it was as if he had brought back a newfound confidence. He now approaches strangers with ease, confidently answering questions about his wish,” Jaime’s mom said. “This transformation left us in awe of how the wish gave him self-assurance and comfort in his own skin." Create brighter days for wish kids like Jamie. Visit ct.wish.org/get-involved to help make their wishes come true.

Thank you to everyone who participated, volunteered, donated and helped with the planning and coordination of the 24th Annual Ocean Beach Park Benefit Volleyball Tournament, especially Tom Bombria! It was a record-breaking year for this incredible event – 49 teams hit the nets and helped raise over $22,000 for Make-A-Wish Connecticut! 🏐🌟 A special shout out to Jeff Mullen from Action Amusements and Dave Sugrue from Ocean Beach Park for hosting the annual Wish Family Day! 44 wish families from all over the state kicked off their summer in the very best way thanks to you! 💙

Some kids prefer fireworks, but Charlie wished to visit the Statue of Liberty with his classmates! Happy 4th of July! 🗽 Make-A-Wish Metro New York and Western New York

Summer should be a time of joy for children – but wish kids often miss out due to their illness, creating a dark chapter during a time that should be filled with sunshine and memories. Create brighter days for wish kids like Chrischell by volunteering today. For more information visit ct.wish.org/volunteer