Make-A-Wish® Grants 250,000th Wish

PHOENIX (October 31, 2014) – Make-A-Wish  announced Friday, the organization recently celebrated an incredible milestone, having granted 250,000 wishes in the United States since the children’s charity was founded in 1980. This homegrown, American wish-granting movement – started in Phoenix, Ariz. – has spread around the globe to nearly 50 countries making it the largest wish granting organization in the world. In fact Make-A-Wish has granted more than 334,000 wishes worldwide, a quarter million of them in the U.S and its territories. “The impact Make-A-Wish has had