11-R234

2011 -- S 0910

Enacted 04/28/11

S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

RECOGNIZING APRIL 29, 2011, AS THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION'S "WORLD WISH DAY"

Introduced By: Senators Ruggerio, Paiva Weed, Goodwin, Algiere, and Bates

Date Introduced: April 28, 2011

     WHEREAS, "World Wish Day" is the annual campaign to grant more wishes to children

around the world suffering from life-threatening medical conditions, and was launched world

wide in 2010, the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Make-A-Wish Foundation; and

     WHEREAS, Every 25 minutes, the Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wish of a child

with a life-threatening medical condition, accounting for more than 20,000 wishes every year,

with over 250,000 wishes granted since 1980; and

     WHEREAS, Each year, over 30,000 volunteers generously give their time, talents, and

energy to fulfill the Make-A-Wish mission around the globe, to grant the wishes of children with

critical medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy; and

     WHEREAS, The Make-A-Wish Foundation International and the Make-A-Wish

Foundation of America raise all funds locally, and receive contributions from individuals,

corporations, foundations and through fundraising events. Each chapter supports its wish children

independently; and

     WHEREAS, The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island has been

granting wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions and enriching the human

experience with hope, strength, and joy since granting its first wish in Massachusetts in 1987; and

     WHEREAS, Over 500 Massachusetts children and 80 Rhode Island children are newly

diagnosed with life-threatening medical conditions every year; and

     WHEREAS, The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations encourages and

applauds the efforts of the Make-A-Wish volunteers who bring great joy to the difficult struggle

that these children and their families courageously face; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby recognizes April 29, 2011, as “World Wish Day,” celebrates the annual campaign to

inspire people from all over the world to share the power of a wish, and recognizes the selfless

volunteers that help to make these wishes happen; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Paula Montgomery, Regional Director, Rhode

Island office of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

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