Episode 20 - My Conversation with Make-A-Wish Canada

About this episode

Heather Lielmanis speaks with representatives from Make-A-Wish Canada about their mission and impact on children with critical illnesses.

In today's episode, I am speaking with two representatives from Make-A-Wish® Canada. You are very likely familiar with Make-A-Wish Canada. This is the charitable organization that grants wishes to children with critical illnesses. But you may not be aware of some of the interesting facts about Make-A-Wish Canada that I learned from this conversation: In 2023, Make-A-Wish Canada brought wishes to 1,389 wish kids and their families across Canada. A wish might be a chance to tra...

People in this episode

Host: Heather Lielmanis

Topics covered

• childhood cancer
• Make-A-Wish
• charitable organizations
• critical illnesses
• wish granting

Keywords

• Make-A-Wish
• childhood cancer
• wishes
• critical illnesses
• charity
• Canada

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Make-A-Wish Canada

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