YOU! Students around the country are engaging friends

and family, leading others and hosng successful

Wish Week fundraisers at their schools. An individual,

group of students or club (like Student Council or Key

in support of the Kids For Wish Kids program and the

Make-A-Wish mission to grant the wish of every eligible

child. Students can create their own ways to raise funds

during Wish Week or combine their eorts with exisng

school events, like homecoming or spirit week. Many

schools have dierent acvies planned for each day of

the week, while others plan one or two fundraisers to

take place during the week. It’s totally customizable!

This planning guide contains ideas for daily fundraisers

your own! Successful Wish Week fundraisers oen include:

your theme on your favorite wish story to help connect

to the mission.

Sell food, Make-A-Wish swag, or other items before,

during, or aer school.

Hold a sporng event or tournament and charge

students/sta admission to watch or compete.

Host a grand nale fundraising event and celebrate

your success!

Wish Week fundraisers are usually held on a

school campus but can also take place at a local

Wish Weeks can happen anyme; although they oen

can give kids with crical illnesses a higher chance of

survival. And wishes not only help these children – they

also have far-reaching, posive impacts on their families

and communies. In addion to giving students the

opportunity to help grant wishes, Wish Week can unite

your school community and create a beer

understanding of:

• The value of

Review this planning guide and the Kids For Wish

Kids toolkit for ideas, ps, and guidelines; then

choose the acvies you’d like to include in

your Wish Week (or come up with your own

creave ideas!).

Geng adult leaders involved will greatly increase

the success of your Wish Week. The more

Recruit your peers and encourage them to get

involved in Wish Week. Tell everyone you know to

spread the word about Wish Week and why you are

raising money for Make-A-Wish.

goal for your Wish Week. Invite your peers, friends,

and family to donate to help reach your Wish Week

Giliani’s one true wish was to experience a real winter

just like the one in her favorite movie. To celebrate her

recovery from surgery, she got to do just that in the

frosty mountains of Vermont.

Today, Giliani knows all about winter – from the feeling

of the snowakes on her cheeks to the crunching sound

of her gloved hands creang a perfect snowball. And

thanks to Make-A-Wish, she knows that there are great

possibilies despite the challenges she faces.

• Work with your school administraon to idenfy the

best day and me for the assembly.

• Secure a locaon for the assembly.

If you’d like to incorporate Make-A-Wish bracelets with

your spirit day, check in with your Make-A-Wish sta

partner to determine any costs your school might need

• Determine what kind of spirit day you will plan

• Spread the word! Use all of the promoonal

· What kind of spirit day will you host?

· Are donaons required or recommended?

· What is the minimum donaon amount?

· How and where will the donaons be collected?

Wear school colors to

show your loyalty to your

school and your support

Dress up in cowboy boots,

jeans, and cowboy hats.

• Determine what kind of Grand Finale event you will

• Secure an appropriate locaon.

· How will you raise money at the event?

· What equipment is needed to execute the event?

· How many volunteers do you need?

· How will you collect the funds raised?

· What will the program be for the closing assembly?

· Will you have a guest speaker? Who do you want

Homecoming or big rivalry games can serve as a

Promote Wish Week

Opening Assembly with

& Dine-out Night at Local

Grand Finale: Spring Dance

The key to the success of your Wish Week lies in your ability to engage your school community before, during and aer

your fundraising acvies. Choose from the ideas listed below and add your creave twists.

needed of them the next day.

Tag us, follow us, show us what you have going on!

Wish Your Way online fundraising plaorm and provide

also add your unique URL to your school/group website

– it’s a great way to get visitors to check out your Wish

Your Way site and donate!

Hang Wish Week posters, banners, or yers

everywhere. Make sure your schedule of events is

Take advantage of this me to show a quick

Week acvies. Invite sports teams to raise awareness

by wearing royal blue bands on their arms during any

games that take place during Wish Week. Student

Council, Key Club, and Naonal Honor Society all have

community service requirements. Invite those students

to serve as volunteers for your fundraisers and to help

you spread the word.

Keeping teachers in the loop is the rst step to engaging

them in Wish Week. One to two weeks prior to the

Make-A-Wish encourages kids to creavely design a

bucket or other collecon container(s). Most groups nd

it necessary to have change available for fundraising

acvies. At the end of the program, the school or

organizaon should submit a check for the total amount

raised to Make-A-Wish.

Collecng and counng funds is a great opportunity to

involve the student council, key club or PTA/PTO. Cash

Please forward checks made out to Make-A-Wish

within 8 weeks of the check date. Supporters who give

All cash raised the day of the event should be collected

and given to pre-designated individuals from the school

or organizaon. These designated individuals should

secure and monitor the cash in a safe or locked box unl

the money can be counted and deposited.

the campaign.

address will be included in Make-A-Wish mailing lists,

invitaons to special events or emails.

As a maer of naonal policy, Make-A-Wish does not

engage in telemarkeng or door-to-door solicitaon.

No. Make-A-Wish is responsible for procuring

sponsorship, in-kind goods, and services for exisng

internal fundraisers and for wish-granng purposes only.

However, you are welcome to secure sponsorships on

you begin your outreach. Please make sure to keep

track of businesses that you plan to contact and

their responses so you can update Make-A-Wish

throughout your plans and at the end of your event.

does not allow the waiver of sales tax for items used for

as being qualied for tax-exempt status under secon

501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Businesses

may include this leer with their tax lings to prove the

charies they support are legimate.

Thank you for helping raise awareness about the

important mission of Make-A-Wish by using the

trademarks, including name and logo, in a way that is

consistent with the organizaon’s branding standards

provided below:

Please note that “Make-A-Wish” is spelled with a capital

“A” and has hyphens between the words.

• Avoid making Make-A-Wish possessive (correct

“the Make-A-Wish message” vs. incorrect

• The name and logo should never be altered for a

specic event (i.e., “Bake-A-Wish”).

•

Focus on the posive! When talking about

Make-A-Wish, please do not use words such as

“terminally ill” or “dying,” as many wish kids do not have