Make-A-Wish Request-A-Thon

This is one of my favorite events every year... the WZPL Make-A-Wish Request-A-Thon.  This is what inspired me to start volunteering with Make-A-Wish.  The storied you hear over the 36 hour period do nothing but warm your heart, make you laugh, and sometime shed a tear.

I like volunteering for the actual Request-A-Thon, as well as the normal volunteer stuff.  It just feels good, all around, and talking to people who were so moved by listening to a child's story is just awesome.  Granted, it doesn't top when the child's wish is actually granted.  Warm fuzzies...

Since Smiley started hosting the 36-hour fundraiser, it's grown every year!  I remember when he fist started and they were excited to break $200k.  Now, even though they set there goal way below, they keep breaking $400!  Last year, it was around $415k (nearly 70 wishes!), and with just over an hour left in this year's even, I think they're going to break that!  How awesome is that?

Even more awesome is if you would add to the cause... this isn't a solicitation, cause I'll never know if you do... but the warm fuzzies right before Thanksgiving totally put you in the spirit!  They take donations through the weekend, which is a nice touch, but if nothing else, go check out the event page and read some of the kid's stories.  It makes you appreciate your own health, as well as your family's health.  Makes all the 'problems' you think you have minuscule. The kids go through these battles with so much positive energy (as much as they can muster)... we, as adults, could definitely learn something from them.