“Creating and Capturing mission moments” Siana Hunt - CEO It is both our greatest challenge and feat to grant a child’s one true wish. While each wish is driven by the child’s wondrous imagination, it is a responsibility that grounds us – and one that we take seriously. After 33 years of reaching more than 11,000 children, we know that a wish marks a profound turning point of triumph. We also know that despite these years of experience, each wish takes us back to Day One. No two children are alike, and it is with open minds, pure hearts and a grassroots approach that we work to transform wishes into realities. We operate one wish at a time, leaving us a trail of beautiful moments that collectively comprise our purpose for being and our roadmap for the future. You can see this purpose in the face of 5-year-old Honolulu Wish Kid Trishelle. It is in this moment of her princess-inspired wish that you don’t see a child battling lymphoma, you see a child overcome by joy. You can see it in 8-year-old Dominique whose wish to have a backyard raceway alleviates the stress of chronic kidney failure. You can see it in 5-yearold Matthew whose check-ups with his oncologist have transformed into laughter because planning his wish has given him hope. You can also see it in 16-year-old Annabelle whose glamourous glow at her red carpet wish unveil replaced the heaviness she fights of losing her eyesight to treatment. As you browse this Annual Report, I encourage you to look closely at the faces of these wish kids. Their smiles are more beautiful than what meets the eye; these smiles are helping them fight off their illnesses. These smiles are really, really good medicine. This is the power of a wish. Thank you for supporting another successful year. We’ve dreamed, we’ve grown and we’ve added moments more beautiful than we could have imagined. Joy Set Free Sounds of laughter become powerful memories for Trishelle’s mother who longs for the day her daughter is set free from cancer; Disney World was the perfect escape. Photo: Landen Tsuda. Inset: CEO Siana Hunt and her Ohana all dolled up in white at Wish! Hula-baloo. Photo: Kevin Lubera.
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