4,600 Wishes & Counting...
Make-A-Wish Colorado granted 240 wishes during the 2015 fiscal year! Below are photos
highlighting a few of the different wishes that were granted. Are you a wish kid and want to
be famous? Tell us your story and send us your best wish photos and we might use them on
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the names of those in the photos to: [email protected].
Emily’s Wish to Be a
Mermaid
In the Fall of 2014, everything changed for
Emily and her family when she was six years
old and diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic
leukemia. Emily soon began spending her
days in the hospital undergoing chemotherapy
treatments. After spending months in this same
routine, Emily and her family longed for a
chance to have fun.
When Emily was told she would be receiving
a wish through Make-A-Wish® Colorado, she
expressed her love of all things mermaid. Emily
decided that her one, true wish was to become
a mermaid herself. With assistance from the
Downtown Aquarium in Denver, Emily’s wish
became a reality. Emily got to swim alongside
five other mermaids in the fish tank for all to
see!
“It was amazing to see her so happy and
having so much fun,” said mom, Kristin. “The
mermaids treated her like she was one of
them.”
Waiting for her when she