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Giving for Special Needs This Holiday Season

Charitable Organizations in Need of Special Gifts for Special Kids

By Suzy Feine

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This holiday season show you care by supporting children with special needs. Nonprofit organizations and foundations around the country need your tax-deductible donations to fund research projects and your time as a volunteer to further their causes. Your donations support the missions of these charities, each driven to finding cures for childhood diseases and illnesses or enhancing the lives of children with special needs.

Make-A-Wish Foundation®
Christopher James Greicius and his mother, Linda, had become friends with U.S. Customs Officer Tommy Austin in 1977. Chris and Tommy became instant friends, for Chris had always dreamed of becoming a police officer. When Chris' condition worsened in the spring of 1980, Tommy took Chris for a ride in a police helicopter. Chris was sworn in as the first ever and only honorary state trooper in Arizona history and on May 1 was presented with an official Arizona Highway Patrol uniform. On May 3, 1980, Chris Greicius passed away, but not before realizing his greatest dream.

Those involved in granting Chris' wish realized that there were many other ill children who could benefit from having their wish granted. The Chris Greicius Make-A-Wish Memorial, which later became known as the Make-A-Wish Foundation, was born.

By granting the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses, the Make-A-Wish Foundation has provided hope, strength and joy to millions of children and their families since 1980. Today, more than 81 percent of the revenue received by the Make-A-Wish Foundation goes toward program services.

To support the Make-A-Wish Foundation, volunteer your time, donate via their Web site, purchase holiday cards, note cards and calendars at their online store or call 1-866-880-1382.

This Little Light

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