Celebrate this World Wish Day
In the lead up to World Wish Day (29 April), we’re spending April celebrating the uplifting and positive impact of a wish on everyone involved.
Join the World Wish Day celebrations
Wear It Blue To Make Wishes Come True
29 April is one to mark in the calendar! Why? It's World Wish Day of course ⭐️ A day where wishes are celebrated across the world.
On World Wish Day, people from all across the globe come together to help grant wishes and provide hope and joy to children who are living with critical illnesses, their families and the community.
In the lead up, we’re spending the month of April celebrating the uplifting and positive impact of a wish on everyone involved – well beyond the wish itself. And we would love you to join in.
Celebrate with us this year by sharing our stories of impact, donating to help make more wishes come true across Australia, or by hosting your own 'Wear It Blue' fundraiser event on 29 April. Find out more below ⬇️
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World Wish Day Resources
World Wish Day Instagram Story
World Wish Day Social Tile
World Wish Day Event Invitation
World Wish Day A3 Poster
29 April 2024
How you can get involved
Wear It Blue
Dress in your favourite blue outfit to work, school, or training on 29 April.
What's On
Find out What's On in your local community to get involved.
Fundraise
Signup a school, childcare, workplace or with friends and Wear It Blue to fundraise in April.
Make a donation
We have more than 900 critically ill kids on a Wish Journey right now. You can help to grant their wishes!
Celebrating our inspiring wishes this World Wish Day
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Cath, Audrey's mum
How it all started
In 1980, our friends at Make-A-Wish America granted the very first wish for 7 year old Chris Greicius – sparking what's since become the global wish-granting movement we know and love today.
On 29 April, Make-A-Wish all over the world celebrates World Wish Day. Did you know?
- More than 585,000 extraordinary wishes have been granted globally.
- At Make-A-Wish Australia, we're celebrating 39 years of wish granting and over 10,000 incredible wishes.
- Wishes only come true thanks to the support from people like you.
Meet our #WishForce community who make wishes possible
Behind The Wish - Paul and Lyn Shegog
02 April 2024
Lyn and Paul Shegog have been mainstays of the Hobart Branch as far back as the late 1980s, deciding...
Behind The Wish - Kaye Nugent
22 February 2024
After seeing her grandson's wish granted, Kaye Nugent joined Make-A-Wish to help families of sick ch...
Behind The Wish - Tracey Corbett
20 February 2024
Tracey Corbett worked next to the Make-A-Wish office. One day, in 2004, she walked in and signed up ...
Be inspired by our latest wishes
Want to hear about some inspiring wish stories and more ways you can support critically ill kids in need