A Month of Blue To Make Wishes Come True
This World Wish Month, join the rest of the world in bringing hope and joy to critically ill kids
Join us in blue this World Wish Month: 1-30 April
This April, the Wish Force will come together to celebrate A Month of Blue To Make Wishes Come True and provide hope and joy to children who are living with a critical illness.
We’re spending the month celebrating the uplifting and positive impact of a wish, and we'd love for you to join in!
Whether you’re painting the town blue, hosting an out-of-this-world challenge, or inventing something entirely new, let your imagination take flight and help make wishes come true.
How to get involved
Right now, there are over 900 kids on their Wish Journey, waiting for their wish to come true. This can only happen with the support of our Wish Force, which includes generous donors, partners, volunteers, and fundraisers like you!
Donate now to show your support, or register your fundraiser for World Wish Month.
Fundraising guide
Download for tips and tricks on how to get involved
In your community
Host a blue-themed fundraiser or challenge in your local community.
At school
Register your school, childcare, or kindergarten and fundraise in blue to make wishes come true
At work
Bring your colleagues together—whether it's a pickleball showdown or a creative blue dress-up day!
Aubree's Inspirational Tea Party Wish
To celebrate the official launch of World Wish Month, you’re invited to take a VIP seat at five-year-old Aubree's inspirational tea party wish. Click here ▶️ to watch the creativity unfold!
From her family's farm full of cows, dogs, and sheep, to giraffes, mermaids, and zebras at Perth Zoo, Aubree's wish is an inspirational delight for all animal-lovers!
Landmarks turn blue for wish kids on 29 April
Every year, landmarks across the country are bathed in beautiful blue lights to celebrate World Wish Day (29 April). Check out the list below to find your nearest blue landmark:
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
⭐ Canberra - National Carillon, John Gorton Building, Fountain outside the National Library, and Old Parliament House
NORTHERN TERRITORY
⭐ Darwin – Darwin Civic Centre
QUEENSLAND
⭐ Brisbane - Story Bridge, Victoria Bridge, Reddacliff Place sculptures - Donna Marcus: Steam 2006, Wickham Terrace Car Park Architectural Wall and the Breakfast Creek Bridge in Newstead
⭐ Gold Coast – Isle of Capri Bridge, The iconic Surfers Paradise sign at the beach end of Cavill Mall and decorative garden lighting on the Surfers Paradise foreshore. The Broadbeach sign located in Victoria Park and Decorative lighting in Victoria Park
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
⭐ Adelaide - Adelaide Oval and Riverbank Footbridge
TASMANIA
⭐ Hobart - Franklin Square Fountain, Elizabeth Mall, and Kennedy Lane
VICTORIA
⭐ Melbourne - AAMI Park, Bolte Bridge, and Sound Tube
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
⭐ Perth – Optus Stadium, Council House, and Trafalgar Bridge
Celebrating our inspiring wish stories this World Wish Month
How it all started: the origins of World Wish Day
Make-A-Wish traces its inspiration to Christopher James Greicius, an energetic 7-year-old boy diagnosed with leukemia, who wished to be a police officer. In 1980, his Phoenix community came together to make his wish come true. Little did Chris know that his wish would create a movement that would transform millions of lives.
Make-A-Wish all over the world celebrates World Wish Day on April 29, the date Chris's wish was granted.
"He was only seven years, 269 days old when he died. But he taught me about being a man, even though he was only a boy. And because of meeting him, I'm an entirely different man."
Tommy Austin, Make-A-Wish co-founder
Did you know?
- More than 615,000 extraordinary wishes have been granted globally.
- At Make-A-Wish Australia, we're celebrating 40 years of wish-granting and over 11,000 incredible wishes.
- Wishes only come true thanks to the support from people like you.
