Make-A-Wish Colorado

Thank you to Elitch Gardens for generously hosting our top fundraising Kids For Wish Kid high school, middle and elementary schools to celebrate their fundraising success. Students from Mountain Vista High School, Cimarron Middle School, and Heritage and Summit View Elementary Schools joined wish kids for a day of fun at the park!

Thank you to our Kids For Wish Kids sponsors and partners: Liberty Energy Scheels AAA Service Plumbing, Heating & Electric Dutch Bros Coffee Raising Cane's Colorado High School Activities Association
Happy summer!

We're so excited to grant Nic's wish next week at Linger! Join us for brunch on Friday, June 12 to be part of Nic's wish to be a chef. Mention Make-A-Wish in the reservation notes and make sure to order Nic's Wish Dish!

Wish kid Alex celebrated at Dave & Buster's with Colorado Sprints City Serve Day volunteers ahead of his wish to visit Washington D.C. Alex's wish included stops at all the DC sights and museums, including the National Air & Space Museum, the Library of Congress, stops at the at the National Mall and a special tour of Mount Vernon!

We're so excited to announce our TOP 10 FUNDRAISING HIGH SCHOOLS for this year's Kids For Wish Kids program! Join us in celebrating the incredible work of these students and all they do to help create life-changing wishes for Colorado kids with critical illnesses!

Mountain Vista High School: $236,470.41
Chaparral High School : $131,961.88
Legend High School: $126,265.19
Ralston Valley High School: $126,093.22
Rock Canyon High School: $108,648.05
Chatfield High School: $52,540.74
Cherokee Trail High School: $52,058.08
Heritage High School: $49,946.02
Castle View High School: $47,713.88
Smoky Hill High School: $42,739.39

Gracie went to Oak Meadow Ranch for her wish and held an otter, cuddled up with a snake, snuggled with a sloth and fed a giraffe from her room! It was a wish she and her family will never forget.

We're so proud of our Colorado Avalanche and all they do on and off the ice, and we are so excited to support them inside and outside Ball Arena during the Western Conference Finals! Thanks to Kroenke Sports Charities, portions of admissions from Avs Alley and Ball Arena Watch Parties during the Western Conference Finals Series will benefit Make-A-Wish Colorado!

Buy tickets for tonight at Avs Alley:
https://www.ticketmaster.com/third-round-avs-alley-knights-at-denver-colorado-05-22-2026/event/1E006483D42892BF

Buy tickets for Ball Arena Watch Party on May 24
https://www.ticketmaster.com/third-round-watch-party-avalanche-v-denver-colorado-05-24-2026/event/1E0064ACCF02C659

GO AVS GO!

We're hiring for a Development Coordinator! Are you ready to make a difference by supporting our incredible Kids For Wish Kids program and more life-changing work? Learn more and apply: https://wish.org/colorado/job-openings

Gentry was referred to Make-A-Wish during his first rounds of chemotherapy at Children’s Hospital Colorado. When thinking about what to do, his family joked if Gentry could have any wish, he’d want to be in the hospital with all of his friends - he just wouldn’t want chemo. Throughout all the ups and downs in Gentry's medical journey, that wish crystallized into a vision of celebrating the family, friends and medical teams who never stopped fighting for him.

"We never fully grasped what it would feel like to be here. To celebrate this beautiful little boy who survived the unthinkable. Through it all, the doctors, nurses and the medical staff here became our found family. They always saw our son as worthy. Never once did we doubt that,” Gentry's parents said.

Gentry's wish was granted last month at Children's Colorado, where a conference room was transformed into a celebration, complete with arts and crafts, a photo booth, treats and visits from some of Gentry's favorite characters. Thank you to our partners at Children’s Colorado for making Gentry's wish come true!

Thank you Liberty Energy for your support of the Kids For Wish Kids program, which allows kids to learn first-hand the impact of philanthropy and expand their leadership skills!

Liberty Energy sponsored the 35K+ stickers handed out to students at schools across the state. We have so much fun designing these stickers each year and the students love collecting them!