Wishes of Note

Anakin is a 12-year-old from Black Mountain and a huge Star Wars fan. For his wish, Anakin wished to have a puppy named “Luke Skywalker”. Shakiya, an 18-year-old from Greensboro, wished to have a shopping spree. Everything had to be her favorite color, teal, including her hair and outfit.

Black Mountain

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Lincolnton Greensboro

Jon Carson, a 3-year-old from Lincolnton, had his wish to go to Myrtle Beach granted in May. No beach trip is complete without a sweet frozen treat!

Mason, an 18-year-old from Newton, celebrated 100 Days Post-Chemo in July. Little did he know, his wish to have his Jeep remodeled was also coming true!

I wish to be a mermaid

Emma, 9 | Pinehurst leukemia

EMMA’S WISH TO BE A MERMAID

A Donor’s Impact Makes a Splash

Emma is an active 9-year-old girl from Pinehurst, NC who enjoys swimming and playing outside. Emma also has leukemia. Whenever Emma goes swimming, she dives down deep into the water and imagines a magical world where she can swim with her very own pink and purple mermaid tail. This world offers Emma an escape from her day-to-day life, full of endless doctor’s appointments and treatments.

When asked what she wanted her wish to be, Emma excitedly declared that she wished to be a mermaid! She imagined a day filled with adventure and looked forward to swimming in her very own mermaid tail. Emma even practiced swimming with her legs together so she would be ready to swim in her tail when her wish day arrived.

In the effort to create Emma’s perfect wish, Make-A-Wish reached out to a long-time donor, Robin Smith-Salzman, for help.

“I got a call that said, ‘Can we do a mermaid party for a wish kid at your house? We think you have a pool.’ And I said I’d be thrilled to help in any way that I could.”

Emma posing in her mermaid tail by the pool