Make-A-Wish New Jersey Walk & Roll for Wishes is Next Weekend

The Make-A-Wish Samuel & Josephine Plumeri Wishing Place in Monroe Township, NJ

Make-A-Wish New Jersey

If you’re fortunate enough to have a healthy child, I’m sure you realize how blessed you are. Unfortunately, there are families in New Jersey with children who are battling serious illnesses. Make-A-Wish New Jersey helps ease their unbearable experience.

Through conversations with Make-A-Wish New Jersey staff members, I’ve learned a lot about the wonderful things they do. I was invited to the Samuel & Josephine Plumeri Wishing Place in Monroe Township to see where all the magic happens. If you’ve driven down Perrineville Road, I’m sure you’ve seen the big, beautiful Make-A-Wish castle.

What is Make-A-Wish New Jersey?

Maybe you’re not familiar with Make-A-Wish New Jersey. They create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. In the fight against a critical illness, a wish catalyzes renewed strength and encouragement for every child and they’re family.

The wishes cost families nothing, help kids look past their limitations, and can improve a child’s quality of life. Families overcome anxiety, and entire communities experience joy.

The entire family is included in the wish experience because they’re all going through the illness experience together. The child is battling a critical illness, and the parents are juggling schedules, struggling nonstop, trying to provide some level of normalcy.

I don’t think, as an adult, I can't imagine how I could face head-on, and with such a positive attitude, what these kids or parents face every day.

Nationally, Make-A-Wish began 45 years ago in 1980. The New Jersey chapter was founded in 1983, and they’ve granted nearly 13,000 wishes since its inception.

Every wish is special and unique. Disney World is one of the most popular wishes, and some kids just want to meet their favorite sports heroes. The possibilities are endless.

The average cost of a wish is $11,000, and fortunately, Make-A-Wish New Jersey has never had to turn a wish down due to lack of funding.

Make-A-Wish New Jersey Walk & Roll for Wishes

You can help by joining Make-A-Wish New Jersey at the upcoming Walk & Roll For Wishes event on Sunday, September 14^th. It takes place at the beautiful Samuel & Josephine Plumeri Wishing Place in Monroe Township.

The Walk & Roll for Wishes is a fun, interactive event. It’s a celebration of Make-A-Wish with food, music, entertainment, and more.

With a week until the event, they’re below 60% of their goal of $50,000. You can help by signing up or donating right now at NJ.Wish.org/WalkandRoll

For more information about Make-A-Wish New Jersey, call 800-252-WISH or visit wish.org/nj and discover how you can help transform lives, one wish at a time. Click here for the Make-A-Wish website and more information.

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Joel Katz is the Morning Show Personality, Assistant Program Director, Podcast Host, Voiceover artist, audio producer, and Digital Content Writer for Magic 98.3. Joel has been working in New Jersey radio since college and started at Magic in 2002 as the Morning Show Host, “I can’t think of another place where I’d fit more perfectly; it’s just a great company with awesome people.” Joel is married to Kathleen, his elementary school sweetheart (they were each other’s first dates at age 9), shares a birthday with his oldest son, Ty, and has twins, Kiera and Liam. Joel runs at least 3.1 miles every day and enjoys playing basketball, doing laundry, saving his turn signal for when he really needs it, kissing dogs through a fence, using coasters, making that cool noise by rubbing his fingers on balloons, and chasing after ping pong balls on a windy cruise ship.