A Great Deal at Great Escape this Weekend for Guests, Make-A-Wish
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Your chance is coming up. This Saturday, July 20, make a $10 donation to Make-A-Wish
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Northeast New York and, for each ticket purchased, you will receive a half-price coupon for an admission ticket that day for The Great Escape & Hurricane Harbor.
You will be making money by making a donation. That is a win-win. And speaking of winning, there is a raffle in which you can win a three-day, two night stay to The Great Escape Lodge with passes to the park. Look for our table by the ticket windows past the magnetometers.
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It's Time to Run to Get Ready for the Walk
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We are less than a month away.
Walk For Wishes
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is one of our biggest celebrations of the year - a time for our community of wish families, volunteers and supporters to come together, to walk and to raise the money necessary to grant more than 90 wishes this year, right here in our area. And it simply won’t be the same without you. Registration is open and free, and we hope you’ll register your team and get started today!
Walk for Wishes 2019
Joseph L. Bruno Stadium, Troy, NY
Aug. 10, 2019
We
invite you to make your mark on our new
Wishing Way
by making a $100 donation for a tribute or memorial sign. These signs will be placed in a specific area of our Walk for Wishes, honoring the more than 1,870 life-changing wishes granted by our chapter.
Do you know a wish kid who inspires you? Honor them with a sign in our Wishing Way. Signs are 18 inches x 24 inches.
A
Route Marker Sponsorship is $250 and will feature your company, organization or family name prominently on an 18 inches x 24 inches directional sign along the route.
Click here
for the form or email
walk@neny.wish.org
for more information.
Donations must be received by Aug. 2.
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Thanks to Saquon, George has Giant ESPN Wish
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Sports fans across the country got an up-close and personal look at a tough-as-nails football player.
And at Saquon Barkley, too.
George, a 15-year-old football player from Cohoes and a Make-A-Wish Northeast New York wish kid, had his wish to meet the New York Giant and reigning NFL Rookie of the Year
chronicled on ESPN
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Watch the moving story via the link below.
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Gronk Comes Up Big in Clutch Again
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On short notice, recently retired New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski stopped by Albany Medical Center for an extended visit with Make-A-Wish Northeast New York wish kid John of Whitehall. Thank you to the New England Patriots at the Make-A-Wish
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Massachusetts-Rhode Island chapter for helping make this heartfelt wish happen.
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Swishes for Wishes, Rock for Wishes, Ride for Wishes, Golf for Wishes ... You Get the Idea
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Do you like basketball with your baseball? We got that:
Swishes for Wishes
at The Joe and the Tri-City ValleyCats is coming up on on July 28. Enter the promo code "wish" when you purchase tickets and our chapter gets $2 of the purchase price!
(And wish families: Don't forget to contact us to reserve your spot that day for the Wish Family Picnic at the ballpark before the game.)
Or do you prefer music to go with your National Pastime? Got that covered, too: Jocelyn & Chris Arndt are headlining
Presidio Presents Wish Fest
July 27 at Shuttleworth Park, a show to be followed by an Amsterdam Mohawks game.
There are also motorcycle rides, golf and more ahead to benefit the chapter: Check out the calendar below.
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Training for New Wish Granters set for September
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A round of training for new wish granters is tentatively slated for a date to be determined in September in the Capital Region. If you are interested in this vital volunteer role, contact Ray Gawlak, manager of volunteer engagement, at
rgawlak@neny.wish.org
or 518-456-9474.
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Another Jump for Joy
On Saturday, for the ninth year in a row, I will jump out of a perfectly good airplane at 13,500 feet.
The
Ninth Annual Wish Jump
to benefit Make-A-Wish Northeast New York is the only event of its kind nationwide among Make-A-Wish chapters. Dozens will descend -- literally -- to Skydive the Ranch in Gardiner, New York, raising money that will fund three to four of the 90-100 wishes we grant each year.
From where I'll be, I will probably be seeing you Saturday -- wherever you are.
Sincerely,
William C. Trigg, III,
CEO, Make-A-Wish Northeast New York
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Make-A-Wish Northeast New York
3 Washington Square
Albany, NY 12205
(518) 456-9474
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