I checked, and I’m surprised that neither my mom nor I have really blogged about Wish Week (granted, both of have made references to it: http://blog.scottsontherocks.com/blog/2011/03/03/make-a-wish-granted/) but I think it’s very worth explaining, so here it goes:
For the past 3 years at Rock Canyon, the students have gotten together and raised money for one week in order to grant a wish for a child of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
The first year, Harvey, age 17, wanted to become a pro photographer while she still had the time. They asked us to raise about $10,000. We raised $17,000. It was an emotional event and everyone was impressed by the amount of participation we had.
The second year we granted 10-year-old Taylor’s wish to go to the Coral Reef (his favorite movie was Finding Nemo and he wanted to see where it took place). We were well aware that a school near ours had up-ed us and raised $17,000. Our goal was 20. In just one week, our high school managed to raise $41,215.17! We nearly doubled the national record of a little less than $25,000!
By this year’s Wish Week, if you asked any random Rock Canyon student what their favorite time of the year was, they’d answer Wish Week. But of course, $41,000 dollars is hard to beat. We all pulled together, went to every fundraiser and raised money in the classes. $43,486.24. One week. It was the most sincere, loving, and powerful assembly I have ever gone to. We granted 5-year-old Natalie’s wish to go to Disney World with her family.
Wish Week is a way for our school to unite and show everyone, including ourselves, just how much we care and how much we can do.
~Courtney