TakeCare Foundation clinic supervisor Nora Sablan said they will present the check donation at 2:30 p.m. today at the TSL Plaza Conference in Garapan.
Sablan said the donation will help grant Kenji Iguel’s wish to travel to Orlando to visit Spongebob Squarepants.
Victor Camacho, executive director of Make-A-Wish Foundation of Guam, said Iguel is suffering from a brain neoplasm and epilepsy and will be celebrating his 5th birthday during his wish. TakeCare’s donation will help to fund a portion of the airfare, accommodations, meals and entry to the Universal Studios theme park.
“TakeCare Foundation of Guam has been working with the Make a Wish Foundation in helping make the children’s wishes come for the past five years,” Sablan said.
TakeCare marketing manager Agnes Perez said this is the first wish kid from Saipan where TakeCare has partnered with Make-A-Wish Foundation for this year.
“We will continue to work with them to grant wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions,” Perez said.
The Make-a-Wish Foundation started in 1980 when a 7-year-old boy who was being treated for leukemia got his wish to be a “police officer” for a full day in Arizona.
Since it started, more than 197,000 wishes had been granted to kids all over the nation. The Make-A-Wish Foundation now grants an average of one wish every 41 minutes.
To date, the Guam chapter has granted 193 wishes. You too can help make the wish of a child come true. For more information, visit http://www.guamwish.org/index.htm.
