DuBois, PA – In the weeks after our DuBois area Make-A-Wish campaign wrapped up, people continued to donate for our local kids, pushing our official grand total up by more than an addition $4,400… that’s one extra wish that we weren’t expecting!
Lacy Bair, the Make-A-Wish Greater PA and WV regional director says that altogether in 2020, our DuBois area campaign raised $78,843!
That means that, since the average cost of a wish is $4,400, our area alone was able to provide the funds for 18 kids… 18 entire families… to have a wish that allows a child dealing with a critical illness to forget about the doctor’s appointments and hospital visits and just be a kid.
That is an astounding number, especially since it’s during a pandemic!
Businesses, schools, organizations, and everyday people dug deep and raised a magical amount of money, which will all go toward granting wishes for local kids with critical illnesses.
To everyone who donated, thank you so much!
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Thank you!
Listen to the interview with Lacy Bair, Make-A-Wish Greater PA And WV regional director, at the end of the Make-A-Wish campaign in December 2020.
Donations:
- Benny from Starr Trucking and Day Spa DuBois – $4,510
- VFW Auxiliary – $200
- Kiwanis Club of DuBois – $400
- Sandy Club – $4,400
- Olympic Athletic Club – $11,300
- DuBois Polish Club – $5,400
- Super Sub and Six Pack – $4,400
- Penn State DuBois – $1,600
- Roy’s Floor Show – $500
- Clepper Bus – $1,376.40
- Sykesville Eagles – $4,400
- Oklahoma Elementary – $3,861
- Owens Illinois Plant 76 – $2,100
- Medicine Shoppe – $102
- Wasson Elementary – $2,000
- DuBois Area Middle School – $3868.91
- Stoltz Family Dealerships – $1,000
- Ellis Plumbing and Heating – $100
- DuBois Central Catholic School – $1,745
- Juniata Elementary – $1,634
- Josh and Lou – $102
- CG Johnson Elementary – $3,350.01
- Dave’s Landscaping – $100
- Brockway School District – $4,400
- Priority First Federal Credit Union – $1,100
- Niagara Cutter – $2,300
- Redbank Fireman – $2,000
- Auction – $4,010
- Plus many more donations online and in person!
Total = $74,443.32
Click here to hear more interviews from the 2020 Make A Wish Campaign on Sunny 106.