Make A Wish Foundation Essay

“Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.” This inspiring quote was said by Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of our incomparable nation. To me, this quote signifies and represents all that the Posse Foundation stands for and all I aspire to be. This is why I believe I should be a Posse Scholar. From a young age, I was always

He is most notably involved with the Make-A-Wish foundation. He has made visits to over 500 children with life threatening illnesses, the most in the foundation’s history. Because of his contributions, on 2009 he won the Chris Greicius Celebrity Award. Cena has also not only been part of the Make-A-Wish foundation, but also helped start the WWE’s “Be a Star” anti-bullying campaign. He is a former Marine and is a strong supporter

He even made a cake for his wife that was a bust of her head. They also made a cake modeled after a toilet for a plumber that was retiring. They even allowed some children from Make-a-Wish foundation to come in and make some cakes of their own and then the bakers surprised the kids with a large cake for a foundation party. Reality shows can be both entertaining and offensive, depending on the plots and themes of the shows. I like many of them, while others I think they could do without. For

about this and later the two of them went on a picnic. While there, Gus told her that he was going to invite her to go with him to Amsterdam, because he will use his Wish to go there. A Wish is part of the Make A Wish Foundation where kids with cancer can make wishes to do almost anything, like go to Disney, which Hazel used her wish on when she was

you know he also has granted 500 children’s wishes by working with the Make A Wish Foundation. Thanks to John Cena’s efforts of helping children out he has become a well known and respected celebrity as well as a role model. I am not into wrestling or the WWE but I thought about trying to find someone outside of my comfort zone and try that out. This is why I choose John Cena. John Cena’s physical traits are one thing that makes him the person he is. He has a huge body build because he works out

The name of our organization is Andes Foundation, Chile(Non-Profit Organization). It was created on September 24, 2001. The president and founder is called Rosita Raffo. Nowadays this organization helps people in need of health and education. In 2013, 300 motivational and educational books have been distributed and last year they repaired the Coronary Care Unit of the University of Chile’s Clinical Hospital. Their purpose is to perform works of philanthropy (donations for good causes) specially

The major foundation that I chose to talk about is the Bill Gates and Melinda Foundation. Their foundation is one of the world largest philanthropic organization. There is a 43.5-billion-dollar trust which 3 billion is given out yearly in grant payment to help the poor people in developing countries. The foundation place emphasis on getting rid of malaria, polio, and controlling the spread of TB and HIV. This is achieved through prevention, immunizations and vaccinations. In 2010 Gates added

received his Master’s from Columbia University. Stephen P. Murray was a philanthropist as well as a private equity investor. Murray was a supporter of the Metro New York Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County, Stamford Museum, and Columbia Business School. He was on the chairman's council for Make a Wish Foundation of Metro New York and a vice chairman of the trustee’s board at Boston College.

from a family of six, but if chance had it a different way, there would have only been five. Some call it luck or fate, but she calls it a miracle. Early Miracles is a nonprofit foundation committed to serving families who have a premature child who suffers from a developmental disability and a heart murmur. This foundation will provide services such as activities (painting, drawing, sports, writing, or board games) for the child and parent to be involved in and consultations for the parent in regards

because her father makes many promises to her, but he never fulfilled those promises. When they began to build the glass castle like her father told her they would, Brian and Jeanette had dug the foundation for the Glass Castle, her father tells her them to throw the trash into the hole, this is like calling their dream garbage. Even though they took so much time to build the foundation, believing that it was actually for the castle, “the hole for the Glass Castle’s foundation slowly filled with