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East Hartford is home to a heartwarming tradition. For more than 20 years, Wishes on Wheels has hosted a truck convoy to benefit Make-A-Wish Connecticut. Hundreds of trucks moved in a parade-like fashion down Interstate 84 and Interstate 384 on Sunday. The best part is that kids and their families were part of the journey. The funds raised go to…

Starting this weekend, you can experience beautiful blooming sunflowers and help make dreams come true for some local children. From July 23 to July 31, Buttonwood Farm is holding its 18th Sunflower for Wishes fundraiser and 100% of the proceeds from sunflower sales are going to the Make-A-Wish foundation to better the lives of children with critical illnesses. According to…

Volunteers came together in Trumbull to fix the Make-A-Wish sports field which was vandalized.

NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut partnered with Make-A-Wish Connecticut for its annual Miles for Smiles airline miles donation drive last week. During the campaign, which ran from Monday, January 24 to Friday, January 28, officials said 4,509,542 miles were donated and $8,204 in monetary donations were collected. The Miles that were donated to Make-A-Wish will never expire once transferred to…

Sylas Peyre, a Wish-Kid with Make- A- Wish CT is now in remission and had his wish granted to him last year.

NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut are again partnering with Make-A-Wish Connecticut for the annual Miles for Smiles airline miles donation drive. While Make-A-Wish Connecticut has begun to safely grant domestic travel wishes, 100 Connecticut wish kids with critical illnesses are still waiting for their travel wishes to come true this year. Ziva, an 8-year-old from Oakdale, is one of the…

Hundreds of trucks drove through Rentschler Fieldas a part of an event to raise money for kids through Make-a-Wish Connecticut.

Silas Peyre has experienced a lot in his short life. When the Canton boy was 5-years-old his parents noticed a large mass on his abdomen. “We took him in to see what was going on. We thought he was just bloated,” explained Ashlee Maldonado, Silas’s mom. After taking Silas to doctors and running tests, his family learned that he...

Make-A-Wish Connecticut is helping Grace from New Fairfield go on a family vacation to Hawaii.

Five-year-old Elyana originally asked Make-a-Wish to go to Disney world, but then the pandemic hit. She could have waited for her trip, but instead she decided to make the best of it and dance.

NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut are once again partnering with Make-A-Wish Connecticut for the annual “Miles for Smiles” campaign. According to Make-A-Wish Connecticut, the pandemic has forced the organization to postpone about 150 wishes. Nearly 70% of all wishes are travel-related. Make-A-Wish Connecticut said they are preparing now to ensure all of the wishes can be granted as soon as…

NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut are once again partnering with Make-A-Wish Connecticut for the annual “Miles for Smiles” campaign. According to Make-A-Wish Connecticut, the pandemic has forced the organization to postpone about 150 wishes. Nearly 70% of all wishes are travel-related. Make-A-Wish Connecticut says they are preparing now to ensure all of the wishes can be granted as soon as…

From Monday, January 25 through Friday, January 29, 2021, viewers can donate unused airline miles or make monetary donations online to help Make-A-Wish Connecticut grant wishes to local children with critical illnesses.

From Monday, January 25 through Friday, January 29, 2021, viewers can donate unused airline miles or make monetary donations to help Make-A-Wish Connecticut grant wishes to local children.