Thinking of having an event or party? Choose the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida as your benefiting charity and help grant wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions. Please call us at (954)967-9474 or email us at SpecialEvents@sflawish.org for more information on how you or your company can help Share the Power of a Wish®!
Frequently Asked Questions about Fundraisers
I want to have my event benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida. Can I do that?
The first step towards determining the answer to this question is for you to complete, initial, sign and fax the Special Events Fundraising Agreement to Melissa Venditti, Special Events Manager, at (954)967-2468. Your application will be processed and one of our special event coordinators will let you know if your event is has been approved or will call to introduce him/herself and answer any additional question! If you need help in filling out the form, please don’t hesitate to call and ask to speak to a Special Event Coordinator. This document is required by our national office in order to hold a fundraiser.
What kinds of events do people hold?
Companies and groups hold all sorts of events from golf tournaments to happy hours to bowling tournaments and everything in between. Check out the Special Events Calendar for upcoming fundraisers hosted by local businesses, groups or individuals and more ideas on types of events that are held to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida. Or, for more event ideas, please download the Event Ideas Information below.
Where does the money raised at my event go?
Money raised at your event goes toward granting the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions in Southern Florida. If your event raises more than $5,000, your money can go to sponsoring a specific child's wish! To learn more about our Adopt-A-Wish program, click here or email Community Development Coordinator Andrea Fabrikant.
I want to publicize this event on television. Is that ok?
All publicity materials (posters, invitations, email announcements, press releases, etc) need to be approved by the Make-A-Wish Foundation Communications Team prior to print and distribution. We like to think of it as "free editing" to ensure that you include all of the correct information about the Foundation. Secondly, all publicity must remain within the following Southern Florida counties that our chapter serves: Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, Okeechobee, Highlands, Monroe, Hendry, Glades, Collier and Lee. Our biggest cities include Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Stuart, Port St. Lucie, Vero Beach, Fort Pierce, Key West, Naples, and Fort Myers. This is due to the fact that we have 67 Make-A-Wish chapters throughout the United States and we do not want to impede on the territories of other chapters, thus detracting from their fundraising abilities. Therefore, all publicity must be approved by our office in advance.
Can Make-A-Wish help me get celebrities to attend my event?
Our number one priority for celebrities is for them to donate their valuable time to make our children's wishes come true. While we want to support your efforts in every way possible, due to the number and frequency of organizations requesting a celebrity presence for their fundraising events nationwide, we need to limit the use of our name for celebrity event outreach. If you would understandably like to invite your personal celebrity contacts and supporters to attend your event, we simply ask that our name or marks not be used in conjunction with any type of formal ask, appearance request or solicitation. Securing permission to use our name for these type of requests requires additional approvals from our national office which often takes several weeks to secure and is highly restricted to events featuring the structure needed to guarantee that they will raise a significant level of funds for the reasons stated above.
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