Make-A-Wish and Elitch Gardens Salute
"Kids for Wish Kids!"

Elitch Gardens opened its gates for free to more than 3,500 students on Wednesday, June 25 to celebrate their fundraising efforts for the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Colorado’s Kids for Wish Kids program. The Kids for Wish Kids program gives schools and organizations across the state the opportunity to sponsor wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions. This year, 51 schools and organizations participated, collecting more than $75,000.

Wish Kid Nathan attended the all-day event, preparing for all of the rides and thrills of his wish to go to Disney World that the Colorado Wildcats Baseball Club made possible. The Colorado Springs youth team was honored during WISH Wednesday’s opening ceremony for collecting more than $6,000 in pledges for every run scored during their 2008 season (Continue story)

• Bill Phillips' Transformation Challenge Donates $109,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado
  
  Bill Phillips, the former chairperson and CEO of EAS and the author of the best-selling health and fitness book “Body for Life” recently made a $109,000 personal donation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado. Mr. Phillips' donation came about as part of his Transformation Challenge, a 12-week plan to increase the health, fitness and energy of Challenge participants across the country and the world. For every pound lost by participants and/or for every pound of muscle gained, Mr. Phillips donated $100 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado.
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