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Frank Earle Shankwitz (March 8, 1943 – January 24, 2021) was an American philanthropist who was a co-founder of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. [2] [3] [4] He has received the President's Call to Service Award, the Making a Difference in the World, the Making a World of Difference and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor awards.
He has received numerous awards and recognitions for his business leadership and philanthropic efforts, including: New Jersey Biotechnology Industry Organization's 2011 "Dr. Sol J. Barer Award for Vision, Innovation and Leadership"; the 2009 Make A Wish Foundation of New Jersey's "Humanitarian of the Year"; the "2007 E&Y New Jersey Entrepreneur ...
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in the United States that helps fulfill the wishes of seriously ill children. The organization is headquartered in Phoenix [ 2 ] and operates through its 58 chapters located throughout the United States .
Make-A-Wish New Jersey's mission is to create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Needy Cases 2024: Make-A-Wish New Jersey continues giving sick children their shot Skip to ...
Retired as Chief Executive Officer, Make-A-Wish America (January 2, 2019 - November 2022) Richard K. Davis (born 1958 [ 1 ] ) is an American businessman. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Since January 2, 2019 Davis has served as the chief executive officer of Make-A-Wish America , having previously served as Executive Chairman and President of U.S. Bancorp .
In the 1980s Landwirth started offering free hotel rooms to terminally ill children for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. After a child died before travel arrangements could be made, he made a “vow that no child in need would ever be failed again,” and in 1986, Landwirth founded Give Kids The World, a nonprofit resort that provides vacations to ...
Make a Wish, a children's program airing from 1971 to 1976 "Make a Wish", episode of 1994 Spider-Man TV series Make a Wish, a film starring Basil Rathbone; Make a Wish, a short film by Cherien Dabis
Over the past 20 years Bill Phillips has granted over 600 wishes to kids facing life-threatening medical conditions through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. All the proceeds that would have gone to Phillips from the sale of his book Body-for-LIFE were donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.