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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.
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 .
Williams grew up in Pennsylvania and moved to Houston, Texas after graduating college to work for Shell Oil Company.In Houston, he earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Houston.
Three-year-old Audrey, who is fighting cancer, had a big wish — to visit Disney World. “There’s a lot of parts of a cancer battle anyway, so we’ve learned to adjust expectations and adjust ...
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 ...
Co-founder, Park City Song Summit Before he co-founded the Park City Song Summit—originally the Park City Songwriters Festival—in 2019, Ben Anderson was a lawyer for 30 years and a member of ...
Wish Man is a 2019 American biographical drama film written and directed by Theo Davies and starring Andrew Steel, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Tom Sizemore, Frank Whaley, Bruce Davison, Robert Pine, Fay Masterson, Dale Dickey and Danny Trejo. [1] El Ride productions helped bring the film to fruition with late funding which made the final edit possible.