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Make-A-Wish FoundationBy Leslie Brown

+Make-A-Wish Foundation

Foundation began all because of a 7 year old boy

KY, IN, & OH chapter began in 1983

Chapter has granted over 12,000 wishes

+Their Mission?

Make-A-Wish… “Grants the Wishes of Children with Life Threatening Medical Conditions to Enrich the Human Experience with Hope, Strength, and Joy.”

Children must be between the ages of 2 ½-18 years old to begin the wish process

+Why I Chose Make-A-Wish

I love their missionI love the work that they doI love the relationships created through

the foundationI love their impact

+They’re Using New New Media!

Facebook Twitter YouTube RSS availability It’s important to have many options to stay in touch

with as many people as possible While they still use e-mail and snail mail, these other

sources are crucial

+Is New New Media effective?

Yes, they have almost 500,000 likes on Facebook and over 142,000 followers on Twitter

They successfully spread information about events, fundraising opportunities, volunteer opportunities, and more

+Reflection…

Overall, they’re doing a great job using new new media

They have many different audiences They use their media sources frequently Only possible change…individual chapters

using their own sources of media more often