NICKEL JAR PROGRAM

Looking to raise funds for your organization that is doing amazing work? Let us help! Request to be our monthly nickel jar recipient. Each time our shoppers use their reusable shopping bags, we give them a nickel that they can choose to donate that nickel. At the end of each month, we donate all the nickels (and dollars) that were collected. It is so easy, and your organization can benefit.

Little Wishes

Little Wishes makes a big difference for seriously ill, hospitalized children facing difficult journeys.

A non-profit founded by two local pediatric oncology/PICU nurses in 2003, Little Wishes helps prevent patients from losing their identity to illness by tapping into their passions. Young patients may identify what makes them happy and wish for something that will fill their hearts and brighten their darkest days.

What makes Little Wishes unique is that a patient may wish for something every two weeks giving them a positive event to look forward to. Some children spend hours searching online for their wish, providing them a sense of control and healing distraction from pain. Receiving wishes also helps little patients replace anxiety and fear with hope and joy.

All wishes take place in the hospital and are delivered with fanfare by hospital staff. Milestones spent in the hospital are also celebrated including birthdays, graduations, and completion of treatment, creating a sense of community. In addition, Little Wishes provides comfort in a child’s final days, surrounding them with their most cherished belongings and providing memory making kits and keepsake lockets for the family to hold on to forever.

Little Wishes has granted over 30,000 wishes to date. Little Wishes continues to deliver wishes every day, bringing much needed delight to both hospital staff and young patients.

Visit the Little Wishes website