Ian Wright

And so I am definitely not involved in the majority of them, but I am involved in ones that I can try to make a direct impact on or ones that might need a little bit of help. The way that our organization is sort of split up, we have Make-A-Wish America, which controls America, and then Underneath that, we have different states and regions, our chapters.

And so we might have chapters go, hey, we have a gaming wish in our region. We have absolutely no idea how to move forward, whether it's contacting a developer or contacting a gaming celebrity in their area. And they're like, can you help us with this? Or we say, hey, we have a kid who wants to do this very specific thing in gaming. Is that possible? And then we sort of go from there.

And so we might have chapters go, hey, we have a gaming wish in our region. We have absolutely no idea how to move forward, whether it's contacting a developer or contacting a gaming celebrity in their area. And they're like, can you help us with this? Or we say, hey, we have a kid who wants to do this very specific thing in gaming. Is that possible? And then we sort of go from there.

And so we might have chapters go, hey, we have a gaming wish in our region. We have absolutely no idea how to move forward, whether it's contacting a developer or contacting a gaming celebrity in their area. And they're like, can you help us with this? Or we say, hey, we have a kid who wants to do this very specific thing in gaming. Is that possible? And then we sort of go from there.

So most of my time is based around fundraising, just because that's a much more proactive thing that I can do as far as outreach to different communities or groups. But then if there is something that pops up, my inbox is constantly with like a, hey, I have a gaming question and then I'm there to answer it.

So most of my time is based around fundraising, just because that's a much more proactive thing that I can do as far as outreach to different communities or groups. But then if there is something that pops up, my inbox is constantly with like a, hey, I have a gaming question and then I'm there to answer it.

So most of my time is based around fundraising, just because that's a much more proactive thing that I can do as far as outreach to different communities or groups. But then if there is something that pops up, my inbox is constantly with like a, hey, I have a gaming question and then I'm there to answer it.

Yes, yes. I will tell you right now that being part of granting a wish is a life-changing process. it will stick with you like forever. Um, and the amount of outpouring and support you see just from people who are even sort of like tertiary to the wish, like the amount of enthusiasm they have, it's, it's just like, it's,

Yes, yes. I will tell you right now that being part of granting a wish is a life-changing process. it will stick with you like forever. Um, and the amount of outpouring and support you see just from people who are even sort of like tertiary to the wish, like the amount of enthusiasm they have, it's, it's just like, it's,

Yes, yes. I will tell you right now that being part of granting a wish is a life-changing process. it will stick with you like forever. Um, and the amount of outpouring and support you see just from people who are even sort of like tertiary to the wish, like the amount of enthusiasm they have, it's, it's just like, it's,

It's motivating and heartwarming and just so encouraging because everyone in that moment is just so pumped. The wish kid is pumped. Their family is pumped. The people that are granting the wish, the people that are watching the wish get granted. I get chills talking about it. I love it. It's awesome.

It's motivating and heartwarming and just so encouraging because everyone in that moment is just so pumped. The wish kid is pumped. Their family is pumped. The people that are granting the wish, the people that are watching the wish get granted. I get chills talking about it. I love it. It's awesome.

It's motivating and heartwarming and just so encouraging because everyone in that moment is just so pumped. The wish kid is pumped. Their family is pumped. The people that are granting the wish, the people that are watching the wish get granted. I get chills talking about it. I love it. It's awesome.

Yeah. Doing, doing good for people feels good. Right. Like just doing good feels good. And so doing it on that scale and, and you have this moment where like, You know that the kid has been – and especially the way that our organization does it. So just some information for the listeners. When a child enters into the Make-A-Wish pipeline, the first part of that is basically –

Yeah. Doing, doing good for people feels good. Right. Like just doing good feels good. And so doing it on that scale and, and you have this moment where like, You know that the kid has been – and especially the way that our organization does it. So just some information for the listeners. When a child enters into the Make-A-Wish pipeline, the first part of that is basically –

Yeah. Doing, doing good for people feels good. Right. Like just doing good feels good. And so doing it on that scale and, and you have this moment where like, You know that the kid has been – and especially the way that our organization does it. So just some information for the listeners. When a child enters into the Make-A-Wish pipeline, the first part of that is basically –

Like we have volunteers and we have staff that they go to the child and they sort of get the child's interest, right? Some kids, if they're over a certain age, they know what they want. They go, this is my Make-A-Wish wish. Boom, like done. If they're younger or if they're maybe not as familiar with our program, sometimes we'll go, well, what are your interests? What are your hobbies?

Like we have volunteers and we have staff that they go to the child and they sort of get the child's interest, right? Some kids, if they're over a certain age, they know what they want. They go, this is my Make-A-Wish wish. Boom, like done. If they're younger or if they're maybe not as familiar with our program, sometimes we'll go, well, what are your interests? What are your hobbies?

Like we have volunteers and we have staff that they go to the child and they sort of get the child's interest, right? Some kids, if they're over a certain age, they know what they want. They go, this is my Make-A-Wish wish. Boom, like done. If they're younger or if they're maybe not as familiar with our program, sometimes we'll go, well, what are your interests? What are your hobbies?

What do you like? And we'll sort of try to figure out what is the art of possible. Then from there, we take it behind the scenes and we figure out how to make it with Make-A-Wish magic. And then we do what's called the wish reveal. And so that's when we actually go to the wish kid and we say, hey, your wish is being granted, right? And so when I started working for Make-A-Wish...