Thank you for supporting Make-A-Wish. Each year in the state of Virginia there are 400 children with critical illnesses who have a wish......there are 192 children this year who are still waiting to have their wish filled. As a heathcare provider at Children's Hospital of Richmond I have the opportunity to see how a critical medical illness not only affects a child but the entire family. A wish gives the family an opportunity to have hope and normalcy, just like other families. A wish has the ability to not only improve the mental health of that child but his/her medical condition as well. Make-A-Wish is a responsibily managed nonprofit in which only 8% of their operating budget goes to overhead. Your dollars will go directly to making a critically ill child's wish come true. 

The WISH Circle is a group of women in the community who pledge to raise money for Make A Wish each year and over the next two months my goal is to raise $10,000. Each and every donation helps me meet that goal and to grant one more child a wish. Many thanks for your gracious and generous support of this effort.

Wishing health and happiness to you and your family.

Robin Foster MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Children's Hospital of RIchmond at VCU