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We grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.

Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with Critical Illness.

Our mission is to provide physical rehabilitation to people living with spinal cord injuries. The Stay in Step SCI Recovery Center (SIS) is a non-profit Veteran founded rehabilitation facility that provides activity based exercise programs for patients with Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI) and other neurological disorders. SIS is a unique long-term rehabilitation center that also provides a supportive family environment. The caring staff of SIS have worked tirelessly to create a motivating environment that utilizes advanced therapeutic techniques, modern equipment and “out of the box” thinking to challenge those suffering from a spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury and/or paralysis to increase their functionality as well as quality of life.

Promises2Kids’ mission is to create a brighter future for foster children®. From the moment they come into foster care and through to adulthood, Promises2Kids provides the hope, support, and opportunities these individuals need to change their lives for the better - now and for years to come.

Tens of thousands of volunteers, donors and supporters advance the Make-A-Wish® vision to grant the wish of every eligible child diagnosed with a critical illness. In the United States and it's territories, on average, a wish is granted every 34 minutes. We believe a wish experience can be a game-changer. This one belief guides us and inspires us to grant wishes that change the lives of the kids we serve.

Rosie’s Place was founded in 1974 as the first women’s shelter in the United States. Our mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment to help poor and homeless women maintain their dignity, seek opportunity and find security in their lives. Today, Rosie’s Place not only provides meals and shelter but also creates answers for 12,000 women a year through wide-ranging support, housing and education services. Rosie’s Place relies solely on the generous support of individuals, foundations and corporations and does not accept any city, state or federal funding.

Covenant House provides a community of hope and healing to homeless young people in need of a safe haven. For kids who have run away from or been forced out of their family home or aged out of foster care, Covenant House provides a temporary home and a continuum of services designed to help them escape the streets forever and transition to a life with stable housing, a solid educational foundation, and sustained employment. . Founded in 1972, Covenant House has reached more than one million young people with immediate assistance and the support necessary to transition from a life on the streets to a life with a future.

To positively impact the poor and disadvantaged of our communities by continuing Florence’s work of giving, loving, sharing and caring for those in need.

Our mission is to create healthy, sustainable communities in Haiti through education, health care, care of orphaned children, and vocational training.

Every 34 minutes Make-A-Wish® grants the wish of a child diagnosed with a critical illness in the United States and its territories. We believe that a wish experience can be a game-changer. This one belief guides us in everything we do. It inspires us to grant wishes that change the lives of the kids we serve.

Together, they grant life-changing wishes to children with critical illnesses.

Make-A-Wish Central and Western North Carolina grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.