Make-A-Wish is one amazing organization. What they do for children who have been diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses is beyond kind. I love reading stories in the paper, or seeing them on TV, about children receiving their wishes. I imagine all of the pain, suffering, and despair they have endured and it makes the smiles on their faces mean everything to me– and I am sure it does to them too!
I have been contemplating what I should wish for a very long time. Yesterday, I submitted my wish to Stephanie– my wonderfully thoughtful and warm Make-A-Wish representative. This is what I wished for:
I’ve decided on a wish! I want Oprah to do a show on childhood cancer. =) I want it to be very clear that I am not wishing to BE on the show. I am asking that she grant the wish of the 45,000 + followers of the “Oprah, Please Do a Show On Childhood Cancer” Facebook page. This would lead to greater awareness and SAVE CHILDREN’S LIVES. This is my most heartfelt and passionate wish yet! I hope that you are doing well, Stephanie! Hugs!
-Melinda
KSBY 6 TV Childhood Cancer Awareness Oprah Facebook Movement:
http://www.ksby.com/news/local-teen-cancer-survivor-joins-facebook-plea-to-oprah/
If you knew that you had only one wish, and you knew that with that one wish you could save children’s lives and lessen their suffering, wouldn’t you wish the same thing? How can I, knowing what I know about how desperate the need is for awareness, early detection, less toxic treatment, and funding for research, not make this wish?
I would love to see the National Cancer Institute make a huge change in their budget– to appropriate much more than the measly 3% that is currently allocated for all childhood cancers. Seriously people (there I go again, addressing all of humankind:)) this is pitiful. Are children a priority in the United States of America?
How about children who are fighting for their lives against cancer?
I believe I have made my point…
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Melinda Marchiano 
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