# @wishcolorado on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx6m9SAvLvc
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/9324426-wishcolorado-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/cb0259d12f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-10-03T00:00:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Make-A-Wish Colorado (@wishcolorado) — https://gondola.cc/wishcolorado

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We are celebrating 40 years of granting life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses across Colorado. Since the beginning, one of our greatest partners has been waltdisneyworld! Check out wish alum Micah’s reflection on his wish from 1993 to go to Walt Disney World Resorts. 

"I had my wish to go to Walt Disney World granted in 1993 when I was 3 years old. It was a welcome distraction from life undergoing chemo. It was my first chance to leave home and see a whole new world (Disney World!) and escape the hospital environment.

My parents, who were younger at the time than I am now, remember the huge amount of gratitude they felt toward Make-A-Wish, who bent over backwards to make sure we had everything we needed. People who were strangers to us treated us like family. This had an immense impact on us and inspired my parents and myself to volunteer and give back to our community throughout our lives. 

A wish is hope for a child fighting a critical illness. It gives a child a window into the bright future on the other side of the tunnel for them. It encourages them to fight and gives them a goal of what they’re fighting for. It helps them know themselves and what they are capable of. A wish leads to hope, and hope leads to courage and strength."

You can support wishes like Micah’s and our 40th Anniversary by donating at the link in our bio. #wishestransformlives #makeawishcolorado40

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