Sarah Ford | April 28, 2015

April 29th World Wish Day® Corporate & Employee Engagement Opportunity

This month, Make-A-Wish is celebrating World Wish Day, the 35th anniversary of the wish that inspired its founding, by launching a worldwide “thank you” campaign on April 29 dedicated to individual and corporate donor appreciation and recognition.

How Your Company Can Participate

Post a message on your corporate social networks on April 29. For example:

Facebook:
Text: Today is #WorldWishDay, the 35th anniversary of the wish that inspired the founding of Make-A-Wish. [COMPANY] is proud to have been a Make-A-Wish partner since [19XX]. Thank you to all the other generous Make-A-Wish donors and volunteers who have helped more than 350,000 children around the globe have their one-true wish granted. Because of you, every 22 minutes, a life-changing wish is granted to a seriously ill child somewhere in the world. Visit http://a.wish.org/2015WWD to share your thank you message, too!”
Link: http://a.wish.org/2015WWD
Tag: https://www.facebook.com/makeawish
Picture: Download from http://wish.org/~/media/100-000/Campaigns/2015-World-Wish-Day/wwd-promoted-sponsor.ashx

Twitter:
Text: Today is #WorldWishDay, the 35th anniversary of the wish that inspired the founding of @MakeAWish. Learn more at http://a.wish.org/2015WWD.
Link: http://a.wish.org/2015WWD
Tag: https://twitter.com/MakeAWish
Picture: Download from http://wish.org/~/media/100-000/Campaigns/2015-World-Wish-Day/wwd-promoted-sponsor.ashx

Instagram:
Text: Today is #WorldWishDay, the 35th anniversary of the wish that inspired the founding of Make-A-Wish. [COMPANY] is proud to have been a Make-A-Wish partner since [19XX]. Thank you to all the other generous Make-A-Wish donors and volunteers who have helped more than 350,000 children around the globe have their one-true wish granted. Because of you, every 22 minutes, a life-changing wish is granted to a seriously ill child somewhere in the world. Visit http://a.wish.org/2015WWD to share your thank you message, too!”
Link: http://a.wish.org/2015WWD
Tag: https://www.facebook.com/makeawish
Picture: Download from http://wish.org/~/media/100-000/Campaigns/2015-World-Wish-Day/wwd-promoted-sponsor.ashx


How Your Employees & Brand Ambassadors Can Participate

Reach out to your employees and brand ambassadors, and ask them to post a thank you message on their personal social networks on April 29. For example:

Facebook:
Today is #WorldWishDay, the 35th anniversary of the wish that inspired the founding of Make-A-Wish. [COMPANY] is proud to be a Make-A-Wish partner. Thank you to all of the Make-A-Wish donors around the world who help Wishes Work Wonders. Visit http://a.wish.org/2015WWD to share your thank you message, too!
Link: http://a.wish.org/2015WWD
Tag: https://www.facebook.com/makeawish
Picture: Download from http://wish.org/~/media/100-000/Campaigns/2015-World-Wish-Day/wwd-promoted-sponsor.ashx

Twitter:
It’s #WorldWishDay! Thank you to all of the @MakeAWish donors around the world who help Wishes Work Wonders: http://a.wish.org/2015WWD
Link: http://a.wish.org/2015WWD
Tag: https://twitter.com/MakeAWish
Picture: Download from http://wish.org/~/media/100-000/Campaigns/2015-World-Wish-Day/wwd-promoted-sponsor.ashx

Instagram:
Text: Today is #WorldWishDay, the 35th anniversary of the wish that inspired the founding of Make-A-Wish. [COMPANY] is proud to be a Make-A-Wish partner. Thank you to all the other generous Make-A-Wish partners, donors and volunteers who have helped more than 350,000 children around the globe have their one-true wish granted. Because of you, every 22 minutes, a life-changing wish is granted to a seriously ill child somewhere in the world. Visit http://a.wish.org/2015WWD to share your thank you message, too!”
Link: http://a.wish.org/2015WWD
Tag: https://www.facebook.com/makeawish
Picture: Download from http://wish.org/~/media/100-000/Campaigns/2015-World-Wish-Day/wwd-promoted-sponsor.ashx
 

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