Mission: Make-A-Wish serves a unique, and vital, role in helping strengthen and empower children battling life-threatening medical conditions. Wishes are more than just a nice thing. A wish experience can be a game-changer for a child with a critical illness. This one belief guides us in everything we do at Make-A-Wish®. It inspires us to grant wishes that change the lives of the kids we serve. It compels us to be creative in exceeding the expectations of every wish kid. It drives us to make our donated resources go as far as possible. Most of all, it's the founding principle of our vision to grant the wish of every eligible child. (Less)

Make-A-Wish East Tennessee is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 1988, and donations are tax-deductible.