Mission: Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. The Foundation serves children who reside in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Northern Virginia. Founded in 1983, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic, has fulfilled the wishes of more than 9,500 children fighting illnesses such as cancer, pediatric AIDS, cystic fibrosis, Duchene's muscular dystrophy and heart disease. For a child with a critical illness, a wish experience can give back what the illness takes away. It can help children forget about being sick…remember how to be kids…laugh out loud…and inspire them to keep making plans for the future. (Less)

Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 1983, and donations are tax-deductible.