GRANTS WISHES Inc. A 501C(3) non profit

We grant 2nd wishes to kids who relapse with cancer or endure never ending treatments.

2011 Wishes Granted

Our Wishes are all made possible by our donors and our volunteers. 
Thank you to everyone who helps make wishes come true.

Isidro's Wish
December 15, 2011
Isidro wished for a trip to Jamaica which isn't possible so his second wish was for an upgraded laptop so he could do classes online, watch movies and play games.  We surprised him at his home—his family didn’t even wake him up until we are there in the living room where he is sleeping.  So we waited in another room while he woke up to our surprise.  We granted his wish with a fully loaded laptop equipped for gaming, webcam.  We also surprised him with the mouse, backpack, 6 Blu Ray Movies, Headphones.  We then surprised him with an Ipod touch and case and we gave him ITunes cards that were donated.  Lastly we surprised him with a Charger Jersey, something he has always wanted.  We wrapped in his favorite Jamaican color combo. 

Edwin's Wish
December 15, 2011
Edwin wished for a laptop, bed, Ipod and Playstation 3.  We surprised him with his wish at home with the help of his mom.  The bed was hard to hide, so he was excited as he peeked out the window.  We surprised his with everything wrapped in his favorite color of yellow since he loves Spongebob and Yellow School Bus.  We surprised him with a new laptop, PS3 system, PS3 games, TV for his room, lots of DVD’s and Ipod touch and case.  We surprised him with his new twin bed and set it up in his room with all his new bedding, sheets, blanket, mattress cover, pillows.  He was thrilled and everything was set up in his room just for him.  The last surprise was a yellow shirt and comfortable sweatpants. 

Alex's Wish
December 14, 2011
Alex wished for an Ipad.  We surprised him at the hospital with lots of wish presents.  His wish gifts included a Nintendo 3DS and 8 Games, 6 DVD’s, Xbox Kinnect and 6 Xbox games, laptop, mouse.  He was surprised and loved all his new goodies including new IPad and heavy duty cases to protect the Ipad and Ipod touch.  His favorite color is black so we decided to wrap everything in bright colors and spongebob balloon to brighten up his hospital room. 

Davis' Wish
December 14, 2011
Davis wished for a laptop, TV and 3D Nintendo, Ipod, Sorrysliders.  So we surprised him at home with the help of his family.  We granted his wish with everything he will be busy in his new room with his new TV, laptop, mouse, 8 DS3D games, Ipod Touch and all the accessories cases.  We also surprised him with a couple of PS3 games and Wii game along with 3 DVD’s. Surprise continued with legos, games and pokemon too. 
Thank you to wish granters Kay, Jaclyn & Lori
 

Azucena's Wish
December 10, 2011
Azucena wished for a apple macbook air laptop.  We surprised her at BJ’s Restaurant in Brea.  They enjoyed an early dinner and piezookie followed by lots of wish gifts.   We granted her wish with the Macbook Air that is very light weight and easy for Azucena to carry.  We surprised her with a Hello Kitty laptop bag, mouse and printer.   We also surprised her with 5 DVD’s along with a TV, DVD player and cable for her room.   We also surprised her with a camera as she loves photography along with all the accessories including a Hello Kitty case.  We also surprised her with lots of comfortable sweats in her favorite color of pink.  lots of bead making supplies, storage box and every purple bead we could find since she love to make jewelry.  We also surprised her with clothes from her favorite store, Justice in her favorite color of purple. 
 Thank you to our wish granters Evelyn, Chris & Lori

Hilda's Wish
December 10, 2011
Hilda wished for an Ipad 2 and a laptop.  We granted her wish along with a $50.00 tunes card, CD & DVD long with accessories for Ipad.  We also surprised her with lots of bead making supplies, storage box and every purple bead we could find since she love to make jewelry.  We also surprised her with clothes from her favorite store, Justice in her favorite color of purple.  Hilda was surprised at the hospital with lots of gifts wrapped in her favorite color purple.  She was thrilled and we granted her every wish.  She said she didn’t have anything to ask for Christmas. 
Thank you to our wish grantors Evelyn, Chris & Lori

Edgar's Wish
November 22, 2011
Wished for a laptop with photoshop and surprised with lots more including a mouse, backpack, printer.  We also surprised Edgar with new PS3 Games and controller.  Edgar loves to draw so we surprised him with a Bamboo so he can draw and put on his computer to edit along with lots of art supplies. His family helped with the surprise.
Thank you to wish granters, Kay, Lori & Paola.

Julian's Wish
November 20, 2011
Wished for a trip to Disneyland.  We granted his wish with 2 nights at the Grand Californian Resort and Passes to Disneyland for Julian and his family.  We surprised him at the character breakfast with his wish coming true... Then it was time for Julian and his family to check in to the hotel and then off to Disneyland for lots more fun.
Thank you to our wish granters, Kay and Marcia.

Riely's Wish
November 19, 2011
Wished for lots of lego.  We granted his wish with lots of Starwars lego's at Mimi's Cafe.  Then we surprised him with a day at Disneyland and lots of disney goodies including a personalized Mickey Mouse Ears.  Following breakfast Riely and his family went to Disneyland for a day of fun.
Thank you to our wish granters, Kay, Becky & April.

Zackery's Wish
November 11-12, 2011
More surprises for Zackery with a limousine ride by Starz Limousine of Anaheim to the UFC Weigh In in Santa Monica. Where Zackery got to meet his favorite celebrity, Dana White the President of the UFC. Zackery was surprised with a t-shirt autographed by two people and lots more. The following day Zackery was surprised with lunch with wonderful people from the UFC as their guest and also Georges St. Pierre had lunch with Zackery and his family. Following lunch the UFC gave tickets to Zackery to go to the evening UFC event at the Honda Center. Zackery had a great wish full with lots of surprises made possible with the help of Stephen of the UFC.

Grace's Wish
November 14, 2011
We granted Grace's wish for an Ipad, Camera, Printer, Digital photoframe and lots of scrapbooking supplies along with lots of accessories too.  She loves her family and photos so we surprised her with everything we could think of to help her with making memories.  We also surprised her with lots of Hello Kitty stuff and clothes. 

Alexis' Wish
November 4, 2011
Wished for a Nikon digital camera and all the accessories including a telephoto lens.  We also surprised her with clothes and accessories from her favorite store. 

Zackery's Wish
October 17, 2011 & October 26, 2011


Zackery wished was granted with a new TV and Bedding and an extra special visit with UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre.

Thank you Mike at Affliction Clothing and Georges St. Pierre for making Zackery's wish extra special.

Emily's Wish
October 21, 2011

Emily's wish was granted with a trip to Disneyland starting with dinner with Goofy and some fun at Build a Bear.

Yesmis' Wish
October 20, 2011


She was surprised with a shopping spree, MAC Makeover and suprised with a camera and laptop for her to do what she loves.
Thank you to City Captain Transportation of San Diego for the awesome ride.

Kelly's Wish
August 28, 2011

Kelly was surprised by her family at BJ's Restaurant for dinner, then we gave her a few gifts to open.  The first included Taylor Swift T-shirts and then she opened one that included a Taylor Swift program.  When she opened the program she found her wish, 3 tickets to the Taylor' Swift Concert at Staples Center happening in only a couple of hours.  Following dinner we walked her outside where her ride was waiting to take her and her family to the concert in style, a Starz Limousine.  We surprised her with floor tickets in the 5th row and she was happy that her wish was coming true.

Lindsey's Wish
July 20, 2011

Lindsey wished for a shopping spree.  We granted her wish with the help of her Mom at Victoria Gardens.  Urban Outfitters was the first stop which had selected outfits just for Lindsey.  Then we went to Sephora's for a make over. Lindsey looked spectacular and enjoyed the experience.  Anthropologie was the last store which made Lindsey's shopping experience extra special with a personal stylist., Phil.  The two selected many outfits that looked adorable on Lindsey.  They brought in snacks and beverages just for Lindsey, it was an eloquent setting.  She had a wonderful time with all the Anthropologie staff and all the shopping too.  We ended the wish with a little lunch before heading home.

Derrick's Wish 
July 14, 2011

Derrick's wish was granted with a trip to Disneyland.  We granted Derrick's wish with a night at the Grand Californian Resort and southern California Disney 3 day hopper passes.  So Derrick and his family could go in and out between Disneyland and California Adventure.  We surprised him with a special Mickey Mouse in his room which had a fabulous view of California Adventure.  Their family was sworn in as Disneylands Honorary citizen.  We also surprised Derrick with toys and his favorite jello, pudding and juices.

Jack's Wish
June 24, 2011

Jack wish was granted with lots of electronics.   His wish included a Kindle, Amazon gift Card, Laptop, Printer, XBox, Kinnet and IPod Touch along with all the accessories for everything.  We also surprised him with 9 new XBox games.  Jack loves clay and crafts so we surprised him with every kind of clay we could find, crafts, origami, wooden models.  Given Jack loves modeling clay we surprised him with a baking kit which included fondant and tools to mold designs.  Jack was surprised with his family at Nickel Nickel to have his wish granted, play games and have lunch too.   Jack will have lots to do for months.

Daniel's Wish
June 22, 2011

Daniel wished for a room makeover.  We granted his wish with a complete comforter set, sheets, blanket, mattress cover and pillows along with matching towel sets.  The biggest surprise was the TV and Playstation 3 with extra controller and games for his room.  We also surprised him with a laptop, printer and all the accessories too.  No room makeover is complete without some new clothes, casual and business attire too.   He was a very happy young man and very surprised.

Abegail's Wish
June 22, 2011

Abegail's wish was granted with a Mac Book Pro Laptop and a double sided screen camera.  We also surprised her with software, Printer, Paper, Ink, Camera case, Memory Card and DVD's for entertainment while in the hospital.  We also surprise her with comfortable clothes from one of her favorite stores.

Hunter's Wish
June 17-24, 2011

Hunter wished for a beach house for a week so that he could surf as much as possible to make up for lost time.  We were able to make his wish come true with a condo across the street from the beach.  His wish was made extra special with the help of local businesses since our entire budget funded the condo.  BJ's Restaurant on Main Street in Huntington Beach gifted the entire family a week of dining.  We were able to surprise Hunter with the help of his family and present his wish and gifts from the local merchants.
Thank You to the following Huntington Beach Business.
Jack's Surfshop
Rip Curl
Fred's Mexican Cafe
Active
Jamba Juice
Twenty Five Degrees
Sharkee's
BJ's Restaurant
Trader Joes


Koen
Wish Granted April 6, 2011

Koen's wish was granted with a new laptop, drawing table and art supplies, Tony Hawk clothes and a day at Disneyland.  His wish party was held at Mimi's Cafe across the street from Disneyland and he was surprised by his friends and family. 
Thank you to Mimi's Cafe

Vince's Wish
April 30, 2011

Vince wish was granted with lots of toys, puzzles, Thomas the Train, Duplo Blocks, Activity Sets, MobiGo, Portable DVD player and lots more.  He loved his new wagon.


Mark's Wish
May 9, 2011

We surprised Mark at the hospital and brightened his day with granting his wish.  He loved his new Mac Book Laptop along with the magic mouse, backpack, software, headphones and new DVD's too. His wish will help him during his hospital stay to have some fun and keep up with school work as well. 


Evett's Wish
May 9, 2011

We surprised Evett with the help of her family.  Her wish came true for with a Playstation 3 system, games and a TV for her room.  We also surprised her with everything to do with crocheting including lots of yarn and project books.   The last surprise was everything to do with scrap booking  including a new camera, case photo paper, printer and a cricut machine.  She is going to be a busy young lady.

Ignacio's Wish
June 16, 2011

Ignacio wish was granted with a Mac Book Pro laptop and internet.  We also surprised him with a printer, software and DVD's to entertain him while in the hospital.  He had just graduated high school the prior week and the laptop will help him continue his studies in college.