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2019 Walk For Wishes to be held on Saturday, May 4, in Royal Oak

Walk For Wishes 2019
Walk For Wishes 2019
Walk For Wishes
Walk For Wishes
Teen's wish comes true at 35th Annual Walk for Wishes
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ROYAL OAK, MICH (WXYZ) — The 35th annual Walk For Wishes will take place on Saturday, May 4, at the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak.
Registration will begin at 7 a.m. The fundraising walk will begin at 9 a.m.

The registration fee is $25 per person. Money raised will benefit Make-A-Wish Michigan. 7 Action News morning anchor Alicia Smith will serve as emcee.

More than 800 Michigan children are expected to be diagnosed with a critical illness this year. Every one of these kids needs a wish to give them strength and help them heal. When a wish is granted, a child replaces fear with confidence, anxiety with excitement and sadness with optimism. Since 1984, Make-A-Wish Michigan has granted more than 9,500 wishes. The average value of a Michigan wish is $10,000, and while each child’s wish is truly unique, the majority of wishes fall into one of four categories: I wish to go, I wish to meet, I wish to have or I wish to be. 80 percent of each dollar spent benefits the Michigan wish-granting program.

For information about Make-A-WishMichigan, visit http://michigan.wish.org/.