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UofU business school raises $160,000 for Make-A-Wish

Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 9:54am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Executive MBA students from the David Eccles School of Business at The University of Utah raised $160,000 in cash and in-kind contributions to help the Utah chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation grant wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions.

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Seattle’s superhero dies from rare cancer at age 14

McClatchy Newspapers The Seattle Times

Last updated Sunday, September 18, 2011 - 10:04pm

SEATTLE — In real life, he was Erik Martin, a foster child with severe health problems and a rare form of cancer. But in his imagination he was Electron Boy, a superhero who saved Seattle from the forces of darkness and evil one spring day last year.

Erik died Friday at home. He was 14.

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(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) Luke Traughber looks through a night vision device as part of the “Pilot for a Day” program with the Make-A-Wish Foundation at Hill Air Force Base on Thursday. Members of the 388th Fighter Wing gave Utah youths with severe illnesses and disabilities and life-threatening medical conditions an interactive tour of their facilities.

'Wish Kids' learn about life as Hill fighter pilot

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 11:12pm

HILL AIR FORCE BASE -- Luke Traughber found out firsthand Thursday what it's like to be an F-16 fighter pilot. But more important, he got a respite from a disease that has been his life for more than a year. The 11-year-old was one of nine Utah children from the Make-A-Wish Foundation who were treated to an interactive tour of the 388th Fighter Wing as part of Hill Air Force Base's "Pilot for a Day" program.

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Volunteers help Austin Morris, 15, fill Easter eggs with candy at an LDS Church in West Point on Wednesday. Morris is donating the eggs to the Make-A-Wish Foundation as part of his Eagle Scout project.

Eagle Scout project benefits Make-A-Wish Foundation

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Friday, April 8, 2011 - 11:22pm

WEST POINT -- Plastic eggs in every color and size competed for space with large bags of Snickers, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Skittles and Dubble Bubble on 8-foot-long tables inside a church house.

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Make-A-Wish group to train volunteers

Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 6:47pm

Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Utah is now accepting new volunteer applications for its new volunteer orientation and position training being held Saturday in Ogden.

If you are interested in becoming a Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Utah volunteer please take a look at our website at utah.wish.org. Click on “Ways to Help” then on “Volunteer Opportunities” and there you will find the descriptions of the volunteer positions we have available as well as an application to become a volunteer.

Get your application in as soon as possible as space is limited and the training is coming up quickly. If you have any questions you can contact Christine McAtee at cmcatee@utah.wish.org.

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