Blooms The Chemist’s Pharmacists, team members and support office staff turned out in force for the ‘Wear It Blue To Make Wishes Come True’ campaign, raising much-needed funds and awareness for Make-A-Wish Australia® – the kids’ charity that is changing lives one wish at a time.
Blooms The Chemist raised more than $45,000 from a range of fundraising activities and through its role as a World Wish Day ‘Matched Giving Partner’, which ensures Make-A-Wish Australia continues to make critically ill children’s wishes come true.
“Make-A-Wish Australia is a very important partner for everyone at Blooms The Chemist,” said Emmanuel Vavoulas, CEO, Blooms The Chemist.
“Since our partnership began in 2016, we’ve taken every opportunity to support the charity and encourage our staff, partners, suppliers, and customers to join us in our fundraising efforts.
“Our pharmacies not only offer exceptional healthcare services and expert care in their local communities, but they also connect with our customers and collectively come together to support important charitable causes like this.
“We’re delighted to have raised more than $45,000 and thank our staff and our local communities for their generosity and support. These funds will ensure Make-A-Wish Australia can continue to make more sick children’s wishes come true,” Vavoulas adds.
The funds raised are crucial to helping grant the wishes of the over 900 critically-ill children currently on their Wish Journey, including the wish of 6-year-old Manny, who was diagnosed with Wilms tumour.
Manny’s wish is to visit a Magical Lane where the butterflies and fairies live for a big fairy adventure. Marie, Manny’s mum, said that the wish has given Manny something to look forward to.
“The wish lets Manny know that she is so special, and for everything that she went through, this is what she gets at the end,” Marie said.
Since 1980, Make-A-Wish has granted more than 550,000 wishes globally. In Australia, Make-A-Wish has granted more than 10,000 wishes and currently has over 900 children on their wish journey.
Make-A-Wish Australia’s CEO, Sally Bateman, emphasised the importance of partners like Blooms The Chemist to ensure the charity continues its important work.
“We are so grateful to Blooms The Chemist for its long-term partnership and for its incredible support throughout our World Wish Day campaign. As our ‘Matched-Giving Partner’ and adopter of our inaugural ‘Wear It Blue to Make Wishes Come True’ activity, they have been an incredible support for our fundraising efforts,” Ms. Bateman said.
“As a registered Australian charity, Make-A-Wish Australia receives no government funding, so we are reliant on support and donations from our corporate partners, ambassadors and the wider Australian community to make life-changing wishes come true,” Ms. Bateman said.
Make-A-Wish Australia and its partners ensure children can have moments of hope and joy and live in a world of possibility, in the times that it is most needed.
For more information on the partnership between Blooms The Chemist and Make-A-Wish, visit: https://www.bloomsthechemist.com.au/make-a-wish. To donate to Make-A-Wish Australia, visit: https://www.makeawish.org.au/support/ways-to-donate/donate
Text by: Blooms The Chemist
