Our Partners

Wishes At Work - Corporate Partnerships

There are many unique opportunities for your company and your brands to participate in meaningful and successful cause-related marketing programs with Make-A-Wish^®. Every company has different brand-building needs and strategies, and we recognize that.
We will work with you to determine what your company wants to achieve through a relationship with Make-A-Wish^® Southwestern Ontario. Then, we will tailor each partnership according to those criteria. These partnerships can be community-based or extend throughout our entire wish granting region of Southwestern Ontario.

If your company or organization is interested in supporting the Southwestern Ontario chapter of Make-A-Wish^®, please call Lori Quick at (519) 471-4900 ext. 22.

Employee Giving

If you would like to include Make-A-Wish^® in your existing employee giving campaign, or if your company does not have an employee giving program but would like to establish one in support of Make-A-Wish, please ask the person responsible for your workplace giving program to call Lori Quick at (519) 471-4900 ext. 22.

Fundraising Events

You can help make wishes come true by organizing a workplace fundraising event in support of Make-A-Wish^®. Some fundraising ideas include: golf tournaments, casual days, community barbecues, walk-a-thons, and bake sales. Please call Stephanie Field at (519) 471-4900 ext. 25 if you would like to hold a a special event in support of Make-A-Wish^® Southwestern Ontario. 
Please download our Benefit Proposal Form here.

Matching Gift Funds

Many medium and large-sized companies offer a matching gifts program. Contact your human resources department to see if Make-A-Wish^® qualifies for a company-matched gift. This is a great opportunity to increase the collective contributions from employee giving or the funds raised at a special event.

Workplace Toy Drives

Each time our wish granting volunteers visit our wish children and their families, they bring small "ice breaker" gifts for the wish child and their siblings. These gifts help introduce the wish grantor to the family while preparations for their wish are underway. Our greatest need is items for teenagers (ages 12 to 17), however we need new & age-appropriate "ice breaker" gifts for children of all ages. If you can help, please contact Carissa Pertschy, Manager of Wish Granting at (519) 471-4900 ext. 28.

How Do I Start Wishes at Work at My Company?

Wishes at Work enables employees of a company to join together and design a fundraising event or ongoing workplace campaign that fits the needs of their particular work environment. We are constantly amazed and delighted at the variety of ways in which employees raise funds to help us continue granting wishes.

If you would like to begin a Wishes at Work program, we would be happy to help. Here are some tips to help you get started:

Contact our office at (519) 471-4900 ext. 25 or stephanie.field@makeawish.ca for our Wishes at
Work guide, which includes many fundraising ideas.

Invite a Make-A-Wish^® volunteer speaker to share information with your company's employees
about our organization.

Designate one person to lead the Wishes at Work campaign and consider forming a Make-A -Wish committee.

Set your goal and chart your progress.

Challenge other offices, divisions and departments to see who can raise the most funds.
Submit your donations to Make-A-Wish on a regular basis.

Celebrate your success!

Thank You to Our Supporters

We are grateful to all of our donors, supporters and volunteers and we are pleased to recognize the following individuals, corporations, foundations, donor events and service clubs who contributed $1000.00 or more, either cash or in-kind, during our 2007 fiscal year (January 1 to December 31, 2007):

• 102.3 BOB FM
• A Channel
• Ailsa Craig and District Firefighters Association
• Aim Funds Management Inc
• AIM Trimark
• Alcoa Fujikura Manufacturing (Canada) Ltd
• Allied Systems (Canada) Co
• Annex Outreach Committee
• Arcon Electric Ltd
• Athletic Club Inc
• Autumn Graphics Ltd
• Belvedere International Inc
• Bend All Automotive Inc.
• Bennett Chevrolet Cadillac
• Besterd Mechanical
• Big Game Bash
• BMO - Bank of Montreal
• Brewis Chev Olds Ltd
• Bright's Grove Public School
• Cadbury Adams
• Cambridge Make-A-Wish Charity Golf Classic
• Cambridge Times
• Cambridge Toyota
• Canada Post
• Canada Steel Service Centre Inc
• Canadian Million Dollar Round Table Foundation
• Canadian Student Leadership Conference
• Cardinal Corrigated Cardboard
• Carrier Canada
• Jeff and Lousie Carroll
• Carr's Customizing
• CAW Local 195
• CAW-TCA Canada
• Chorley & Bisset Ltd
• Chris Smith
• CIBC World Markets Children's Miracle Foundation
• CTV Southwestern Ontario
• Dennis Murphy, Pontiac GMC Buick
• Bill and Carol Deys
• Don Jones Productions
• Dundalk & District Lions Club Steve Thomson Memorial Golf Tournament
• Ecole Secondaire de Pain Court
• EDPRO Capital Inc
• Emerald Touch of Class Limousine
• EnerVest
• Equine Lifestyle Magazine
• Fanshawe College Student Union Golf Tournament
• Fidelity Investments Canada Limited
• Franklin Templeton Investments Corp
• Front Street Capital 2004
• G4S Security Services Ltd
• Give Kids The World Village
• Global Spectrum Facility MGMT
• Golf Town London
• Good Humor-Breyers Baseball Tournament
• Gordon's Gold
• Government of Canada--Human Resources (Summer Student program)
• Grand Bend Optimist Club
• Ground Effects Ltd. & International Seating and Décor Employee Donations & Corporate Match
• Ground Effects Ltd. Windsor/Essex Golf Classic
• Ground Effects Ltd. Windsor/Essex Volleyball Tournament
• Hawaiian Tropic Suncare Canada Inc
• Hickman Mount Reconstruction Inc
• Highstreet Asset Management Inc.
• Phil and Karen Hunt
• Huron College Student Event & Affairs Corp
• Hyatt Hotels and Resorts
• IBM Toronto Employees' Charitable Fund
• Independent Order of Foresters
• Interact Direct Mail Services
• Investment Planning Counsel of Canada
• Jamieson Laboratories
• Jim Byrne
• The Kayser Family Foundation, a fund within the London Community Foundation.
• Kelsey's Restaurant
• Kinetix Living Inc
• Judy Kojlak
• LA-Z-BOY Furniture Galleries Knights Wish Day
• LCBO - Store 461 Employees
• Lerner & Associates
• Lexus of London
• Logikor Dedicated Logistics
• London & District Dental Society Golf Tournament
• London Claims Association
• London Knights House of Green T-Shirt Campaign
• London North Home Depot
• Lutheran Outreach Ministries
• MacMaster Chevrolet Ltd
• Heather Mastromattei
• McCormick Canada
• Medic Savoure
• Mocha Scooter Unit
• NAL Path Insurance Brokers Trucking for Wishes
• Nasco
• Oliver & Associates Realty Inc
• Personnel by Pro-Staff
• Presstran Industries
• Preston High School Reunion
• Priscilla Meyndert at The Travel Bug
• Programmed Insurance Brokers Inc Golf Invitational
• Pryde Schropp McComb, Inc.
• R & B Christmas Party
• Raffinee
• Rafter Six Ranch Resort
• Ray Fisher Memorial BBQ
• Restoration Masters
• Rita Davis
• Rotary Club of Kitchener-Grand River
• Running Room Canada Inc
• Saugeen Home Builders Association Sports Celebrity Dinner
• Scotia McLeod
• Senton Printing & Packaging Inc
• Sentry Select Capital Corp
• Shur Lok Products
• SONY of Canada Ltd.
• St. Andrew's United Church
• Standard Radio London
• Staniszewski Foundation
• Stephen Smith & Dorothy Woltz Foundation
• Stride-Rite Canada Ltd.
• TD Bank Financial Group
• TD Canada Trust
• Teachers Have Heart Committee
• The Duke of Wellington
• The Jack & Barbara Hay Foundation
• The Toronto Dominion Bank
• Jeff Timmermans
• Toyota Town
• United Way of Greater Toronto (individual contributions through workplace giving)
• United Way of London & Middlesex (individual contributions through workplace giving)
• University of Waterloo March Madness
• University of Western Ontario Faculty of Education Students Council (Seussical the Musical)
• University of Western Ontario Faculty of Health Sciences Dream Team (Be A Kid Again Campaign)
• WCS/J.B. Woodyatt Financial Services Golf Invitational
• WestJet
• Windmill Seasonal Campers
• Windsor Construction Association
• Windsor East Kiwanis Club
• Windsor/Essex County Senior Sports Organization
• Wintergreen Financial Group
• Woodhaven Leisure Resort/Throne Kings/Delaware Speedway fundraisers
• Woodstock Collegiate Institute
• Zale Canada Company

We apologize for any errors or omissions.  Please call our office at (519) 471-4900 to notify us of corrections.