Make a wish foundation

[Jen B.]

I'm not sure if this is where I should post this?

The Barrington and Crystal Lake area chapters of Make A Wish Foundation have asked for our help. A little boy in grammar school in Crystal Lake is enrolled in the Make A Wish Foundation. Regrettably, he is in end stages of leukemia. Shane was asked what his wish would be if it could be made possible, and unlike others before him, he didn't ask to meet a famous baseball player or go to Disney World.
No, Shane has asked for an unusual opportunity for immortality. He wants to set the Guiness Book of World Records for receiving the Most Birthday Cards.

Shane's birthday is May 30th, coming up. If you can take a moment to send him a birthday card, it would mean a great deal to him and his parents.
Please consider passing Shane's request on to family, friends or acquaintances who might lend a card and stamp to help try to make this young boy's wish come true.

Send birthday cards to:
Shane
C/O Canterbury School
875 Canterbury Drive
Crystal Lake IL 60014

[Nigellas]

I sent one a few weeks ago. If you want to mail it to him directly (though postage to Canada is a bit more than in the US) his address is:

Shane Bernier
PO Box 484
Lancaster, Ontario
K0C 1N0
Canada

His website is: http://www.shaneswish.com/

[Delaney21]

Sorry ladies, this isn't true! This has been circulating all over message boards this past week.

http://www.wish.org/about/chain_letters

[dionysia]

Delaney & others:
According to Snopes, this one is a rare true wish!
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/bernier.asp

Di

[Jen B.]

Well I found out the school address is a rumor. Don' t send them there. Nigellas posted the correct one. Thats IF its true. I'm going to send one just incase it is true!

[HeatherFL]

This is not true and Make A Wish has information posted on their website.

Chain Letters Information on Make A Wish (http://www.wish.org/about/chain_letters). Please check the website first!

Also from their website:

Only one of these requests is based in fact: In 1989, a then 9-year-old boy named Craig Shergold wanted to be recorded in the "Guinness Book of World Records" for receiving the most greeting cards. His wish was fulfilled in 1990 by another wish-granting organization not associated with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He received more than 16 million cards. Craig is now a healthy adult, and he has requested an end to the mail. Mail that is received is forwarded to a recycling center.

The time and expense required to respond to these inquiries distracts the Foundation from its efforts on behalf of children with life-threatening medical conditions, and more importantly, can divulge information that is potentially harmful to a child and his or her family.

[Jen B.]

I don't get why people start these chain letters and rumors. Nothing better to do I guess.:rolleyes:

[lawyerlee]

How lame that someone would make this up. :rolleyes: