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Dozens of volunteers came together at the Boys and Girls Club on Bedford Street on January 25, 2016 to stuff envelopes for A Wish Come True's annual fundraiser. The group helped to get over 22,000 envelopes stuffed with notices of the April 29th fundraiser at the Venus deMilo Restaurant. For more than 22 years, A Wish Come True, Inc. has been granting wishes to children age 3 through 18 who suffer from life threatening illnesses, and live in Rhode Island and parts of southeastern Massachusetts. A Wish Come True gives children and their families a chance to set aside the illness, and have opportunities to do things or go places other children and families experience. The mission and goal is to grant every medically qualified child “one memorable wish.” A Wish Come True, Inc. was the first organization of its kind in this area, granting wishes to 12 children in the first year and now averages approximately a wish a week. Volunteers are the key to this organizations’ long, successful history of putting smiles on the faces of some very courageous children. Click here for a two-minute video of the event. Click here for photos and video of last year's event. For more information about the event, contact Jim Cavanaugh at 508-673-3501.





(Top row) Second in Command Volunteer Organizer Junior Paquette gets ready to load boxes with stuffed envelopes that Cynthia Rodriques brings to him after Emma, John and Madison Ferreira work to stuff them. (Row two) Fall River Police Sergeant Mace, Sergeant Jim Smith and Lt. Paul Bernier work together on the project. (Row three) Fall River Police Special Operations Officers Mike McConnell and Bob Rondeau work together along with the other volunteers at the Boys and Girls Club. (Bottom row) City Councilor Pam Laliberte-Lebeau chats with Barbara Allard of the Fall River Schools while Christian Berios and and Fall River Police Officer Brett Kimball work with members of the Fall River Young Marines as event organizer Jim Cavanaugh sets up another table for arriving volunteers.