{"id":23964,"date":"2023-07-21T11:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T16:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/?p=23964"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:05:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T16:05:02","slug":"making-wishes-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/2023\/07\/21\/making-wishes-come-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Wishes Come True"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23967 alignright img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/nclhx5yj.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vergin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/>Molly Vergin is a rising senior in the Class of 2024, and she\u2019s attended MPA since pre-Kindergarten. Molly is a two-time leukemia survivor, being initially diagnosed in first grade and then again in the final days of eighth grade. She\u2019s just over two years out from a bone-marrow transplant and continuing her volunteer work with Make-a-Wish. MPA Seniors complete a service project as the culmination of their community service, and we\u2019re happy to share some information from Molly with the MPA Community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Molly:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs I am approaching senior year (hard to believe!) I am beginning to work on my senior service project. For this project, I am continuing to work with an organization very close to my heart, Make-A-Wish Minnesota. As part of this, I will be leading a team at the Make-A-Wish Walk for Wishes on Saturday, August 5 at 10 AM at Minnehaha Regional Park. As most of you probably know, Make-A-Wish grants wishes for children with serious illnesses. The Walk for Wishes is a 5K with the goal of raising awareness for Make-A-Wish and funding future wishes. As a Wish Kid myself, I\u2019ve seen the transformative impact that Make-A-Wish has on the children and families they serve, mine included.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, my wish was granted\u2014to travel to LA to meet the cast of my favorite show, one I spent many hours in the hospital watching, The Amazing Race. My wish gave me something to look forward to\u2013bringing me joy and excitement in a really rough time. The wish also helped bring our family together when our world had completely changed. I have volunteered and spoken for Make-A-Wish for the last eight years and I can say I am thrilled to support the organization through this year&#8217;s Walk for Wishes, and I hope that some of you would like to join me. <strong>There are two ways to do this\u2014by visiting the Make-A-Wish Minnesota Walk for Wishes website, you can donate to a team participating in the walk and\/or join us to participate in the walk<\/strong>. My team is named Team Molly, and my goal is to raise $5000 dollars for Make-A-Wish. This is a great opportunity to fund wishes for more children, and any amount helps!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you would like to walk with us on Team Molly, registration for the walk is $25. You can do that <a href=\"https:\/\/secure2.wish.org\/site\/TR\/WalkForWishes\/Make-A-WishMinnesota?team_id=42926&amp;pg=team&amp;fr_id=4842\">here. <\/a>(This will take you to the Team Molly page. You choose the &#8220;SIGN UP&#8221; button which begins the registration process.) That $25 goes directly to Make-a-Wish MN, and it also gets you a t-shirt.<\/li>\n<li>If you are interested in making a donation, you can use <a href=\"https:\/\/secure2.wish.org\/site\/TR\/WalkForWishes\/Make-A-WishMinnesota?team_id=42926&amp;pg=team&amp;fr_id=4842\">this link.<\/a> Donate to Make-a-Wish through Team Molly. (You will see a yellow &#8220;DONATE NOW&#8221; button near the top and\/or a pink &#8220;DONATE&#8221; down next to Molly&#8217;s name).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thank you so much to everyone for helping make Wishes come true for kids facing serious medical challenges. All donations go directly to Make-a-Wish MN to help fund future Wishes.\u00a0In the photo included, I just learned my Wish had been granted. In the second, my sister Ellen &#8217;21 and I are posing with the host of The Amazing Race, Phil Keoghan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Molly Vergin is a rising senior in the Class of 2024, and she\u2019s attended MPA since pre-Kindergarten. Molly is a two-time leukemia survivor, being initially diagnosed in first grade and then again in the final days of eighth grade. 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