Make-A-Wish® Receives More than $2.8 Million Donation through Subaru Share the Love® Event
PHOENIX, March 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Make-A-Wish announced today that the organization has received a donation of more than $2.8 million from Subaru of America, Inc. through the 2019 Subaru Share the Love Event. As part of the twelfth annual event, from Nov. 14, 2019 to Jan. 2, 2020 Subaru donated $250 for every new Subaru vehicle purchased or leased to customers' choice of four participating national charities, including Make-A-Wish, or one of the retailer's selected hometown charities.
Make-A-Wish became a national charity partner eight years ago and has received a total of more than $22 million in donations through the Subaru Share the Love Event. These funds have enabled more than 2,400 life-changing wishes for children battling critical illnesses nationwide.
Select local Subaru retailers could also choose either one or two hometown charities from their community where customers could direct their support. Twenty-two Subaru retailers chose their local Make-A-Wish chapter, generating additional funds through local donations to help children with critical illnesses replace fear with confidence, anxiety with hope and sadness with joy.
"For the last 40 years, Make-A-Wish has sought to bring every eligible child's wish to life because a wish is an integral part of a child's treatment journey," said Richard K. Davis, president and CEO at Make-A-Wish America. "Partners like Subaru and the dollars raised through the Subaru Share the Love Event are vital to enabling more life-changing wishes for children battling critical illnesses because every child deserves a childhood."
As part of the 2019 Subaru Share the Love Event, Subaru and Make-A-Wish celebrated local wish alumni and kids like 7-year-old Cameron, who has been battling lymphoma since he was five. Cameron's parents, grandparents, siblings and first-grade class joined Make-A-Wish Georgia and Classic Subaru to share that Cameron's wish to swim with pigs in the Bahamas is coming true. Today, Cameron is cancer-free and preparing for his upcoming wish trip.
"At Subaru, we take pride in giving back to the local communities in which we and our retailers live and work," said Thomas J. Doll, president and CEO, Subaru of America. "For the ninth consecutive year, we are proud to do so through the Make-A-Wish mission, helping more children battling critical illnesses build the physical and emotional strength they need through a wish come true."
Over the last 12 years, the Subaru Share the Love Event has donated more than $175 million to local and national charities. For the fourth consecutive year there was not a cap placed on the total donation from Subaru to Make-A-Wish and other Subaru Share the Love Event charitable partners. To learn more about Subaru and the annual Share the Love Event, please visit www.subaru.com/share.
To find out how to join Subaru and others in making life-changing wishes possible for children with critical illnesses, visit wish.org.
About Make-A-Wish
Make-A-Wish creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. We seek to bring every eligible child's wish to life because every child deserves a childhood. Research shows children who have wishes granted can build the physical and emotional strength they need to fight their illness. This year, we are celebrating the 40(th) anniversary of the wish that inspired the founding of the organization in 1980. Since then, Make-A-Wish has become the world's leading children's wish-granting organization, serving children in every community in the United States and in nearly 50 countries worldwide. Together, generous donors, supporters, staff and more than 34,000 volunteers across the U.S. grant a wish every 33 minutes, on average, somewhere in the country. In total, Make-A-Wish has granted more than 330,000 wishes to children in the U.S. and its territories; more than 15,800 wishes in 2019 alone. For more information about Make-A-Wish America and the 40(th) anniversary celebration, visit wish.org.
About Subaru of America, Inc.
Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Subaru Corporation of Japan. Headquartered at a zero-landfill office in Camden, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of more than 630 retailers across the United States. All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill production plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. is the only U.S. automobile production plant to be designated a backyard wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. SOA is guided by the Subaru Love Promise, which is the company's vision to show love and respect to everyone, and to support its communities and customers nationwide. Over the past 20 years, SOA has donated more than $190 million to causes the Subaru family cares about, and its employees have logged more than 40,000 volunteer hours. As a company, Subaru believes it is important to do its part in making a positive impact in the world because it is the right thing to do. For additional information visit media.subaru.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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