Designed for wish children by wish children…

As the floor plans and elevations for A Wishing Place evolved, we invited our wish children to share their own reflections on a place designed for wishing. Many of the children’s visions have already found their way into our plans for the building, and the children will remain collaborators until the building is complete. They presented us with recurring images of water, castles, shooting stars, and unicorns. These children know only too well that medicine alone is not enough when chemotherapy begins or remission fails or a transplant looms. Moments of laughter and magic and courage are needed too.

Wish children participating in one of our early focus groups for A Wishing Place at VCBO.


Our children’s design and development team

We would like to acknowledge the following children who have helped us set sail and steer a straight course towards wishdom:

Jasmine Rindisbaker
Daniel Hess
Colt and Nicole Mortenson
Leovardo, Maria, and Carmen Perez
Laura and Jeff Hofheins
Jessica Dinwoodey
Johnevan, Necia, Channing, Hanna, and Austin Atkin
Justin Duncan
Chris Nelson
Carter, Clark, Tanner, Tyler, and Kendle Wilcox
Skyler and Brody Lawson
Shanna, Jason, Chris, and Mark Christensen
Christy Goldsmith
Becky Stoffel
Zachary Felix
Marquelle and Kelsi Craven
Tara Tanner
Danielle and Matt Nielsen