A "wish" is a critically ill child's answer to the question, "If you could have anything in the world, go anywhere, be or do anything...what would you choose? What would you do?" A wish is provided to all Utah children between 2 1/2 and 18 whose physicians affirm that they have life-threatening conditions.

Here are some examples of the wishes Utah children make:

Fantasy Wishes
Many children, especially the littlest ones, make fantasy wishes. They wish to meet Sleeping Beauty or the Lion King...to kiss a whale...to be a princess...to have a NASCAR track in their backyard...to meet the Red Power Ranger...to have a Peter Pan bedroom...to visit with Barney. And lots of Utah children wish to visit Disney World.

Experiences
Wishes for a unique, one-of-a-kind experience shine with a child's own personal passion and imagination. Young people wish for experiences like the chance to be a model and be in a magazine...to meet a father for the first time since infancy...a chance to visit castles in Scotland...a learning tour of Utah dinosaurs...an opportunity to go fly fishing in Alaska and to sleep under the stars.

Travel Wishes
Children make wishes for travel to locations like Hawaii, the Galapagos Islands, New York City, Japan, Rome, Minnesota, San Francisco, Alaska, San Diego, Jamaica, Disney World, and the Caribbean.

Gifts
Gift wishes include computers and shopping sprees, and more unusual dreams like bedroom furniture, a Mike Beer saddle, a Tarzan treehouse, a go-kart, and even a secret garden.

Celebrity Wishes
Some children wish to meet someone very special--a celebrity who has been a hero, a role-model, a motivator, an inspiration through a very difficult time in their life. We have fulfilled wishes to meet Steve Young, Roma Downey, Dave Matthews, Celine Dion, Kobe Bryant, James Bond, NASCAR driver Mark Martin, bass fisherman Rowland Martin, and a wish for a private audience with the Pope.