Cheese! Wishes Can Happen Picture Party Kicks Off Friday
Where else can you take silly photos of you and your friends, upload them to Facebook and give your donations to a good cause?
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
Lee Spencer Photography Throws Fourth Annual Wishes Can Happen Picture Party
The husband-and-wife photography duo take silly photos of you and your friends, upload them to Facebook and give your donations to a good cause
Editor's note: The following information was provided by Lee Spencer Photography. Lee Spencer Photography's annual Picture Party event to benefit Wishes Can Happen is now in its fourth year. What started as a passion for photography and a desire to give back has now become an annual celebration for a local nonprofit, Wishes Can Happen (WCH). Guests can have photographs taken with friends and family, using wacky props provided at the studio. Images will be posted to Facebook for them to use at no cost as profile pictures and to share with friends. “What I like most about the picture end of the event is the great selection of dress-up accessories that you can use," said Heather West, board member and wish granter for WCH. "Lee and Tammy make…
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Sunday, December 9, 2012
Family Displays Christmas Lights for a Good Cause
The Forchione family of Massillon set up a Christmas light display and are asking for donations to the North Canton-based charity organization Wishes Can Happen
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Wishes Can Happen to Ask for Donations Around the Clock Thursday, Friday
The annual Wish-a-Thon benefits terminally ill children and takes place from 6 a.m. Thursday to 6 p.m. Friday at Thursday's Plaza in Canton
Things are a little different this time around for the annual Wishes Can Happen Wish-a-Thon. For starters, the two-day, 24-hour event has transformed into a two-day, 36-hour event in which radio personalities call for donations throughout the day and night Thursday and Friday. What's more, organizers have their sights set on a $100,000 goal. That's enough for Wishes Can Happen to grant 20 wishes to terminally ill children, and about twice as much as they've raised in years past. The event takes place from 6 a.m. Thursday until 6 p.m. Friday at Thursday's Plaza, 4705 Dressler Road NW, Canton. You can pledge over the phone through 330-649-WISH (9474) or stop out to Thursday's Plaza during the Wish-a-Thon to drop off a donation and meet some…
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Lee Spencer Photography Asks You to Get Silly to Help a Local Charity
Your participation in Friday's weird and wacky photo shoot will bring Wishes Can Happen one step closer to granting a wish to a child with a terminal illness
Who can resist being straight-up silly for a good cause? That's exactly what Tammy and Lee Spencer want you to do at this year's Wishes Can Happen Picture Party at Lee Spencer Photography, taking place from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday. The third annual fundraiser helps out Wishes Can Happen, a North Canton-based non-profit that grants wishes to terminally ill children. The Spencers will have you grab some feather boas, some outrageous hats and whatever goofy props they can find and set you up in front of a backdrop with your friends for the ultimate silly photo shoot. They'll post the photos straight to Facebook as the event is happening, and you and your friends "tag" yourself so that the photos are yours to keep. Wishes Can Happen means a lot…
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Lisa Lynch-Frank
8:50 pm on Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Had such a great time ! Love Lee & Tammy and all they do for Wishes Can Happen . more ›
Friday, August 12, 2011
Wish-A-Thon For Terminally Ill Kids Kicks Off Today
Donations are rolling in while people stop out to Thursday's Plaza in Canton and call to donate to the North Canton-based charity Wishes Can Happen
Stark County doctors: You’ve been challenged. Two local doctors pledged $1,000 during today’s Wishes Can Happen AultCare & Mix 94.1 Wish-A-Thon, and they thought others would be up for some friendly competition. They’ve challenged other physicians to “out-donate” them. Radio personalities, Wishes Can Happen volunteers and donors are swarming the big white tent set up at Thursday’s Plaza in Canton today. They’re taking donations in person and through the phone line 330-649-9474 to raise money for Wishes Can Happen, a North Canton-based charity that grants wishes to terminally ill children. They’ll be at the plaza at 4705 Dressler Road NW until 6 p.m. today and from 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday. “We’re thankful for every donation,” said Cyndi …
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Heather West
12:50 pm on Friday, August 12, 2011
Thank you Morgan for your kind support of our organization! more ›
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Outdoor Movie, Island Party & More: Get Out Weekend Planner
Attend an outdoor movie tonight in Cuyahoga Falls, help a 6-year-old boy's dream come true this weekend, and get some grilled bananas over ice cream at the Massillon Museum's island party. It's all in our Get Out Weekend Planner.
1. COMMUNITY FUN DAY AND POKER RUN Where/When: Community Fun Day at the Marriott, 4375 Metro Circle, North Canton, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday; Poker run at Quaker Steak & Lube, first bike leaves at 9 a.m. and last bike leaves at 9:30 a.m. Sunday Why Go: The HOF Law Dogs LE/MC and F.O.P. and Blue Knights will host these events to raise money for Wishes Can Happen recipient Patrick Wright, a local 6-year-old suffering from throat cancer. Patrick’s biggest wish is to go to Disney World. (We have some more info in our PDFs section, just note the actual date is July 17, not June.) Pricing: Donations accepted 2. DANCE NIGHT AT THE AURICLE IN CANTON Where/When: The Auricle, 601 Cleveland Ave NW, Canton; 10 p.m. Friday-2:30 a.m. Saturday Why Go: The …
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Monday, June 6, 2011
Video: Wishes Can Happen Golf Scramble Raises Money for Teen's Field of Dreams
Friday's golf outing at Sanctuary Golf Club brought in about $10,000 to help build a field of dreams at one teen's Navarre home
About 95 golfers took part in the fifth annual Wishes Can Happen Golf Scramble at Sanctuary Golf Club Friday. Their contributions went toward Wishes Can Happen, a North Canton-based charity organization that grants wishes to terminally ill children. More specifically, the money will help make Andrew Heck's dream into a reality. The Central Catholic student, who was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and has endured many painful open heart surgeries, is unable to play baseball, but wants to coach little league teams at the "field of dreams" that will be built at his Navarre home. Geoff Lewis, Wishes Can Happen president, said Carter Lumber and Rohr's Nursery have donated materials to create the field. With the businesses' help — and…
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Christina Weyrick-Cooper
6:59 am on Monday, June 6, 2011
What a fantastic organization and cause! The North Canton Chamber's golf outing is coming up at the Sanctuary on June 10th. A portion of the proceeds will benefit First Tee of Canton. http://www.northcantonchamber.org/2009golfouting.htm more ›
Friday, June 3, 2011
Photo of the Day: Guys Don Dresses for a Good Cause
If this isn't being a good sport, we don't know what is
Tom Reed of Silver Lake (pink dress) and Cameron Schwartz of Canton (blue dress) have some fun at the Wishes Can Happen Golf Scramble at Sanctuary Golf Club today. The men joined friends Ed Rojeck of Mentor and Denny Bender of Green for the event that raises money for Andrew Heck's wish — to build a little league "field of dreams" at his Navarre home. All four golfers paid $5 each to put on a dress and tee off at this particular hole today. Check back with North Canton Patch Monday for video coverage of this event. And check out today's Whiz Kid feature for more information about Andrew and his wish.
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Whiz Kid: Andrew Heck Wishes for a Baseball Field of Dreams
Andrew Heck, a wish recipient for Wishes Can Happen, is happiest when he's helping others excel on the baseball field
This week's Whiz Kid comes to us from Madelyn Sweeney, community relations director for Wishes Can Happen. “Andrew is passionate about baseball and doesn’t let his heart condition stop him from doing what he loves," Sweeney said. "He is one of the kindest and most optimistic young men I’ve had the pleasure of knowing. Wishes Can Happen is building a baseball field of dreams at Andrew’s home, where he plans to invite little leagues to play and receive coaching.”
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RACHELLE RANDOLPH
12:16 am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
yes, definitely, it is a very worth cause. more ›