{"id":36,"date":"2020-04-06T20:15:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T20:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/madalynmathwig\/?p=36"},"modified":"2020-04-28T23:01:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T23:01:05","slug":"make-a-wish-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/madalynmathwig\/2020\/04\/06\/make-a-wish-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Make A Wish Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I completed an internship with the Make A Wish Foundation of Wisconsin during the summer of my sophomore year. it was a really great experience and I loved every minute of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the internship I was completing a lot of volunteer hours by helping coordinate details for events, reaching out to sponsors, securing donations, and working with volunteers from the public. I attended and helped with their events with some of their biggest sponsors and saw the execution of everything from start to finish. The experience working with Make A Wish really allowed me to focus on something bigger than myself. I loved interacting with all of the Wish Kids at the events and hearing their stories from their own point of view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After my internship I carried on my volunteer work for the foundation on my college campus and have really enjoyed it! The foundation&#8217;s mission is something I find really important and fulfilling for anyone who&#8217;s involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/madalynmathwig\/files\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-3-1024x613.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"109\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/madalynmathwig\/files\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-3.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/madalynmathwig\/2020\/04\/06\/make-a-wish-wisconsin\/fullsizerender-3\/\" class=\"wp-image-109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/madalynmathwig\/files\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-3-1024x613.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/madalynmathwig\/files\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-3-300x179.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/madalynmathwig\/files\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-3-768x459.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/madalynmathwig\/files\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-3-1140x682.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/madalynmathwig\/files\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-3.jpeg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/madalynmathwig\/files\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-4-1024x678.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/madalynmathwig\/files\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-4-1024x678.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/madalynmathwig\/files\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-4-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/madalynmathwig\/files\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-4-768x508.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/madalynmathwig\/files\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-4-1140x754.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/madalynmathwig\/files\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-4-500x330.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/madalynmathwig\/files\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-4.jpeg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I completed an internship with the Make A Wish Foundation of Wisconsin during the summer of my sophomore year. it was a really great experience and I loved every minute of it. 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