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Below are our ongoing events.
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First Saturday and Sunday of Each Month: Beacon Bay Auto Wash
Participate in their annual "Washes for Wishes" fundraiser in which a portion of proceeds from every car washed on the first weekend of each month will be donated to our chapter. Visit www.BeaconBay.com for a location near you.
 
GoodSearch Search Engine
Here's a new easy way to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Orange County and the Inland Empire. Just start using GoodSearch.com as your search engine and online shopping mall. Every time you search the Internet or make an online purchase at one of their partner merchants, GoodSearch makes a donation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Orange County and the Inland Empire and it's powered by Yahoo! so you get great search results! www.goodsearch.com
 
Hope, Strength, and Joy Make-A-Wish Necklaces
Purchase a necklace for $10. Contact Sarah Pizzaruso at 714-573-9474 ext. 230 to purchase over the phone or email pizzaruso@wishocie.org. It's a great for men and women!
 
Wedding Bell Wishes
Dreams really do come true! As you prepare for the wedding of your dreams, you can help make dreams come true for children with life-threatening medical conditions. Create lasting memories with Wedding Bell Wishes. You can choose from place cards or invitation inserts, all featuring a special message notifying your guests that a donation was made to the Foundation in their honor. As your dreams for the future come true, you can help share the power of a wish® and provide hope, strength, and joy. This program is inexpensive for you, but the impact of your donation is truly priceless. For more information about the Wedding Bell Wishes Program please contact Sarah Pizzaruso at pizzaruso@wishocie.org or 714-573-9474 ext. 230.
 
Make-A-Wish® Personal Checking Account with Bank of America
Make-A-Wish® Personal Checking Account
The Make-A-Wish personal checking account lets you show your continuing support for our mission while giving you all the account benefits you’d expect from Bank of America. Bank of America will donate $2 for each new checking account and $1 every year on the anniversary of enrollment to the Foundation, as well as 0.05 percent of all new net retail purchases made using the card. Visit your neighborhood Bank of America or go online to www.bankofamerica.com/makeawish for more details.
 
Albertson’s Community Partners Program Card
Now you can use the Community Partners Card to benefit our local chapter and link the Community Partners Card to your Albertsons Sav-on Preferred Savings Card! Each time supporters shop Albertsons and Sav-on Drugs with their Community Partners Card or with their registered Preferred Savings Card, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Orange County and the Inland Empire earns contributions. It’s that easy! To participate in this program just stop by the Wish House to pick up a card or register for this program by visiting www.Albertsons.com , click on “in the community,” then click on the “community partners” box to link your Preferred Savings Card or call customer service at 1-877-932-7948.
 
Shop at Ralphs, Help Grant Wishes!
Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Orange County and the Inland Empire is now part of the Community Matters program at Ralphs. A percentage of sales will come directly to the Foundation to help grant wishes every time you, your friends, family and associates swipe their Ralphs Loyalty Card. To register, please visit www.Ralphs.com, click on "community contribution," and enter 84815 as our NPO number. This doesn’t take away from your household reward points, it matches what you earn and donates to Make-A-Wish Orange County and the Inland Empire. Take a minute and go online to register your rewards card. If you were signed up in the past please re-register as the program starts over every September.
 
Irvine Spectrum Wishing Wells
Don’t let loose change weigh you down! Toss a few coins into our wishing wells as you shop at Irvine Spectrum and let us put that change to work granting the wishes of our special kids.
 
American Express: GivingExpress Program
GivingExpress Program American Express cardholders and Membership Rewards® participants can help raise funds for Make-A-Wish Foundation through GivingExpress® Online from American Express. Cardholders can donate dollars with their American Express Card or redeem Membership Rewards® points to make a donation. American
Express converts the points to a cash donation to the Foundation. For every 1,000 points donated, American Express will donate $10. Visit the GivingExpress® Online site to learn more and donate your points. Donors may also search for a specific chapter to designate their points.
 
Best Western Rewards Program
Members of the Best Western Rewards program are able to donate their points to the Make-A-Wish Foundation®. The points are then redeemed for Best Western Reward Gift Cards. The cards can be used to pay for room expenses at all Best Western properties, Visit www.bestwestern.com for a complete listing of all Best Western properties.

To become a member of the Best Western Rewards program fill out an application at any Best Western property, apply online at www.goldcrownclub.com, or call 800-237-8483. Please encourage your friends to join GCCI and donate their points to the Foundation.
 
Shop Creative Memories’ Wishful Product Line and Help Make Wishes Come True
Creative Memories has selected the Make-A-Wish Foundation® as its charity of choice to benefit from their specially created Wishful scrapbook line. This line is full of hope, strength and joy and was inspired by Make-A-Wish® families. For every Wishful product purchased, Creative Memories will donate between $1 and $2 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The Wishful line is available through the products catalog and at www.creativememories.com
 
Giftcraft’s Eden’s Angels™
Giftcraft will donate a specified amount from sales of all Eden’s Angel products. In addition, Eden’s Angels will also introduce special sculptures dedicated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation® and will donate $2.50 of the wholesale price from these angels to the Foundation. Visit www.edensangels.com and select the Make-A-Wish Collection from the drop down menu.
 
April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011: Marquis Spas
Marquis Spas has created a brand new Wish spa. Between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2011, Marquis Spas will donate $25 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation® for every Wish spa sold to a Marquis dealer. Visit the Marquis Spas Web site to take a virtual test soak and learn more! http://bit.ly/WishSpa
 
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