Make a Wish (and other organizations) ~ Wish Trippers UNITE! Volume FOUR!

[evsmama30]

I've been planning on making the kids colouring/activity books for the flight, but I never thought to have any of the characters sign them! What a great idea!

There are a number of websites you can check out for colouring pages and printable activities (puzzles, travel journals, dot-to-dot pictures, word searches, etc.)--here are some:

http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/ (Disney-specific as well as general pages),
http://www.disneyzone.net/puzzle.htm (wordsearch puzzles), http://www.themouseforless.com/downloads.shtml#kids (travel journals and word searches, as well as luggage tags and autograph pages), http://familyfun.go.com/printables/ (Disney and general themed puzzles, colouring pages, mazes and other printables),
http://www.nickjr.com/blues-clues/ (for Blues Clues' specific printables)

--as well as all of the Disney specific websites (Disney Princesses, for example, has tons of Princess-themed puzzles and activities, should Rosie be interested in them--which I imagine is the same for Disney Playhouse (for Mickey), Pixie Hollow (for Fairies) and Pirates of the Caribbean websites).

Then, I would probably print the pages off on cardstock (for durability) and then take them all to Staples to have a laminated cover put on them and bind them with those plastic binders. Will make it last longer and give it some sturdiness when flipping pages.

My final advice: Bring some fat crayons or thick, stubby markers for the characters to colour the pages with. Those gloved hands make holding tiny crayons pretty difficult I imagine!

Have fun!

can i just say how much i love your "u" in colouring???? awesome, my canadian pal =)

 

[mom2pixies]

can i just say how much i love your "u" in colouring???? awesome, my canadian pal =)

LOL!! Can't help it!

 

[xanphylus]

hi everyone i just wanted to come on and post something very important. a couple days ago i posted that i was hoping ari could be part of the big give but have not heard anything from them. what i was trying to say was that i was hoping one of the big givers would see that and ask ari to be a part of it. but what i should have wrote was that i tried to contact them and i received an email stating what exactly they do and that they choose whom to help . and that because of timing issues and because they too have their own family its impossible to help and include everyone.
i apologize if i hurt anyone in this process -that was never my intention
my intention is and was always to add magic to aris wish trip for ari and rosie. my kids are my life- and this trip is about celebrating aris life and his accomplishments and thats why i wanted them to be a part of the big give.
i understand that i hurt someone because it must be very hard for them not to be able to help everyone- because they would if they could. and for the ones that they can,they poor their heart and soul in to it and u can tell by the smiles in the wish kids faces when their big give packages arrive. they are amazing people, and i applaud them and i hope this will clear the air.

I don't think you hurt anyone dearie. Don't think that! But I agree with what they said- it is hard to do everyone I am sure. I can only do maybe one a month if I even have the extra cash to do it then. I can completely understand wanting your kiddos to be a part of something so wonderful- it must be a great experience! But don't think anyone here cares any less for your kiddos as much as the ones who are picked- I don't personally pick any of the families chosen, but I know it must take them some time to find families and get all the info ready for the give. And then people have to sign up, make the items and mail them. So it really does take a lot of time and effort. I guess they choose who they can and do as much as possible for as many as possible, but sometimes it just isn't possible to do certain families. I hope you have a more than magical trip and find so much pixie dust at Disney that it truly makes up for not being chosen!

I dunno if I made any sense here, but I tried.

 

[evsmama30]

i can't remember who suggested it, but i wanted to let you guys know that i contacted T-rex directly about a priorityseating for the night we are meeting our friends from tampa, and the guys emailed me today and got us in! so whoever suggested that, thanks!!!!!

 

[livndisney]

I don't think you hurt anyone dearie. Don't think that! But I agree with what they said- it is hard to do everyone I am sure. I can only do maybe one a month if I even have the extra cash to do it then. I can completely understand wanting your kiddos to be a part of something so wonderful- it must be a great experience! But don't think anyone here cares any less for your kiddos as much as the ones who are picked- I don't personally pick any of the families chosen, but I know it must take them some time to find families and get all the info ready for the give. And then people have to sign up, make the items and mail them. So it really does take a lot of time and effort. I guess they choose who they can and do as much as possible for as many as possible, but sometimes it just isn't possible to do certain families. I hope you have a more than magical trip and find so much pixie dust at Disney that it truly makes up for not being chosen!

I dunno if I made any sense here, but I tried.

Actually there have been some hurt feelings (it would seem on both sides) and some less than magical comments made, which is why I posted in an effort to clarify what we do.

Truth be told members of the Big Give are getting messages from families asking to be included. It is hard to say no since we want to give to every family. Believe me, we don't want to say no. Many of us put our families aside to make "just one more". I laugh now remembering a Give I did last year in the middle of a move. I had sewing machines in two different counties. But that Give got done.

When we started the Big Gives, we had one group, now we have atleast 3 groups running different Gives. And we still can't meet the demand. (We welcome new volunteers, so anyone who has returned from their Wish trip please feel free to join us, sewing is not always necessary)

As I mentioned in my earlier post, timing is very important. It is rare that we can do a Big Give in less than a month. The usual timeline is several weeks longer. So families that sign up for the Dis in March and travel the beginning of April, make it almost impossible to include. It is not a reflection on you or your children, it is beyond our control.

 

[rosieari9197]

Actually there have been some hurt feelings (it would seem on both sides) and some less than magical comments made, which is why I posted in an effort to clarify what we do.

Truth be told members of the Big Give are getting messages from families asking to be included. It is hard to say no since we want to give to every family. Believe me, we don't want to say no. Many of us put our families aside to make "just one more". I laugh now remembering a Give I did last year in the middle of a move. I had sewing machines in two different counties. But that Give got done.

When we started the Big Gives, we had one group, now we have atleast 3 groups running different Gives. And we still can't meet the demand. (We welcome new volunteers, so anyone who has returned from their Wish trip please feel free to join us, sewing is not always necessary)


As I mentioned in my earlier post, timing is very important. It is rare that we can do a Big Give in less than a month. The usual timeline is several weeks longer. So families that sign up for the Dis in March and travel the beginning of April, make it almost impossible to include. It is not a reflection on you or your children, it is beyond our control.

i really am sorry. because i know one person has personally reached out to me and has shared that she was hurt -and im happy that she did because honesty is the best policy. i did not intend to hurt her.as i explained in my past post. and i have written a private message and i hope that she understood and heard my apology.
it has been eating me up all day and i have been on the verge of tears all day.and so i hope there are no hard feelings.
my son is getting a once in a lifetime wish so im gonna take a deep breath and pray that all is understood so that i can just gear up my two kids and hubbie and count down the days!

 

[chelleydi77]

Actually there have been some hurt feelings (it would seem on both sides) and some less than magical comments made, which is why I posted in an effort to clarify what we do.

I think all of you that do the Big Gives deserve great big !! You are all very special people that give your time and talents to other people, that is very amazing and special and I hope you all are proud of yourselves!

 

[angeque143]

Sharing what we made!!!

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40721097&postcount=114

 

[chelleydi77]

Sharing what we made!!!

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40721097&postcount=114

That is AWESOME!!! Great thinking!

 

[livndisney]

i really am sorry. because i know one person has personally reached out to me and has shared that she was hurt -and im happy that she did because honesty is the best policy. i did not intend to hurt her.as i explained in my past post. and i have written a private message and i hope that she understood and heard my apology.
it has been eating me up all day and i have been on the verge of tears all day.and so i hope there are no hard feelings.
my son is getting a once in a lifetime wish so im gonna take a deep breath and pray that all is understood so that i can just gear up my two kids and hubbie and count down the days!

No tears please, no hard feelings. I just really wanted to explain that sometimes we just have to say no. And it is nothing personal (we hate to think someone would think that).

Please go and enjoy the magic of your child's wish trip. I know it will be amazing!

 

[brookerene]

I called and asked about our flight times and our coordinator emailed them to me. I did not receive anything from GKTW until about 2 weeks before we left. I did not receive our MAW stuff until days before we left!

We just got ours on Mon.... a week before arrival!

 

[rosieari9197]

hey guys -just wanted to know if anyone has stayed at disney boarwalk villas. our wish trip starts monday the 9th of may at gktw but we are heading to orlando sunday and staying at dis board walk compliments of my aunt who has a dvc time share.just for the night. dont know anything about it - i know there is a boardwalk(lol) any tips for fun stuff to do that sunday night?

 

[livndisney]

hey guys -just wanted to know if anyone has stayed at disney boarwalk villas. our wish trip starts monday the 9th of may at gktw but we are heading to orlando sunday and staying at dis board walk compliments of my aunt who has a dvc time share.just for the night. dont know anything about it - i know there is a boardwalk(lol) any tips for fun stuff to do that sunday night?

The boardwalk has some carnival type games and sidewalk entertainment. You can also rent surry bikes (4 seater) bikes. You can ride the boats or watch a movie on the beach at the yacht club (just on the other side of the water).

Here is a link from Allears (great planning site) with BW pics. http://allears.net/acc/faq_bwv.htm

 

[mommy2girlswv]

We just got ours on Mon.... a week before arrival!

Thanks!!!! That only two more weeks for us... Are all the details in the package(When they are going to pick you up,etc) or did you have to call about more info or they call you with more info. I going to call next week and ask about the right flight times to finish up my planning!!!

 

[angeque143]

We also had a bit of pixie dust come our way!!!


Pixie Dust

 

[brookerene]

Thanks!!!! That only two more weeks for us... Are all the details in the package(When they are going to pick you up,etc) or did you have to call about more info or they call you with more info. I going to call next week and ask about the right flight times to finish up my planning!!!

The MAW grantors gave us the details at our party.... the GKTW packet has directions and basic info!

 

[mom2pixies]

Just shared some long overdue pics of Brooke's first day of school and Avie's pre-party birthday celebration on our PTR. Check 'em out:

 

[Perrinsmommy]

We got some cool from our Make A Wish chapter! They sent Perrin a cute little calendar that he wants to keep at school for a countdown with his resource teacher. Unfortunately, they spelled his name wrong. Luckily I emailed his wish manager because they had it wrong in their database. Which means the name was wrong with the airline and GKTW. Good thing I checked instead of letting it go!!

 

[angeque143]

I remember seeing a thread of ideas on how to make everything from luggage tags to the penny holders...Does anyone know where that is? I guess I forgot to bookmark it!!!

 

[LVMom23]

TEN more days. 10! 10! 10!!! Oh my, wow!!!!!!! I can't believe how fast this process has been!!!

We put in the request on January 25, met with the MAW grant team on March 4, and we are leaving for Disney on April 23rd! Crazy, crazy!!!!

We are meeting with our MAW volunteers on the 21st, just two days before we leave. They are giving us our itinerary and other things to get ready for the trip. My husband is worried that it is cutting it short, but I told him that we already know the flights, we already confirmed that GKTW is having us, and we are in the process of getting Hannah's medical supplies sent to GKTW. We also confirmed that they rented us a mini van with Avis, and taking us to the airport (and picking us up at home) in a limo!

I am so impressed with the MAW group. Just such an amazing gift this is!!