Big Ticket Events are special event - or activity-based wishes such as: exclusive access to entertainment or athletic events, concerts, or that special meeting with a favorite celebrity. Get to know The Granted Wish Foundation better by reading some Big Ticket Event stories about the many wishes we have granted.
Heart of Gold
Imagine the fear of anyone going through a heart transplant. Imagine that fear for a 13-year-old girl. Cardiomyopathy, cardiomegaly and myocardial infarction are all terms that most people will never hear in their entire lifetime. Alexandra Courville has heard them numerous times as they are conditions she has experienced and continues to fight against. Alex was born with a hole in her heart. She had her first open-heart surgery at seven months old. Through all her struggles, she had just one wish; to meet her hero, NFL Quarterback, Brady Quinn.
Rock and Roll All Nite
After Frank was diagnosed with two, stage IV brain tumors, his wife wanted to help him meet Gene Simmons from KISS. The Granted Wish Foundation helped these life-long rockers meet.
Hunter's Dream
The Granted Wish Foundation raced to fulfill 10-year-old Hunter's wish to meet NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson after he received his final chemotherapy treatment.
Wish Upon a Star
After Tara was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, The Granted Wish Foundation helped make a lifetime of memories with a trip to Disney World for Tara and her seven-year-old daughter.
Thank You Mr. President
As 25-year-old Rayne's health declined, The Granted Wish Foundation made her wish of meeting the President come true before it was too late.
Kenny & Me
The Granted Wish Foundation helped Helen, a mentally challenged woman, meet and sing on stage with her idol Kenny Rogers.
- Woman with amputated arm wants prosthetic arm
- Teenager with ALS (Lou Gehrigs Disease) to go to a rodeo
- Father with cancer to fly across the country to see his relatives before he passes
- Six-year-old boy whose heart was born backwards to go to Disney
- Husband, and wife with breast cancer, to take a belated honeymoon they never had
