ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Make-A-Wish Metro New York and Western New York celebrated its annual gala at the Hyatt Regency in Rochester on Saturday.
The event invited over 450 community donors, sponsors. and local leadership for an evening of fundraising to support the mission of the Make-A-Wish foundation.
“Every day I feel like I educate people on make a wish and what we do. There’s a common misconception that children are all terminal, and that’s just not true. 80% of the kids go on to live healthy adult lives and that’s the power of a wish that they say contributes to that,” Donna Auria, Regional Development Director told News 8…