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2024 Wishes Take Flight Gala reaches $630,000-A New Record for A Wish Come True!

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Upcoming events

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21st Annual

polar plunge challenge

January 1, 2025

 

Join us as we take the plunge to support our
Wish Kids!

MAKING WISHES 
COME TRUE 

A Wish Come True is the oldest wish granting organization in RI and MA.  Our Mission is to grant children suffering with a life threatening illness a magical wish.  A Wish Come True grants wishes and provides resources to families with a child, 3-18 years of age, living in RI or MA.

GRANTING WISHES

Embracing Families

Find out more about
Nap's Nook

Click here to see pictures from our Open House and the unveiling of our "Nap's Nook" Family Room!

OUR WISH KIDS

Understanding our
wish families

Meet our Wish Kids

Isaiah's Story

Nathan's Story

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Meghan Duffy

Hardship Memorial Fund

Our Families Need US Now More Than Ever!

Our families have reached out to us requesting assistance with basic needs: groceries, paying bills and emergency funding. The Meghan Duffy Hardship Fund has been established to help them directly. We have helped 14 families so far but need you!

OUR BOARD

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Our Board

Paula Pais Leach, Board Chair and Executive Committee

Senior Vice President Customers Bank

Sean Finnegan, Treasurer 

Financial Controller for the Finetco Family of Lumberyards

Ron Volpe, Secretary 
Senior Loan Officer, CMG Home Loans

Jeff Beckwith | CPA for Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co., Ltd.

Sean Carey | Entrepreneur & Real Estate Professional

John Carvalho | President/CEO Apollo Safety

Colleen Duffy | President of the Meghan K. Duffy Memorial Foundation

Bill Finnegan | President/CEO Finetco Inc.

Bruce Messier | President at Butler and Messier, Inc.

Steven Napolillo | Senior Athletic Director, Providence College Friars

Amy Parker, Esq. | General Counsel & Director of H.R., AGI Construction

Michael Poirier | Vice President of Customer Success at Global Interconnect, Inc.

Tracy Walsh | Director, AIPSO Insurance Operations, Personal Auto

Board Associates

Evan Finnegan | Purchasing Manager at Finetco

Ryan Finnegan | Outside Salesman at Finetco

Our Staff

Mary-Kate O'Leary, Executive Director

Kelly Bolton, Director of Program Operations

Lisa Connell, Finance & Administrative Manager

Hailey Nascimento, Assistant Wish Coordinator & Family Support Worker

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