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2006 Altoona Curve

Sunday 3rd September 2006

How it all began
The Make-A-Wish Foundation was founded in 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona
A small group of people there helped a very ill little boy achieve his wish
- to be a state trooper for a day
From that one wish made twenty-six years ago, more than 144,000 wishes have been granted
throughout seventy-two chapters in the United States and twenty-nine international affiliates

Your Make-A-Wish Chapter
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Pennsylvania and Southern West Virginia
was founded in May 1983 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bryan was a seven-year-old cancer patient
who wanted to visit his favorite uncle in Texas for one of their famous piggy-back rides
Today the chapter has granted its 7,000th wish
We are the first chapter in the world to fulfill more than six-hundred wishes in one year

A note from Elsie Zengel - Director of Community Relations, Altoona Curve

Subject - Thought you might like to see these

Our event was a little short because of the double-header and the fact that one of the
big light poles behind home and third shut-off and delayed us about twenty minutes
And the fact that the bowling alley shut us down at midnight!!

However, we managed to make almost $600.00 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation

The little blonde boy in the pictures is Dalton
He was our Make-A-Wish kid at last years event as well
Such a sweet kid
Nine years old with literally half a heart, a pace-maker and I think only one lung
You'd never know anything was wrong with him though
He's a huge Curve fan and pretty much knows all the guys by name
So cute!!

Curve Mascots Diesel Dawg and Steamer with Dalton

The Curve players with Dalton
Brett in the centre

The event was held at Holiday Bowl, Altoona

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