Member Spotlight: Make-A-Wish Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana

Member Spotlight by [Make-A-Wish Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana]

Provide us with a brief summary of your business’ services

Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

Tell us about your company’s mission and values

A wish experience can be a game-changer for a child with a critical illness.
This one belief guides us in everything we do at Make-A-Wish. It inspires us to grant life-changing wishes for children going through so much. It compels us to be creative in exceeding the expectations of every wish kid. It drives us to make our donated resources go as far as possible. Most of all, it’s the founding principle of our vision to grant the wish of every eligible child.

What are the services you use the most (or are looking forward to using) from the Columbus Chamber?

Networking with people and businesses across Columbus to help us grant more wishes, in turn helping transform local children, their families and our community.

How do you stay engaged with trends that you see in your industry?

Make-A-Wish is the world’s largest wish-granting organization. We are lucky to be able to partner with other Make-A-Wish chapters across the country and globe to share best practices, trends, challenges and opportunities. We also have six boards comprised of top industry leaders who help advise us in the strategic vision of our organization. This helps us stay on the cutting edge of advancements and trends in the nonprofit space.

What is your company culture like?

At Make-A-Wish, we are more than a great place to work — our work is life-changing. Every day, our passionate and caring staff help make wishes come true for children with critical illnesses. We are fueled and guided by our core values of child focus, integrity, impact, innovation, and community. These values were inspired by the people we work with and the life-changing work we do, every day.

What does it take to be a successful employee at your company?

Successful employees work to align themselves every day with our values and core competencies. They are reliable, communicators, inclusive, humble, planful and energetic individuals.

What makes Columbus such a great place to do business?

Columbus businesses and their passionate employees lead with integrity and innovate daily to make our community and world a better place.

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