Meet Alex our Echoage hero

Apr 04 2017

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Make-A-Wish Canada

We sorted through all the charity logos and explained what each charity was about. Alex pointed to the ones she wanted to know more about and we selected some to show her as well. We were hoping to support a charity with a local presence, and Make-a-Wish had photos and stories that spoke to us; to Alex. We work hard to instil the right values at home, and charitable giving is one of those core values. Alex liked the idea of doing a good deed as part of her birthday celebrations, once we explained how EchoAge worked.

"Giving Alex a doll house was almost as much my dream as it was her's", laughed Alex's mom, Andee. "Firstly, the thought of getting a slew of random gifts that might be duplicates of what we already have, or that don't come with gift receipts, was just something I wanted to avoid. Secondly, having a collabourative gift allowed us to actually afford the doll house. Lastly, it's no longer the trend to open gifts at a kid's party anymore, for fear of the birthday boy or girl having a poor reaction to the opened gift. In our case, everyone pitched in to get Alex something they knew she wanted, so we reincorporated this party tradition and all our guests got to see my daughter's excitement as she opened her gift. It gave everyone so much joy to see the doll house they helped buy for her."

Hero, Make-A-Wish Canada

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