More than 80% of the wishes currently waiting to be granted involve travel
PHOENIX, March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Make-A-Wish is excited to announce the renewal of its partnership with Chase, expanding its support to help grant travel wishes for children battling critical illnesses. This renewed commitment will see Chase contributing $3 million, with a combination of Chase Ultimate Rewards® points and cash. Since the inception of the partnership in 2024, over 150 million Ultimate Rewards points have already helped grant more than 300 wishes. Make-A-Wish needs more than 2.8 billion miles — the equivalent of 50,000 round-trip tickets — to cover travel wishes each year.
"When a wish includes air travel, airfare costs are often the largest expense for wishes and for every wish we grant, two more children with critical illnesses are still waiting for their wishes to come true," said Leslie Motter, president, and CEO of Make-A-Wish America. "Chase's ongoing support allows Make-A-Wish to provide hope and joy through transformative travel experiences that create lasting memories for children and families during their most challenging times."
The partnership fuels the travel of wish kids like twelve-year-old Brynn, an enthusiastic bird watcher. Brynn's wish to visit Hawaii with her family provided her with renewed motivation during her battle with a vascular disorder. Fifteen-year-old Lila, like Brynn, created new memories on a mother-daughter trip to Pfeiffer Beach, while fifteen-year-old Dylan watched his favorite team play in the World Series.
By helping grant these travel wishes, Chase's donation enables children to replace fear with confidence, sadness with joy, and anxiety with hope. Research shows that a wish can have significant physical and emotional benefits, increasing the chances of survival for children facing critical illnesses.
"We are proud to support Make-A-Wish and renew our partnership to help make wishes possible for children facing critical illness," said Jennifer Wilson-Buttigieg, Head of Travel Policy, Chase Travel Group. "With so many wishes involving travel, specifically the need for airline tickets, we have the unique opportunity to donate Ultimate Rewards points to fuel travel wishes for wish kids and families, and to invite our cardmembers to redeem their rewards to support causes that matter to them most, like Make-A-Wish."
Chase Travel Group is a global full-service travel provider under JPMorganChase and encompasses influential travel brands such as Chase Travel, FROSCH, and VWT. Chase cardmembers can support Make-A-Wish by donating at wish.org/Chase, then redeem Ultimate Rewards for the value of the donation by using Pay Yourself Back® through the Ultimate Rewards portal.
About Make-A-Wish®
Make-A-Wish creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Founded in Phoenix, Arizona, Make-A-Wish is the #1 most trusted nonprofit operating locally in all 50 states throughout the U.S. Together with generous donors, supporters, staff and more than 20,000 volunteers across the country, Make-A-Wish delivers hope and joy to children and their families when they need it most. Make-A-Wish aims to bring the power of wishing to every child with a critical illness because wish experiences can help improve emotional and physical health. Since 1980, Make-A-Wish has granted more than 615,000 wishes worldwide; more than 390,000 wishes in the U.S. and its territories alone. For more information about Make-A-Wish America, visit wish.org.
About Chase
Chase is the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a leading financial services firm based in the United States of America with assets of $4.0 trillion and operations worldwide. Chase serves 84 million consumers and 7 million small businesses, with a broad range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. Customers can choose how and where they want to bank: Nearly 5,000 branches in 48 states and the District of Columbia, more than 15,000 ATMs, mobile, online and by phone. For more information, go to chase.com.
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