Make a Birthday Wish

Make a Birthday Wish is a non-profit organization based San Jose, CA. It was founded in 2009 by Yasmine Davis, an eighth grader at Kennedy Middle School. Make a Birthday Wish provides birthday presents to children in need who live in the San Jose Area, which include Santa Clara and San Mateo County.

The first two years the founders of Make A Birthday Wish used their own personal money to buy children in need with birthday gifts. In 2012 we have partnered with West Valley Community Services, a homeless shelter in Santa Clara County. West Valley provides housing and support to homeless children in the South Bay Area. This year Make a Birthday Wish had an annual event in February to raise funds, gifts, and awareness for the 300 children we intend on providing birthday gifts to. At the event, potential donors had a chance to find out what has been going on at Make a Birthday Wish, and how they could help. We alsomet with the children at the beginning of the year to go over what types of presents they would want for their birthday.

Once a month, we at Make A Birthday Wish throw a birthday party at the homeless shelter, providing the children gifts, sweet treats, hope, and stability in their time of need.