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10th Annual Sunflowers for Wishes to take place July 20th – July 28th
at Buttonwood Farms, Griswold CT
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(Trumbull, CT)
The 10th Annual Sunflowers for Wishes to benefit Make-A-Wish® Connecticut will take place July 20th through July 28th at Buttonwood Farm in Griswold Connecticut!
This is the 10th Anniversary of what has become a statewide and New England summer event not to be missed. Crowds from all over the state of Connecticut, as well as visitors from Rhode Island, Massachusetts and beyond will travel to Buttonwood Farms to be surrounded by the beauty of literally thousands of sunflowers and to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation®, whose mission is to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. More than 450,000 sunflowers are expected to bloom on the fifteen acres of farm land. Sunflower bouquets will be sold for $5.00 each with one hundred percent of the proceeds going directly to Make-A-Wish Connecticut and its mission.
In addition to sunflower bouquets, sunflower t-shirts, note cards and Buttonwood’s own sunflower flavored ice-cream will be available for purchase to support the Foundation. Buttonwood Farm hayrides will also be back by popular demand for all to enjoy the beauty of the sunflowers. Since its beginnings, Sunflowers for Wishes has raised over $600,000 for Make-A-Wish Connecticut, with last year alone raising an astonishing $110,000 – enough to grant the wishes of over 10 Connecticut kids just when they need it most!
Sunflowers for Wishes is open to the public from July 20th through July 28th all day long. And on July 31st, Buttonwood Farms invites all Wish Families young and old back to the fields for Wish Family Day!
For more information on Sunflower for Wishes, visit ct.wish.org or call 877.203.WISH.
About the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Connecticut, Inc.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Connecticut grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Wish-come-true experiences can do wonders by providing a much-needed break from lengthy hospital stays and medical treatments. They give back to a child what a serious medical condition can take away—the chance to simply enjoy being a kid. Wish kids choose something that will inspire happiness, and will allow them to spend precious time with their families. The Connecticut chapter granted 163 wishes in 2012, and has made more over 2,200 wishes come true since its inception in 1986. Learn more about Connecticut wishes at www.ct.wish.org or find us on Facebook (Search: Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut, Inc.)
