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Make-A-Wish® CT Hires Westport Resident as Wish Coordinator
After an extensive search of impressive candidates, Make-A-Wish® Connecticut is pleased to announce Emma Laney as their new Wish Coordinator
Emma Laney was previously an intern for the Connecticut chapter’s Development team and worked as a temp on the Program team, where she assisted the other Wish Coordinators with planning wishes.
Laney started working for, and volunteering at, nonprofit organizations in grade school. After her first trip to Guatemala through Education and Hope, she knew the nonprofit sector was where she wanted to work later in life.
“I am so excited to officially be a part of Make-A-Wish! Since my internship last year, I have seen the amazing impact this organization has on wish families and I am grateful for the opportunity to play a role in their wish journeys. I am eager to learn from everyone involved with Make-A-Wish; thanks to the guidance from the Program team I had as a temp, I feel well prepared for my debut as a Wish Coordinator!”
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Laney is a Westport native and has recently graduated from James Madison University with a double major in Communications and Spanish. During her time as a JMU Duke, she was President and Community Service Chair of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Spanish Honors Society, Coach of the club field hockey team, and an active member of Phi Sigma Pi, a National Honor Fraternity.
“We are so excited to have Emma join the team,” shares Make-A-Wish Program Director Lisa Brown. “She is an invaluable member of the wish team and comes with an abundance of international travel and cultural insights. Emma is a team player, hard worker and bilingual in Spanish; we look forward to all the amazing wishes she will help grant!
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Make-A-Wish® Connecticut creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. We seek to bring every eligible child's wish to life because a wish is an integral part of a child's treatment journey. Research shows children who have wishes granted can build the physical and emotional strength they need to fight a critical illness. Together, generous donors, supporters, staff and volunteers across the state currently grant nearly 250 wishes a year. Since 1986, Make-A-Wish Connecticut has granted more than 3,300 wishes to local children. For more information about Make-A-Wish Connecticut, visit ct.wish.org.
