Local boy gets his wish
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This month, 9-year-old Zachary Plant, of Polson will be fulfilling his wish as he visits the Holy Land Experience in Orlando, Fla. Zachary, who is diagnosed with a life-threatening heart condition, is receiving his wish on behalf of Make-A-Wish Montana.
Zachary and his family will soon find themselves 2,000 years back in time at the Holy Land Experience, an interactive museum and park. Zachary will have the chance to visit various exhibits of recreations from the Bible, including ancient Jerusalem and the Garden of Eden. Zachary is especially excited to see some of the many live theatrical shows that the park’s musical team puts on to recount the major events of this time period. For more information about Zachary’s wish or Make-A-Wish, please contact Heather Ohs at (406) 259-9848.
The most common misconception about Make-A-Wish is that we only provide wishes for dying children. On the contrary, Make-A-Wish believes that a wish is an experience that fills children and their families with a feeling of hope and invigorates them with a joy for living. Nearly 80 percent of our wish children are still alive.
Make-A-Wish of Montana is a nonprofit organization that grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Make-A-Wish serves all 56 counties in Montana and granted its first wish in 1987. Since then, nearly 300 wishes have come true with the help of more than 50 volunteers. For more information on how to refer children or to volunteer, please call Make-A-Wish at 1-800-676-9474 or visit its Web site at www.montana.wish.org.
