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Dunkin’ Donuts Donates $100,000 to Make-A-Wish Central New York and Helps One Central New York Girl Dunkin Donuts Donates $100,000 to Make-A-Wish Central New York

One Make-A-Wish recipient is treated with a gift while cancer-free

By Gabriel Carr-Johnson

Gabe Carr-Johnson: THE MAKE-A-WISH RECIPIENT IS 11-YEAR-OLD SAVANNAH SPITTLER. RAY SPITTLER, HER FATHER RAY SPITTLER SAYS THAT HER WISH HAS COME TRUE.

Ray Spittler: Her wish was to go to Disney so we went down to in Florida spent a week down there at the Make-A-Wish resort down there an went into Disneyland

Carr-Johnson: CENTRAL NEW YORK FRANCHISEE OF DUNKIN’ DONUTS TOM SANTURRI SAYS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE MAKE-A-WISH EVENT IS TO MAKE THE CHILDREN FEEL SPECIAL EVEN THROUGH THEIR TOUGH TIMES.

Tom Santurri: For a week or two they actually feel normal they get to celebrate with their family, just feel like a normal child again.

Carr-Johnson: WITH MAKE-A-WISH GRANTING THEIR TWO-THOUSANDTH WISH THIS SUMMER TO SAVANNAH, MAKE-A-WISH OF CENTRAL NEW YORK PRESIDENT AND CEO DIANE KUPPERMANN SAYS THAT WISHES ARE MORE THAN JUST A MOMENT IN TIME.

Diane Kuppermann: They impact a child not just when they are going through their illness but long after they have been on the road to recovery as you can see from Savvy today shes done with her treatment she’s looking forward not back.

Carr-Johnson: THE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL GO A LONG WAY IN GRANTING OVER 92 WISHES JUST THIS YEAR, ALONG WITH THAT MAKE-A-WISH HAS RAISED OVER 1-MILLION DOLLARS IN THE PROCESS, IN SYRACUSE GABE CARR-JOHNSON NCC NEWS

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) — Savannah Spittler is a Make-A-Wish recipient from Central New York. In 2017, she was diagnosed with a Wilms tumor on her right kidney. She is now cancer-free.

“Her wish was to go to Disney so we went to Disney in Florida,” said her father Ray Spittler.

Tom Santurri, Franchisee of Dunkin’ Donuts  said that the most important part of this all is making the children feel special even when facing their toughest times. For a couple of weeks they are able to feel like a normal kid again with the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

With Make-A-Wish Central New York granting over 2,000 wishes already they don’t plan to stop granting these wishes.

“We have  180 kids in the pipeline waiting for this wishes to come true,” Diane Kupperman, President and CEO of Make-A-Wish Syracuse said.

The donation of $100,000 will help grant 92 wishes this year and will help raise over $1 million.

This could not have happened without the customers of Dunkin’ Donuts donating $1 during this time. Those guests were given a Make-A-Wish star donut as a thank you.

This isn’t the first time that Dunkin’ Donuts has paired up with Make-A-Wish. Santurri said they have raised over $750,000 over the years for Make-A-Wish.

“They impact a child, not just when they are going through their illness, but long after they have been on the road to recovery,” said Kupperman. “As you can see from Savvy, today she’s done with her treatment she’s looking forward not back.”

 

 

 

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