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For the third year in a row, Straight Talk is holding drive to raise up to $1 million for the Make-A-Wish foundation through their “Give a Minute, Help Make-A-Wish\u201d campaign. The campaign will take place online and at your local Walmart. \u00a0During the month of September, Straight Talk asking you to use your #WishPower to trigger donations by:<\/p>\n
1. Visiting your local Walmart on any Saturday (during September) and attending a one-minute Straight Talk product demo<\/strong><\/p>\n 2. Sharing Wish Story videos from\u00a0www.StraightTalkWish<\/a>.com<\/strong><\/p>\n 3. Sharing Wish Story videos posted to Straight Talk\u2019s\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Twitter\u00a0<\/a>channel<\/strong><\/p>\n Straight Talk’s Give a Minute, Help Make-a-Wish Program will donate a dollar to the Make-A-Wish foundation\u00a0for attending a demo and a dollar for each online share …up to 1 million dollars!\u00a0This sounds easy enough\u00a0and you don’t even have to buy anything. \u00a0In this campaign, Straight Talk is making a huge donation to help raise awareness about an awesome charity that does amazing things to make kids with illnesses’\u00a0dreams come true.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here are some of the wish stories Straight Talk\u00a0is highlighting and asking you to consider sharing…<\/p>\n In 2012, Braeden was\u00a0diagnosed\u00a0with severe Aplastic Anemia, which means his bone marrow\u00a0does not produce new blood cells to replenish what he has. \u00a0His dream is to be a helicopter pilot for the US Coast Guard. \u00a0Make-A-Wish helped grant his wish to become a part of the US Coast Guard crew for a day. \u00a0Watch\u00a0<\/a>a part of his adventure.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kimmy\u00a0was diagnosed\u00a0with Spinal Muscular Atrophy when she was 15 months old.\u00a0Kimmy’s wish was to have her own playhouse. \u00a0With the help of Ryan Companies and tons of volunteers, her wish came true and she was beside herself with excitement. \u00a0Watch the\u00a0video\u00a0<\/a>as she sees her new playhouse for the first time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Be sure to check out the\u00a0Straight Talk Wish Page<\/a>\u00a0for more endearing stories on how Make-A-Wish made kids\u2019 dreams come true.<\/p>\n Make-A-Wish is an amazing charity, and not only does it help make dreams come true for children suffering through terrible ailments, but it proves over and over again the good in peoples’ hearts as they volunteer many hours to make a\u00a0child’s wish come true.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I find myself shopping at Walmart often. \u00a0Not just because I’m a\u00a0Walmart Mom<\/a>, but because I genuinely enjoy the advantages of shopping there like lower prices, saving money with\u00a0Savings Catcher<\/a>\u00a0(I’ve saved $21 so far!), getting great fashionable shorts for my daughter for $3-$5, because they are on clearance right now, and easily keeping track of my prescriptions using the\u00a0Pharmacy\u00a0<\/a>section of the Walmart app.<\/p>\n So stopping off in the\u00a0electronics department<\/a>\u00a0of Walmart for a one-minute Straight Talk demo that triggers a donation to the Make-A-Wish foundation will be easy.<\/p>\n I’m already a Straight Talk user as a member of the #StraightTalkTesters, but I have been very happy with the service for the past 6 months. \u00a0Straight Talk offers affordable pricing<\/a>\u00a0and they utilize the strength of some of the top mobile phone company networks, so you get good service and a lower price.<\/p>\n I know we all get bombarded from friends, family, school kids, email’s, snail mail, and phone calls to donate to this and that, but for little effort, you can help make a difference in someone’s life and touch them in a very meaningful way. \u00a0Please join me in sharing these life-changing Make-A-Wish videos and\/or by stopping off in the Walmart Electronics department on Saturdays during September for a short demo on Straight Talk Wireless.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nStraight Talk’s Help Make-A-Wish Stories<\/span><\/h2>\n
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