World Wide Wings Celebrates a Wish with a Slam Dunk
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is known for its prolific quests to bring joy to thousands of children suffering from life-threatening illnesses each year. Now, Buffalo Wild Wings® has joined its ranks, by helping celebrate 13-year-old Scott Baisden’s once-in-a-lifetime gift from the foundation. Scott was diagnosed with cancer while only in middle school. After spending 10 months in the hospital, Scott’s doctors suggested the family reach out to the Make-A-Wish program. Scott’s wish to meet Damian Lillard, the Portland Trail Blazers basketball star who has been recognized as a two-time winning NBA All-Star and the 2012 – 2013 NBA Rookie of the Year, came true in April 2016.
Scott Baisden, 13-year-old winner of a Make-A-Wish event, celebrated the exciting occasion with a playoff watch party at World Wide Wing’s Buffalo Wild Wings #3458.
However, the merriment did not end with their introduction, nor when Scott ate lunch with Lillard, met the entire Portland Blazers team or even when he sat courtside with a friend to watch a game. Scott was then treated to an exciting evening with friends and family at World Wide Wing’s Buffalo Wild Wings #3458. BWW hosted a watch party for Scott, Saturday, May 7, at 5:15 p.m. during the Blazers playoff game. Scott’s entourage, a party of 13 including family and Make-A-Wish volunteers, wore jerseys sporting their pride for their favorite basketball teams or Make-A-Wish t-shirts to show their appreciation to the beloved foundation.
World Wide Wings donated $150 gift card to help cover the party’s costs for food and drink during their celebration as well as Blazer beads and posters. As World Wide Wings previously hosted a Make-A-Wish party last year at the same restaurant, a volunteer from the foundation reached out to B-Dubs® asking if they would host another for one of its young winners. To further the excitement, the Blazers defeated the Golden State Warriors 120-108.
“We have been supporting the Make a Wish Foundation since we opened our first B-Dubs. To date, we have raised over $130,000, granting over 25 wishes. For many of these children, the wishes we grant make a turning point in the fight against their illness. Doctors, nurses and other health professionals say that the wish experience works in concert with medicine to make their patients feel better emotionally and even physically. That is why wishes matter and that is why we are so passionate to support of Make-A-Wish,” said Joe Janaszek, World Wide Wings franchisee.