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“I feel good,” Muna said. Her favorite purchase items were clothes. Muna is a beneficiary of Make-A-Wish, a foundation that grants wishes for children, like Muna, who have life-threatening diseases. Courtesy of Make-A-Wish on Guam and CNMI, Muna could choose her favorite items on a shopping spree, with a $3,000 limit. “The majority of our wishes in the past have been travel wishes, but because of COVID, those have been on hold,” said Eric Tydingco, the executive director of Make-A-Wish Guam and CNMI. “For now, the only wishes we can grant are local.” Story continues below Over ...

COVID-19 has made it difficult for organizations attempting to raise charitable funds. "The state of donations since COVID for us, and I imagine for all the other nonprofits, has been completely upended,” said Eric Tydingco, president and CEO of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Guam & CNMI.  “The traditional method for us of fundraising usually involved large, group gatherings. Our biggest was our annual gala. We meet at the Hyatt in the ballroom. There’s 400 people inside there and we generated a third  of our annual revenue at just that event.” So given social distancing and other...