<P> The national board of directors helps chart Make - A-Wish's course . The board has a vast array of experience and skills that help maintain Make - A-Wish's status as the largest wish - granting organization in the U.S. The board determines the mission and vision, evaluates and supports the president and chief executive officer, and protects Make - A-Wish's assets . The board enhances Make - A-Wish's public standing, ensures accountability, maintains legal integrity, and assesses its own performance . </P> <P> The senior leadership team is composed of Make - A-Wish's top - level management . Each member is a national office leader in disciplines that include wish - granting, fundraising, legal, brand advancement, and operational activities . The president and CEO guides the strategic plan in areas such as board development, talent development, fundraising, and corporate relations . </P> <P> Make - A-Wish stopped granting wishes involving hunting - related activities, including fishing, use of firearms or other weapons that are designed to cause animal injury in 1996 . This was largely due to concerns over child safety, the pressure from animal - sensitive donors, and criticisms from animal rights groups . In response, three organizations were formed: Hunt of a Lifetime, which arranges hunting trips for terminally ill children; Catch - a-Dream, which was conceived by Mississippi outdoorsman Bruce Brady and formed by his loved ones following Brady's death from cancer to grant hunting experiences to ill children; and Life Hunts, founded by the Buckmasters American Deer Foundation . </P> <Ul> <Li> In the 1997 made - for - TV movie A Child's Wish, Missy's wish is to go to the White House to meet the president who was responsible for signing the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 into law, which her father lobbied to pass after being fired for visiting Missy in the cancer ward . Make - A-Wish is not sure she will get to meet the president or be allowed to see the Oval Office, but in the end President Bill Clinton meets her to make her wish come true . </Li> <Li> In the South Park episode Kenny Dies, the Make - A-Wish Foundation is heavily satirized when they visit Kenny in the hospital and asks what his one wish is . </Li> <Li> In the Family Guy episode "If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin"', a parody of the Make - A-Wish Foundation called the Grant - a-Dream Foundation was presented . </Li> <Li> In January 2008, the satirical news site The Onion produced a parody video claiming that the Make - A-Wish Foundation was bankrupted due to a child's wish for "infinite wishes". The video was apparently so convincing that some people believed it to be real, and it had to be debunked by the urban legends website Snopes . The Mansion and The Chaser's War on Everything did similar sketches about the Make - A-Wish Foundation, the latter causing an unprecedented amount of controversy . </Li> <Li> Four children were guest - stars on the show Cake Boss, in which Buddy Valastro helped four children make one - of - a-kind cakes before making a hot air balloon cake for a reception for the Make - A-Wish Foundation . </Li> <Li> Make - a-Wish made headlines in 2013 with an elaborate Batman - themed wish, turning a young child into "Batkid". This wish was heavily publicized, and was chronicled in a documentary entitled Batkid Begins . </Li> </Ul>

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