Grant A Wish, Inc

Grant A Wish, Inc Grant A Wish, Inc is a not for profit, tax exempt. 501 (c) (3) organization that grants wishes to nee
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Come out for the 3 final dates for the All Arts Open Mic events at Grant A Wish, Inc starting on Saturday, September 16,...
09/08/2023

Come out for the 3 final dates for the All Arts Open Mic events at Grant A Wish, Inc starting on Saturday, September 16, 2023...

08/20/2023

Ms. Anne Blair the late Founder of Grant A Wish, Inc, her birthday is today. She was born on August 20th, 1935. Today she would have been the tender age of 88 years old had she lived. But she lives with us in spirit through the work that Grant A Wish, Inc continues to do to this very day. Ms. Blair was compassionate, spiritual, loving, caring, extremely intelligent, connected, and a sharing person even with a perfect stranger. She birthed 4 boys still alive today and was a giver always to those less fortunate. She learned early in life to be grateful for life and to appreciate the endurance of any struggle. My name is Vital Thomas, Ms. Anne Blair was my mother and she instilled in me the value of being of service. She said a man that doesn't stand for something will fall for anything. Remember the apple doesn't fall that far from the tree. I loved my mother more than words could ever express. My mother took her spiritual journey back in May of 2010 and she left me with a job I continue to do to this day operating Grant A Wish, Inc for the sake of others. We do our best to honor her legacy and make her proud through our efforts. Happy Birthday, Mom for all you had done for thousands of children in and outside of Chicago over the years when you were getting it in. May we grow to have feet large enough to fill the shoes you left behind. I have never gotten over the physical loss of you from us and we try to stand tall as boys you raised into men, but at times we are reminded of the void. Thank you Mom for all the love you gave us and we still feel the love & we continue to give the love to others...

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12/31/2022

Happy New Year in advance from Grant A Wish, Inc, may this 2023 new year give your opportunity, financial resources, better health, laughter instead of tears, peace of mind, courage, love, happiness, joy, God's grace, hope, success, safety and give you additional tools to help you live your best life. Every day above ground is a blessing, dead men tell no tales and the most important thing about life is LIFE. Waking up every day breathing in and out with blessings and being grateful for your life. Because this is the only one you have so treat each day like it's your birthday and believe that all things are possible if you just be the one to believe it...HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR & let's try to bring in this New Year with more peace & love, than violence & hatred. We are the ones who can change the world...

11/30/2022
Grant A Wish Comedy Show Fundraiser, you need to be the one to make a difference. Buy your ticket today, because this sh...
11/24/2022

Grant A Wish Comedy Show Fundraiser, you need to be the one to make a difference. Buy your ticket today, because this show will be sold out...

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Chicago area companies, families, or individuals spread some holiday joy by helping out the Grant A Wish 2022 Annual Holiday Gift Program by taking a list of kids' names to help buy their Christmas wishes...

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1136 E 93rd Street
Chicago, IL
60619

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 3pm

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(773) 977-8126

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A Message from Vital Thomas, President of Grant A Wish.

The founder of Grant A Wish, Inc Ms. Anne Blair was a dynamic inspirational African American woman, who had a big heart and always wanted to help those less fortunate. She worked with other organizations and groups to help champion causes to help the downtrodden and the poor people who just needed a helping hand. My name is Vital Thomas and Ms. Anne Blair was my mother founder of Grant A Wish. They say that the apple doesn’t fall that far from the tree. My mother was an inspiration to me to do what I am continuing in her memory & honor the mission of Grant A Wish, Inc. We all can and should try to make a difference to change the conditions facing our collective communities. A neighborhood or city is only as good as its residents, it is the mentality of the people that will make things better or worse to live any place.

My mother made her transition to the spirit world in May of 2010. It was hard to see things end for her when things got bad, she wanted to know before she was to face death, who was going to carry on her mission and I guess I was selected to do the job. The bible says honor thy mother & father and I think it also has to do with having the will, the drive and the guts to carry on someone else's dream, but in a way I wanted to make a difference to give. I loved my mother and I know the sacrifice she made for so many including me and my three brothers. She knew early in life, when she was born on August 20, 1935 and lived in the black metropolis (Bronzeville), that people needed each other to survive the harsh winters, the poorest of conditions to those who had a hard time during trying times.

Many times, what happens to you in life is measured by the deeds you are driven to achieve, when you watch people die or have very little to feed their families or people just never having enough. The black community in those days had no choice but to fend for themselves against the racist elements in Chicago at that time which made it difficult for black people to go where they were not welcomed, so BronzeVille was home. Some people that couldn’t pay their rent the whole community would support a rent party so they wouldn’t be homeless, your kids couldn’t eat there was 10 houses you could go to that had food and welcomed your kids in to eat. The love and the hate was always available, but there was a code amongst the gangsters, pimps, hustlers, policy kings, businessman, and power of the inventiveness of black people who knew that they had to look out for each other. There are countless story from family trees of the history of black families and what their ancestors had to endure under the circumstances during those times.


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Happy New Year in advance from Grant A Wish, Inc, may this 2023 new year give your opportunity, financial resources, better health, laughter instead of tears, peace of mind, courage, love, happiness, joy, God's grace, hope, success, safety and give you additional tools to help you live your best life. Every day above ground is a blessing, dead men tell no tales and the most important thing about life is LIFE. Waking up every day breathing in and out with blessings and being grateful for your life. Because this is the only one you have so treat each day like it's your birthday and believe that all things are possible if you just be the one to believe it...HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR & let's try to bring in this New Year with more peace & love, than violence & hatred. We are the ones who can change the world...
Grant A Wish Comedy Show Fundraiser, you need to be the one to make a difference. Buy your ticket today, because this show will be sold out...
Chicago area companies, families, or individuals spread some holiday joy by helping out the Grant A Wish 2022 Annual Holiday Gift Program by taking a list of kids' names to help buy their Christmas wishes...
Another successful delivery by the Greater Chicago Food Depository on Friday, June 3, 2022...
Grant A Wish Food Program-Happy Good Friday
Doing Good in the hood...Burnside-Chicago
Tron...
We can live simple...
Let's kick it...
The new you...
I am tired of land...
It is time to take a trip...
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