Personal Fundraiser

The 3 Wishes Project aims to improve the end-of-life experience for our Fred Hutch cancer patients and their families, and our healthcare team members.

“We want to shift the paradigm from asking what’s the matter with the patient to what matters most to the patient,” Thanh Neville, MD, cofounder 3 Wishes Project

1. Your donation will help our 3 Wishes Project fulfill its three objectives:  For patients, to dignify their death and celebrate their life.
2. For family members, to humanize the dying process and create positive memories.
3. For healthcare team members, to foster patient- and family-centered end of life care and inspire a deeper sense of our vocation.

Examples of wishes fulfilled include fingerprints in keychains, keepsakes with a loved one’s heart rhythm tracing, personalized word clouds, handprints, bedside music concerts, hospital room decorations, pet therapy visits, and even hosting a wedding ceremony.

"This is the best gift you could give me. I'm going to cherish this forever. This is something from when she was alive that I will always keep from my Mom."  - Family member referencing a keepsake made with her mother’s heart rhythm and locks of her hair. 

“A young mother selecting a quilt to wrap her children with love after her death…handprints of a dying patient overlaid on their child’s handprint…these types of acts inject humanity and love into the most difficult of circumstances. It’s a gift for our patients, but also for our team members."  - ICU physician

The 3 Wishes Project is based at UW Medicine and through gifts of support from generous people in our community is available to our patients who are unfortunately dying in the intensive care unit at no cost to them or their families. With an average wish cost of only $15/patient, our goal to raise $10,000 will fulfill over 1,500 patient wishes.