The Wish Experience

$530 donated

Given by 8 generous donors in 7 weeks

The wish experience, not only impacts on patients and their families, it creates great awareness in communities all over the country.

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23 year old Jennifer Hedges has some wonderful memories of her Father Anthony. Many are due to when this father and daughter duo, headed off to Queenstown to fulfil Anthony's last wish.

The Wish experience not only fulfilled Anthony’s dream before he passed in January 2020, but it has left Jennifer with many reminiscences, she will cherish forever.

Every month, the Race4Life Trust fulfils the wishes of 5 or more palliative Care patients, from all over New Zealand.

The average cost of an individual wish for the organisation is $1000.

The wish experience, not only impacts on patients and their families, it creates great awareness in communities all over the country, fostering a caring environment that connects us all.

About us

The aim of Race4LifeTrust is to facilitate events for Palliative Care patients. These events connect patient family and community. Despite shutting down the individualised wish service, due to the impact of COVID the focus of the RACE4LIFE trust has continued by shifting to solely hold events with the aim of reaching the lives of as many palliative care patients as possible. The Hampton Downs Track Day event (which is where the Race4Life started) has continued to be run, and has become totally self-sufficient over 15 years. This has enabled the trust to continue to provide special MAGIC among the 600 people who attend.

The Trust has now built this event into a series of similar events and have subsequently replicated this model on the South Island at Teretonga Motor Sport Park in Invercargill, albeit a much smaller event. Plus in October 2024, the inaugural Central NZ Track Day event will take place at Manfeild Chris Amon Circuit in Palmerston North, with an estimated 450 people, expected to attend.