INCH OF ADMINISTRATION MAKE
SURE TERM INSURANCE PLANS OF
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THEY ARE CHEAPER BUT LESS
COMPREHENSIVE.
EXCLUDE PEOPLE WITH PRE-
EXISTING CONDITIONS.
THE MAKE-A-WISH BALL IS
BACK THIS SATURDAY NIGHT FOR
ITS 24th YEAR AT THE
INTERCONTINENTAL MIAMI.
THE GALLO HOSTS 900 VIP
CELEBRITIES AND PHILANTHROPISTS
IN THE SHOULDER BAND CHICAGO
WILL HAVE LINE.
SUCH A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
WE ARE NOW LIVE IN THE STUDIO
WITH TWO VERY SPECIAL GUESTS.
Reporter:
SHE IS THE ACTRESS WHO HAS DONE
SO MUCH.
EIGHT YEARS AND MY GOSH SINCE
DAY ONE 24 YEARS YOU BEEN
INVOLVED AND YOU OWN THE
CLASSIC RESTAURANT.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
IT'S BEEN AMAZING.
IT'S CHANGED MY LIFE IS THE
GREATEST THING OTHER THAN
MARRYING MY WIFE.
THE IMPACT WE'VE MADE ON
CHILDREN.
LET'S TELL PEOPLE WHAT THE
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION'S.
-- FOUNDATION IS.
WE GRANT WISHES TO CHILDREN
WITH LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES
WE CHANGE THEIR LIFE.
WE CHANGED THEIR FAMILIES
LIVES, THEIR EDUCATORS LIVES,
THE HOSPITAL WORKERS, WE CHANGE
THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR LIFE.
YOU HAVE BEEN AN Mc FOR
EIGHT YEARS IT'S A LOT OF FUN
YOU OUT THERE AND HAVE SOME
SHOWMANSHIP.
I HAVE NO CHOICE.
I MARRIED INTO IT.
I REALLY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
IT IS FUN TO TRY TO TURN PEOPLE
ON AND TO THEIR WALLETS AND
POCKETS AT SUCH AN INCREDIBLE
AND BEAUTIFUL ORGANIZATION.
THERE YOU ARE COMING OUT OF
THE SPOT.
THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF
HAVING SOME FUN.
EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A
DIFFERENT THEME SO WE TRIED TO
WARN THE CROWD UP.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK WE HAVE
SOME PICTURES.
WE HAVE SOME PAST STARS WHO
HAVE ATTENDED OR PERFORMED.
THE NUMBER ONE PICTURE JOHN
LEGEND.
HE WAS FANTASTIC.
HE CHARMED THE ENTIRE CROWD.
I THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE OF
YOU GUYS TOGETHER.
DID HE COME WITHOUT KRISTI?
SADLY.
I WAS HOPING SHE WOULD BE THERE.
SHE IS SUCH A GREAT WOMAN.
I THINK AFTER THAT WE HAVE
THE BEAUTIFUL DIANA ROSS.
ANOTHER LEGEND.
EASY TO WORK WITH.
NOT A DIVA.
AFTER THAT WE HAVE THE NEXT
PICTURE FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO.
ADAM LAMBERT WAS SO GENEROUS.
IT WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL.
VERY MUCH LAST YEAR THE
ROCKER HIMSELF MR. LENNY
KRAVITZ.
HE WAS DANCING ON THE TABLE.
I THINK THEY HAD TO KICK THE
CHAMPAGNE GLASSES.
WE RAISE A LOT OF MONEY.
LET'S TALK FOR A SECOND
ABOUT THE MONEY RAISED IN THE
AMOUNT OF WISHES THAT YOU HAVE
DONE.
WE HAVE BROUGHT THE BALL UP
AND WE IS A GREAT BOARD OF
DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEE AND
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND NOW
WE RAISE ABOUT $2.5 MILLION A
YEAR JUST IN THAT SINGLE NIGHT
NET EXPENSES BUT THAT'S
ACTUALLY 11 MONTHS WORTH OF
WORK.
WITH THE HELP OF THE
INTERCONTINENTAL.
THEY ARE OUR PARTNER AND
THEY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE.
WE HAVE GRANTED IN OUR HISTORY
12,000 WISHES.
AND WISH IMPACTS A MINIMUM OF
200 PEOPLE THAT MEANS WE'VE
IMPACTED 2.4 MILLION PEOPLE.
THAT MAKES US ALL FEEL REALLY
GOOD.
YOU BRING THE MAKE-A-WISH
KIDS ON DURING THE PROGRAM AND
DAY PERFORMED.
ALLISON PORTER WHO WON THE
VOICE IN 2016 THIS WILL BE HER
THIRD YEAR OPENING FOR CHICAGO.
WE HAVE A WISH CHILD WHOSE
GOING TO PLAY THE UKULELE TO
HER OWN ORIGINAL SONG AND IN
THE AFTER PARTY THERE WILL BE A
PERFORMANCE. WE ALSO HAVE A
FINALIST ON THE VOICE.
IT'S A LONG NIGHT OF FOOD
AND DANCING AND FUN.
I SEE THIS YEAR THE THEME IS
60s ONGOING.
WE WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY WE
WILL WRAP NOW BUT THERE MAY BE
A FEW TICKETS LEFT.