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Stichting Ambulance Wens Marks 25,000th Wish With Beach Trip for Terminal Patient

The volunteer-run Dutch foundation prepares a Laurenskerk commemoration with King Willem-Alexander expected.

Overview

  • The 25,000th wish on Sunday took 49-year-old Wendy from a Doetinchem hospice to Noordwijk aan Zee with her daughters.
  • The charity says seven additional wishes were completed the same day, including visits to a caravan in Assel and a family birthday.
  • Organizers plan to mark the milestone next weekend at Rotterdam’s Laurenskerk, where about 500 guests are expected.
  • The foundation completes roughly 2,000 wishes each year with support from about 300 volunteers, sending a driver and a nurse on every trip.
  • Requests dipped during early-January snowfall before rebounding sharply in the past week, which helped bring the milestone forward.