Gift in Kind Angel of the Year Award
JOSE WEJEBE SPANISH FLY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION HONORED AS MAKE-A-WISH’S ‘IN-KIND ANGEL’ Award Given at Nonprofit’s Annual Donor Celebration On October 2, 2013 the Jose Wejebe Spanish Fly Memorial Foundation, was recognized with Make-A-Wish Southern Florida’s “In-Kind Angel” award at the wish-granting organization’s donor appreciation event in Miami. The Foundation’s numerous contributions helped Make-A-Wish grant […]
Ryan Zaiontz’s Wish
In this past year I had ran into Peter Miller from Bass2Billfish at several different events, and he was very adamant about helping the Foundation anyway he could. Taking him up on the offer Peter assisted in granting Ryan’s wish to go fishing in the Florida Keys on June 24, 2013. Along with Ryan’s having […]
Michael’s Fishing Dream Comes True
Michael’s wish to go fishing in the Florida Keys was granted in mid June. Two days of fishing with Captain Nate Wheeler from Waypoint Charters showed Michael and his brother an amazing time. Nate was born is the Florida Keys, and grew up on his parent’s mother ship that travels back and forth from the […]
Alex Pickett’s Wish
In early June Alex’s wish to go fishing in the Florida Keys was granted by the Jose Wejebe Spanish Fly Memorial Foundation. His mom, dad, brother, and sister all joined him for three days on the water. “This has been a long year, but when we were on our trip things could slow down, we […]
Bradley Hoffmann’s Wish
On January 11th 2012 Bradley was diagnosed with stage 3 testicular cancer. He was admitted to the Duke Children’s Hospital and underwent 2 surgeries and 4 months of compact chemotherapy treatments. During the last stages of the treatment his doctor approached him about the Make a Wish Foundation. After much thought, he decided on a […]
Make A Wish 9000th Wish Michael Lamore
Early February Make A Wish Southern Florida contacted us, and asked if the Foundation would like to grant their 9000th wish. Make A Wish was impressed with what the Foundation has done so far for their wish recipients, and they thought the Jose Wejebe Spanish Fly Memorial Foundation would be a perfect fit. Before we […]
Make A Wish Tommy Fay
The Fay family write about their trip down to the Keys. Dear Krissy, You have a special place in our hearts, for everything that you have done for Tommy and our family. “I wish to fish!”, Tommy’s reply to Deb and Fran, visiting with him from the Make A Wish Foundation in Pittsburgh. For as […]
A Letter from Tyler
Dear Jose, You would be so proud of all the people that joined forces on your behalf so that someone “like me” could experience the trip of a lifetime. When I arrived at this amazing resort, I didn’t just have my own bed – I had my own house! And in that grand house it […]
Make A Wish Tyler Murdoch
A few weeks after connecting with Make A Wish, we were sent some information about a young man named Tyler Murdoch. His wish was to stay at Hawks Cay Resort in Duck Key and to go salt-water fishing. Hawks Cay had an excellent relationship with Jose, so I went to them and asked if they […]
Jonathan Nitsch Seven Years Later
Can fishing help the soul and be the fly that ties us? It was year 2005 when a case worker entered the hospital room of 16 year old Jonathan Nitsch, who at the time was enduring multiple sessions of chemotherapy in a tough battle against cancer. When informed of his eligibility as a Make-a-Wish […]
