Mario Keener, a junior at San Jose State University, has ambitious goals that have inspired readers of the 2009 Mercury News Wish Book series. The 20-year-old — who spent much of his young life ...

Miami Herald’s Wish Book 2017 campaign has delivered gifts for dozens of needy families in South Florida, including a new roof for a family home damaged by Hurricane Irma and Braille software ...

Max Zepeda wants to say thanks. The 33-year-old San Jose single dad, whose story was presented as part of the 2008 Wish Book series, says he always wondered how people were chosen to be included ...

The Miami Herald told the family’s story in early December as part of its 2014 Wish Book series. Claudia Rabinowitz, who had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and her husband, Lawrence ...

Wish Book 2018: Ending the homeless cycle with… Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) ...

Click here if you are unable to view this gallery on a mobile device. SAN JOSE — She named her youngest daughter Genesis. “She’s my beginning,” Angelina Garcia said. Before Genesis came along and ...

The Bay Area nonprofit — a 2024 Wish Book beneficiary — provides free after school sports programs for girls in under-served communities.