Wednesday, Sept. 30th, Chi Omega held its annual philanthropy event. While in the past years, the philanthropy event was called "Rock for a Wish", a battle of the bands-type concert held at the Varsity Theatre, last year the event was completely changed to "Dishes for Wishes."

"Dishes for Wishes" is an event based all around food (because TBH, that is everyone's favorite thing). You buy a ticket, wait in line at the back of the Chi Omega house, and then fill your plate with a variety of yummy foods from various restaurants around Baton Rouge.

This year, some food sponsors included the Jambalaya Shoppe, Mellow Mushroom, Caliente, Little Village, Burgersmith, Brewbacher's, Cane's, Yogurtland and many more.

All of the money earned from ticket sales and sponsorship donations went to Chi Omega's philanthropy, the Make a Wish Foundation. This year, a little boy named Brady was granted the wish of going to Disney World!

In case you don't know, the Make A Wish Foundation is an organization that grants "wishes" to children who are facing a life-threatening illness. These wishes can range from simply owning a four-wheeler (which was my uncle's personal choice) to taking a trip overseas to the most famous of them all: going to Disney World.

The core belief of the Make a Wish Foundation is that "Wishes are more than just a nice thing. A wish experience can be a game-changer for a child with a life-threatening medical condition."

Every year, over 12,000 children in the United States receive their wish. On average, that is one wish every 38 minutes.

The Make a Wish mission reads, "We grant the wishes of children with life threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy."

Since its origination last year, “Dishes for Wishes” seems to be highly successful, gaining attention from students all down the row, parents, and random friends. Even better, the Phi Gamma chapter of Chi Omega at LSU was just recognized as the Top Fundraising chapter in Louisiana for the Make a Wish Foundation.