By Ariana Marquez
The local event business, “A Wish Your Heart Makes” located in Visalia, CA and San Luis Obispo, CA has helped many children living in the Central Valley and Central Coast celebrate their dream birthday parties or events during this quarantine through virtual and in-person interactions to help give kids a piece of their Disneyland, Star Wars, or Marvel dreams they had been missing!
Kathee Brown is part of the “A Wish Your Heart Makes” team and says that “The way we have always connected with customers is through our email list, Instagram, and Facebook. We have a large following.” She also comments that during quarantine, “I think the challenges are getting guests to attend because of COVID.” But, she says to adapt safely, “We offer characters for drive-by birthday events” along with “virtual calls and parties.”
Brown adds, “We suggest outside or parties in the park for more distancing.” She also includes, “Many others will not do “in person” parties only virtual, and we offer both. Also, our quality of costumes, performance and the JOY and happiness we bring far surpasses other companies. We actually put on a ‘SHOW’ at each of our events.”
She says, “We are also willing to travel great distances, if costs are covered. We recently were hired by a well known jewelry designer, Kendra Scott and her party planner flew four Star Wars characters to Vail, Colorado (all expenses paid) to entertain for her 7-year old son’s birthday party. We surpass a team of 25+ performers and are located in two locations- Central Valley, Visalia, and Central Coast- San Luis Obispo”.
Brown says, “we always bring the best to our customers of what they expect and deserve! That is why we have such great repeat business for 14 years. We were the first company to start this business in the Central Valley.”
She closes with, “I am much more optimistic that our business will grow to the capacity that it once was of 40+ parties a month as people are calling now and excited to celebrate their children again with parties and our other customers who hire us as well for very large events are now calling us to book! We are open for performer recruiting to grow our team at this time!”
If you have a young child with a love for Disney, Star Wars, or Marvel, “A Wish Your Heart Makes” is a perfect local business to look into!
Check them out on their website today at www.aWishYourHeartMakes.com! You can also contact them by email at Kathee@aWishYourHeartMakes.com or aWishYourHeartMakes@gmail.com. Or contact them by phone for the Central Valley at (559) 784-4064, and for the Central Coast at (805) 784-0848. They will make all your children’s dreams come true!
Ariana Marquez
Ariana Marquez '23 is currently a first year writer of the Redwood Gigantea. As a writer, she has written many stories on her own for other things. She wants to capture the hearts of the people who make Redwood what it is and that would be the students, staff, parents, and many more in the school's community.
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