Wishman, with Frank Shankwitz

If you don’t know the name Frank Shankwitz, you’ll know the organisation he founded: The Make-A-Wish Foundation. Frank tells his story of how Make-A-Wish got started, his own troubled childhood, his time in England (where he was an Honour Guard at Winston Churchill’s funeral), and how everyone has the power to make a difference. Contents 1m 47s: The story behind Make-A-Wish 6m 25s: If I can do it, anyone can do it 8m 28s: Make-A-Wish: the ultimate side hustle 11m 33s: The Base Honour Guard at Churchill’s funeral 13m 32s: Working on the Atlas Missile Programme 16m 30s: An incredibly rough childhood 20m 17s: Good things that come from bad ones 21m 05s: Being awarded the President’s Service Award 22m 20s: The importance of family 25m 41s: Wishman: A feature film about my life 29m 04s: I’m a Wish Child! 32m 33s: What would 10 year old Frank’s wish be? 33m 54s: Creating positives from a bad start 35m 42s: Working on a TV show 38m 47s: Frank’s parenting advice Support the show

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Wishman, with Frank Shankwitz is an episode from The Career Dad Show by Dan Reed.

This episode is 40:21 long.

This episode was published on Sep 28, 2020.

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