May The Fourth Be With You – Annual Event

Project: Wish Upon A Star's "May the Fourth" is a Fan-Family Charity Event to bring together fans, friends and family in a unique atmosphere that only TGIFridays restaurants can give.

What it is:
We want a place in which celebrities, artists and fans can go in a family atmosphere for lunch or dinner and later for the adults raffles, wookie calls and other fun activities. We want an ALL-DAY Event where staff can dress up and be a part of the fandom, and also to raise awareness on our charity & work. We have been funding and working with Ronald McDonald Charities, Camp & Children's hospitals now for 15 years. We have made historic progress and many smiles along the way, with hopes of not only hosting a child once a year at a Comic Con venue as we do with Stan Lee every year, but also to create projects in which children love. It is all part of our 'positive reinforcement' in which a child can progress through treatment at a faster rate with higher success rates as well.

Our promise & potential:
For our May the Fourth event, we offer locations as a flexible option in which our artists and celebrities can appear. We don't ask for anything, percentages or even donations. We eventually would like to have a 'Special Guest' per venue/location in which we can promote, but at this time we are filling about 1 per 10 stores in which to promote our "special guests". Our artists, guest celebrities can set up and bring a variety of photos or art in which to sell and autograph and can stay as long as they like. Our individual locations take sales from food and non-alcoholic beverages and donate a portion directly to our charitable goals. It is in this way we can invite many artists to show their goods and promote their business without fees. Of course, some artists we ask to donate a photo, or craft in which we include in our "May the Fourth" MAIN Raffle and per location giveaways.

More About The Event

Fun for the Whole Family!

We make sure that this is a fan-family fun event and we carefully celebrate our fandom uniquely in which to not associate, or infringe with properties of Lucasfilm, Disney or 20th Century Fox in any way. We are a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Children's Cancer Charity and not in any way sponsored or affiliated by the above properties. We have done many Star Wars benefits in the past and have a contact in which we consult with at Lucasfilm to ensure proper procedures and at times they have donated and worked with us to have items donated or signed for our auctions. The 501st is welcome and appears along with other fan-based groups at various locations but since this is done as a one day event, there is not enough members to cover all of our locations. What is unique, is every location will have a different flair & feel with decorations and patrons so the experience will be ever-changing!

So we welcome ALL guests, fans, cosplayers, artists and celebrities to connect with us for an "Out of this world" experience all day, and all for a great cause!

We started a project a few years ago with our sponsor, the TGIFridays restaurant chain. We celebrate anything and everything 'Star Wars' related in a fan & family atmosphere and proceeds are given to Project: Wish Upon A Star, a children's cancer charity in which we fund a child's dream via Pop Culture events and/or technology or educational venues and 'projects'. Our first year we had our home location here in Fresno, CA. with a gathering of local fans and patrons. Our second year however, we were celebrating all for charity in 21 locations and now after our third year, we are moving into markets such as Arizona & Nevada. 2018 marks our 4th Annual gathering and it hopefully continues its popularity beyond, along with the fact of changing children's lives who are fighting cancer or other life-threatening conditions. NOW THAT'S A FORCE!

When we started this, we thought of all the fans first, then families that attend and then it occurred to me that it is a wonderful place and opportunity for our artists and celebrities to showcase their talents. The rest is history....

We started a project a few years ago with our sponsor, the TGIFridays restaurant chain. We celebrate anything and everything 'Star Wars' related in a fan & family atmosphere and proceeds are given to Project: Wish Upon A Star, a children's cancer charity in which we fund a child's dream via Pop Culture events and/or technology or educational venues and 'projects'. Our first year we had our home location here in Fresno, CA. with a gathering of local fans and patrons. Our second year however, we were celebrating all for charity in 21 locations and now after our third year, we are moving into markets such as Arizona & Nevada. 2018 marks our 4th Annual gathering and it hopefully continues its popularity beyond, along with the fact of changing children's lives who are fighting cancer or other life-threatening conditions. NOW THAT'S A FORCE!

When we started this, we thought of all the fans first, then families that attend and then it occurred to me that it is a wonderful place and opportunity for our artists and celebrities to showcase their talents. The rest is history....

 

We started a project a few years ago with our sponsor, the TGIFridays restaurant chain. We celebrate anything and everything 'Star Wars' related in a fan & family atmosphere and proceeds are given to Project: Wish Upon A Star, a children's cancer charity in which we fund a child's dream via Pop Culture events and/or technology or educational venues and 'projects'. Our first year we had our home location here in Fresno, CA. with a gathering of local fans and patrons. Our second year however, we were celebrating all for charity in 21 locations and now after our third year, we are moving into markets such as Arizona & Nevada. 2018 marks our 4th Annual gathering and it hopefully continues its popularity beyond, along with the fact of changing children's lives who are fighting cancer or other life-threatening conditions. NOW THAT'S A FORCE!

When we started this, we thought of all the fans first, then families that attend and then it occurred to me that it is a wonderful place and opportunity for our artists and celebrities to showcase their talents. The rest is history....

Come Feel The Fourth at participating TGIFridays Locations Across the Galaxy!
ALL DAY, ALL FOR CHARITY AT A FRIDAYS NEAR YOU!

Southern California

Brea
Cerritos
Compton
Costa Mesa
Ladera
North Long Beach
North Orange
Ontario
Oxnard
Porter Ranch

Southern California

Puente Hills
Rancho Cucamonga
Rosemead
Simi Valley
South Gate
Temecula
Torrance
West Covina
Westminster
Woodland Hills

Northern California

Union City

Central Valley

Fresno

Nevada

Henderson
West Sahara
Orleans Casino
Aliante Station Gold Coast
Gold Coast
Sams Town

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*Project: Wish Upon A Star is a Non-Profit, 501(c)(3) Children’s cancer charity.
We are not affiliated nor sponsored by Lucasfilm, DC, Disney or any of their affiliates such as Marvel/Marvel Entertainment.
Stan Lee and Comikaze Entertainment have generously supported our vision to reach out to children through their
pop culture events but are not sponsors, members or financial aspects of our “Projects” we create to help patients.