MITCHELL, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) As a teenager Ty Eschenbaum was stricken with leukemia. The prognosis didn’t look good, and he was granted a Make A Wish. Eschenbaum beat leukemia, became a cancer survivor and started a foundation to help other kids have their final wish come true.
On Monday April 29, 2024, on World Wish Day, the Ty Eschenbaum Foundation gifted $100,000 to the South Dakota/Montana Make A Wish organization in a ceremony in Sioux Falls. It brings the amount donated to South Dakota Make A Wish by the Eschenbaum Foundation, over the last three years, to $215,000.