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A real fairy godmother claims to have fulfilled over 30,000 wishes, including those of the sole survivor of the tragic accident (exclusive)

A real fairy godmother claims to have fulfilled over 30,000 wishes, including those of the sole survivor of the tragic accident (exclusive)

“People take the smallest things for granted every day… and I don’t,” Jamie Holmes-Ward tells PEOPLE

Courtesy of Jamie Holmes-Ward Jamie Holmes-Ward, a real-life fairy godmother who says her nonprofit Jamie's Dream Team has helped grant more than 30,000 wishes to those in need.Courtesy of Jamie Holmes-Ward Jamie Holmes-Ward, a real-life fairy godmother who says her nonprofit Jamie's Dream Team has helped grant more than 30,000 wishes to those in need.

Courtesy of Jamie Holmes-Ward

Jamie Holmes-Ward, a real-life fairy godmother who says her nonprofit Jamie’s Dream Team has helped grant more than 30,000 wishes to those in need.

  • Jamie Holmes-Ward says since she founded her nonprofit Jamie’s Dream Team in 2005, she has helped more than 30,000 people in need have their wishes fulfilled including Aubrey Bogacki, who lost her dad and siblings in a July accident

  • “I just wanted to give (people) something to remember and have something to look forward to and fight for,” Ward tells PEOPLE

  • Bogacki (11) is scheduled to attend a Taylor Swift concert and go on a trip to Walt Disney World all thanks to Jamie’s Dream Team

Three months ago, the life of Aubrey Bogacki, an 11-year-old girl who survived a tragic car accident, changed drastically. she killed her father and two siblings.

Enter Jamie Holmes-Ward, the real-life fairy godmother, who tells PEOPLE she founded the organization Jamie’s dream team in 2005 to help “people suffering from some illness, trauma or tragedy.”

The nonprofit organization’s goal is “to help and reach as many families as possible by fulfilling their wishes in their time of need,” he adds.

To date, Ward says, Jamie’s Dream Team has granted more than 30,000 wishes across the country. And he has no intention of slowing down.

“People take the smallest things for granted every day… and I don’t,” she tells PEOPLE.

Courtesy of Jamie Holmes-Ward Jamie Holmes-Ward founded the nonprofit Jamie's Dream Team in 2005, when she was 17 years old.Courtesy of Jamie Holmes-Ward Jamie Holmes-Ward founded the nonprofit Jamie's Dream Team in 2005, when she was 17 years old.

Courtesy of Jamie Holmes-Ward

Jamie Holmes-Ward founded the nonprofit Jamie’s Dream Team in 2005 when she was 17 years old.

Ward, 36, knows the obstacles many of the people he helps face. She was born with VATER syndrome (also known as the VACTERL association), a group of birth defects that can affect many anatomical structures inside the body, including the heart, kidneys, limbs, vertebrae, and more.

As a result, Ward has undergone over 45 major surgeries since birth. At the age of 15, before one of the surgeries, she promised herself that if she survived, she would want to find a way to help other people.

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Two years later, when she was 17, Ward graduated from high school and founded her organization.

“Being in the hospital for so long and being sick your whole life, you know what it’s like and what these families go through,” she tells PEOPLE. “I just wanted to give them something they would remember and have something to look forward to and fight for.”

Courtesy of Jamie Holmes-Ward Jamie Holmes-Ward says her organization, Jamie's Dream Team, has granted more than 30,000 wishes over the past two decades.Courtesy of Jamie Holmes-Ward Jamie Holmes-Ward says her organization, Jamie's Dream Team, has granted more than 30,000 wishes over the past two decades.

Courtesy of Jamie Holmes-Ward

Jamie Holmes-Ward says her organization, Jamie’s Dream Team, has granted more than 30,000 wishes over the past two decades.

Jamie’s Dream Team has helped make all kinds of dreams come true, from weddings, trips, concerts, parties and more. Earlier this year, a boy who had recently died after battling pancreatic cancer had the opportunity to meet YouTube creators Leonhart AND PrestonPlayz during a trip to Dallas.

The nonprofit also runs a program called “A Christmas to Remember” in which children are taken to a local airport to see Santa arrive by helicopter, then receive 10 special gifts at their request, and then host a ” big party.”

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However, for Aubrey – the only survivor of the July car accident that killed her father, Nathan Bogacki (44), and two siblings, Emma Bogacki (17) and Grant Bogacki (13) – the organization has prepared two unique attractions: seeing Taylor Swift concert and visit to Walt Disney World.

Aubrey spent almost three weeks in hospital with a number of serious injuries. Since then, she and her mother Nicole, who was not in the car at the time of the accident, have been living with Nicole’s parents, where they receive ongoing support from them, other loved ones and even members of the community – including Jamie’s Dream Team.

GoFundMe Aubrey Bogacki, an 11-year-old who survived the accident in July that killed her father and two siblings.GoFundMe Aubrey Bogacki, an 11-year-old who survived the accident in July that killed her father and two siblings.

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Aubrey Bogacki, an 11-year-old who survived an accident in July that killed her father and two siblings.

The nonprofit was associated with the Bogackis before Aubrey left the hospital on Thursday, August 8. That’s when they found out about her love for Swift.

Thanks to the help of nonprofit donors, Aubrey and her mother now have tickets to the singer’s Eras Tour concert in Indianapolis on Sunday, November 3, and are grateful for the generosity. “

They were absolutely amazing,” Nicole tells PEOPLE.

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Meanwhile, Ward hopes Aubrey will have the opportunity to meet Swift in person. “Let her know that someone she loves loves her,” she said WPXI, an NBC affiliate in August.

As Aubrey continues to recover, her trip to Disney World — sponsored by Jamie’s Dream Team — has been postponed until spring. She recently had her back brace removed, but must still wear it for another six weeks and must get approval from a neurosurgeon.

Courtesy of Jamie Holmes-Ward Jammie Holmes-Ward says none of the wishes would have been granted without the support of the many Courtesy of Jamie Holmes-Ward Jammie Holmes-Ward says none of the wishes would have been granted without the support of the many

Courtesy of Jamie Holmes-Ward

Jammie Holmes-Ward says none of the wishes would be granted without the support of many “generous donors” who regularly pitch in to help.

None of these wishes would be granted without the support of the many “generous donors” who continue to support Ward’s organization – and she wants to continue to grant as many wishes as possible in the years to come.

“You don’t know what tomorrow will bring,” he tells PEOPLE. “You may feel good now and not tomorrow.”

And every day more and more people join in to help.

“There is so much hate and negativity in this world, but we see the best in people,” he adds. “We truly see the best in people’s hearts.”