Children's Wish Foundation Offers New Way to Create Precious Smiles and Memories with Credit Card from U.S. Bank

Children's Wish Foundation International is a nonprofitorganization dedicated to fulfilling wishes for seriously ill childrenaround the world. In 1978, Linda Dozoretz lost her eldest daughter tobone cancer. After spending months caring for her daughter, she beganvolunteering with local organizations to raise money for cancerresearch. For her efforts, she was awarded a trip to Disneyland.Dozoretz chose to give that trip to "a little girl who would nevergrow up," thus fulfilling the first of thousands of wishes to date.Since that time she has continued to fulfill wishes for children andin 1985, formed Children's Wish Foundation International. Dozoretz nowserves as its executive director, overseeing all wishes.

"The Children's Wish Foundation has brought happiness to familieswhose lives have been impacted by serious illness, which they creditto their legions of supporters in the United States and around theworld. We're proud to help continue that legacy of support by enablingindividuals to contribute to the foundation simply by using theChildren's Wish Foundation International Visa to make everydaypurchases," said Tanya Turner, senior vice president of affinityproducts at U.S. Bank.

Children's Wish Foundation International is headquartered inAtlanta. An international foundation, it fulfills wishes for childrenall around the world, yet keeps its costs to a minimum by maintainingonly one office and a small staff. The foundation takes pride inproviding personal attention to each family, developing andmaintaining relationships with them that last years after theirchild's wish has been fulfilled. Each staff member carries a pager andis accessible to families 24 hours a day. With a worldwide network ofvolunteers, the foundation brings happiness to children in communitiesaround the globe.

"We are honored to be working with U.S. Bank, a company that hasalready proven to be overwhelmingly generous to our Wish Children,"said Christy Andrews, Children's Wish Foundation's vice president ofoperations and communications. "We feel confidant that theircommitment to our special children will bring countless smiles to helpthem through the most tragic of circumstances."

U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB), with $204 billion in assets, is the 6thlargest financial holding company in the United States. The companyoperates 2,383 banking offices and 4,877 ATMs in 24 states, andprovides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance,investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products toconsumers, businesses and institutions. U.S. Bancorp is home of theFive Star Service Guarantee in which the company pays customers ifcertain key banking benefits and services are not met. U.S. Bancorp isthe parent company of U.S. Bank. Visit U.S. Bancorp on the web atusbank.com.