60 Minutes
Make-A-Wish | The Health Wagon | The Giving Pledge
Season 48, Episode 26 · Aired 2016-03-27
Synopsis
Make-a-Wish - Bill Whitaker reports on the people behind "Make-A-Wish," the popular organization that grants the wishes of seriously ill children in towns across America. Wishes come true because of volunteers and miracle workers. The Health Wagon - Scott Pelley reports on nurse practitioners who are providing badly needed healthcare to the uninsured working poor in Appalachia. The Giving Pledge - A group of billionaires pledges to give at least half their vast fortunes to charity, in hopes of changing the world. Charlie Rose talks to some of them, including founding members Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates.
In the series
This episode is part of 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS.
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Key cast
- Mike Wallace as Correspondent
- Morley Safer as Correspondent
- Harry Reasoner as Correspondent
- Ed Bradley as Correspondent
- Diane Sawyer as Correspondent
Also in season 48
- S48E01 Vladimir Putin | Donald Trump | The Greatest Escape
- S48E02 Hands off the Wheel | Patrick Kennedy | The Hidden Holocaust
- S48E03 President Obama | 30 Years on Death Row
- S48E04 Seeking Asylum | Make-A-Wish | Revis Island
- S48E05 Vice President Biden | The New Burma | Inside the Air War
- S48E06 Heroin in the Heartland | Smart Guns | The Slave Ship