{"id":28988,"date":"2016-12-12T12:21:27","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T12:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ae.com\/?p=28988"},"modified":"2019-04-26T20:25:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T20:25:37","slug":"realwishes-recap-how-we-paid-it-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2016\/12\/12\/realwishes-recap-how-we-paid-it-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"#RealWishes recap: How we gave back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This December has been&nbsp;all about #RealWishes. We&#8217;ve been giving back in our community and encouraging our girls to join in and help make a difference, no matter how big or small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We kicked off our project by&nbsp;asking our girls to share their #RealWishes with us, and Iskra&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BNqH_-JA9rR\/\">surprised our winners<\/a> with a PJ party. Congrats again to the Sigma Kappa Theta Theta chapter at Albright College! These girls give back to their community all year with monthly visits to their local senior living home, and we were so excited to celebrate them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out more of our #RealWishes below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/americaneagleoutfitters.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/12\/realwishes_ig_2.jpg\" alt=\"realwishes_ig_2\" class=\"wp-image-28989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/realwishes_ig_2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/realwishes_ig_2.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/realwishes_ig_2.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/realwishes_ig_2.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/realwishes_ig_2.jpg?resize=505,505 505w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/realwishes_ig_2.jpg?resize=584,584 584w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/realwishes_ig_2.jpg?resize=210,210 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.&nbsp;#RealWishes &amp; REAL dogs!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We collected pet toy and supply donations for Animal Friends, then hosted a puppy break with adoptable and therapy dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BNx2QKIgJQ_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BNx2QKIgJQ_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BNx2QKIgJQ_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Aerie (@aerie)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Sweet break at the University of Pittsburgh&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We surprised Pitt students with a much-needed&nbsp;coffee and sweets&nbsp;break during finals week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4843\" height=\"3421\" src=\"https:\/\/americaneagleoutfitters.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/12\/ea2u9859.jpg\" alt=\"ea2u9859\" class=\"wp-image-28990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ea2u9859.jpg 4843w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ea2u9859.jpg?resize=300,212 300w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ea2u9859.jpg?resize=768,543 768w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ea2u9859.jpg?resize=2048,1447 2048w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ea2u9859.jpg?resize=1536,1085 1536w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ea2u9859.jpg?resize=715,505 715w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ea2u9859.jpg?resize=1280,904 1280w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ea2u9859.jpg?resize=584,413 584w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ea2u9859.jpg?resize=210,148 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4843px) 100vw, 4843px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4751\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/americaneagleoutfitters.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/12\/cf1q7043.jpg\" alt=\"cf1q7043\" class=\"wp-image-28997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/cf1q7043.jpg 4751w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/cf1q7043.jpg?resize=300,218 300w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/cf1q7043.jpg?resize=768,559 768w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/cf1q7043.jpg?resize=2048,1490 2048w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/cf1q7043.jpg?resize=1536,1117 1536w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/cf1q7043.jpg?resize=694,505 694w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/cf1q7043.jpg?resize=1280,931 1280w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/cf1q7043.jpg?resize=584,425 584w, https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/cf1q7043.jpg?resize=210,153 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4751px) 100vw, 4751px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Mini Christmas trees at the Ronald McDonald House<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Families stay at the Ronald McDonald House while their kids receive treatment at Children&#8217;s Hospital, and many will still be there over the holidays. 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