Leprechaun Joe continues efforts for granting wishes

Red Deer’s most well-known fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation has once again announced another major donation to his fundraising campaign.

Joe Hittel, aka ‘Leprechaun Joe’, received a $1,500 cheque from Mr. Motors in Red Deer last week, adding to the over $143,000 Hittel has raised for the charitable organization since 2018 when he first began his fundraising efforts.

Hittel says he raised $14,000 during his first year of helping the Make-A-Wish Foundation in 2018, $50,000 in his second year, $63,000 his third, and $40,000 last year in 2021. So far this year, he’s now raised over $21,000.

“I’ve rappelled down the Stantec Building three times in Red Deer, and then last year we had to go to Edmonton for the last rappelle at Coast Plaza which is another 10 stories higher than the Stantec,” he explains. “The higher the building, the more time I have to relax coming down.”