Real-life fairy godmother says she has granted more than 30,000 wishes, including for the sole survivor of a tragic disaster (Exclusive)

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

• Jamie Holmes-Ward says she has helped more than 30,000 people in need achieve their dreams since she founded her non-profit organization Jamie’s Dream Team in 2005. — including Aubrey Bogacki, who lost her father and siblings in the July crash.

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

• Bogacki, 11, plans to attend a Taylor Swift concert and get a trip to Walt Disney World. —all thanks to Jamie’s dream team

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

Meet Jamie Holmes-Ward, a real-life fairy godmother who tells PEOPLE she founded the organization. Jamie’s Dream Team in 2005 to help “those suffering from illness, injury or tragedy.”

The nonprofit’s goal is to “help as many families as possible and touch as many families as possible” by granting their wishes in their time of need, she adds.

To date, Jamie’s Dream Team has granted more than 30,000 wishes across the country, Ward said. And she has no plans to slow down.

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

Ward, 36, is familiar with the obstacles many of the people she helps face. She was born with WATER syndrome (also known as the VACTERL association), a set of birth defects that can affect many anatomical structures within the body, including the heart, kidneys, limbs, vertebrae and more.

As a result, Ward has undergone more than 45 major surgeries since his birth. At age 15, before one of her operations, 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 own 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. “And I just wanted to give them something they can remember, something they can look forward to and fight for.”

Jamie’s Dream Team has helped make all sorts of dreams come true: weddings, trips, concerts, parties and more. Earlier this year, a boy who recently died after battling pancreatic cancer was given the opportunity to meet YouTube creators. Leonhart And PrestonPlace 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 Claus arrive by helicopter, then given 10 special gifts at their request, followed by a “huge party.”

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But for Aubrey—the sole survivor of the July car crash that killed her father, Nathan Bogacki, 44, and two siblings, Emma Bogacki, 17, and Grant Bogacki, 13—the organization has two special treats in store: seeing Taylor Swift concert and visit to Walt Disney World.

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

The nonprofit was associated with the Bogacki’s before Aubrey left the hospital on Thursday, August 8th. It was then that they learned about her love for Swift.

With some help from donors to the nonprofit, Aubrey and her mom now have tickets to see the singer’s Eras Tour concert in Indianapolis on Sunday, Nov. 3, and they’re grateful for the generosity. “

They were absolutely amazing,” Nicole told PEOPLE.

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Meanwhile, Ward hopes Aubrey gets a chance to meet Swift in person. “Let her know that whoever she loves loves her,” she said. NBC affiliate WPXI in August.

Because Aubrey is still recovering, her trip to Disneyland, sponsored by Jamie’s Dream Team, has been postponed until the spring. She recently had her back brace removed, but still needs to wear the neck brace for another six weeks and get clearance from her neurosurgeon.

None of these wishes would be granted without the support of the many “generous donors” who continually support Ward’s organization, and she is committed to continuing to grant as many wishes as possible in the years to come.

“You don’t know what tomorrow will bring,” she tells PEOPLE. “You can be okay now and not okay tomorrow.”

And every day more and more people come to help.

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