Real Fairy Godmother Says She’s Granted More Than 30,000 Wishes, Including One For Sole Survivor Of Tragic Crash (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 make their dreams come true since she started the nonprofit Jamie’s Dream Team in 2005. — including Aubrey Bogaki, who lost her father and siblings in the July crash

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

• 11-year-old Bogaki is going to attend a Taylor Swift concert and win a trip to Walt Disney World —all thanks to Jamie’s dream team

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

Jamie Holmes-Ward, the real-life Fairy Godmother, appears and tells PEOPLE that 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 fulfilling their wishes during a difficult time, 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… and I don’t,” she tells PEOPLE.

Ward, 36, knows the obstacles many of the people she helps face. She was born with VATER syndrome (also known as VACTERL association), a collection of birth defects that can affect multiple 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 birth. At the age of 15, before one of the 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 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 to remember, something to look forward to and something to fight for.”

Jamie’s Dream Team has helped make all kinds of dreams come true, from weddings, travel, concerts, parties and more. Earlier this year, a boy who recently died after battling pancreatic cancer got a chance to meet YouTube creators Leonhart and PrestonPlayz on a trip to Dallas.

The nonprofit also runs a program called “A Christmas to Remember,” in which children are brought to a local airport to see Santa arrive in a helicopter, then receive 10 special gifts for their wishes, followed by a “big party.”

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But for Aubrey — the only survivor of the July car crash that killed her father, Nathan Bogaki, 44, and two siblings, Emma Bogaki, 17, and Grant Bogaki, 13 — the organization has prepared two special adventures: to see Taylor Swift at a concert and a visit to Walt Disney World.

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

The nonprofit was in touch with Bogaki before Aubrey left the hospital on Thursday, August 8. It was then that they found out about her love for Swift.

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

They were absolutely stunning,” Nicole tells PEOPLE.

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In the meantime, Ward hopes Aubrey will get a chance to meet Swift in person. “Let her know she’s loved by someone she loves,” she said NBC affiliate WPXI in August

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

None of these wishes would be granted without the support of the many “generous donors” who continue to 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 may be fine now and not tomorrow.”

And every day more and more people come to help.

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