"DREAM FOUNDATION - DREAM GRANTING" PROGRAM
Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Program available across the United States.
Program Description
"Dream Foundation grants final dreams from the heart for adults with a life-limiting illness. From our headquarters in Santa Barbara, and with a network of volunteers and supporters, we serve those in the greatest need
around the country."
-dreamfoundation.org
Examples of dreams and wishes for the terminally ill include: time with their loved ones, to take a trip they’ve always dreamed of, leaving a legacy, or publishing a book, helping with paying bills, or a free wheelchair ramp installed.
Travel dreams may require a doctor to sign a medical authorization form. Due to the fragile heath condition of wish recipients, the Dream Foundation works closely with physicians, nurses and social workers to determine the right time to safely grant a terminally ill person their wish.
Individuals, organizations or corporations can help the terminally ill by:
Adopting a Dream - specific requests for wishes can be found on the Dream Foundation website. Donors can help contribute to a dream with a monetary donation.
Donating Airline Miles - contributing airline miles allows loved one to come together for bedside reunions or a vacation making dreams come true.
Volunteer – volunteers in schools, neighborhoods, and communities can contribute to helping dreams for the terminally ill come true through providing in-kind donations, fundraising, and increasing awareness of the program.
In-kind donations are accepted to provide elderly and adults with life threating illnesses with free no cost:
-Scooters and Powered Wheelchairs, Laptop computers, Televisions, Dental services
-Air Miles, Airline Vouchers, Hotel Rooms
-Limo or Rental Car services
-Tickets to attend a show or sports event
-Gift Cards for Restaurant chains, Gas Station chains, Building Supply stores, Discount Retail stores.
The “Dream Foundation – Dream Granting” Program receives no state or federal funding and relies on sponsors and supporters to make a wish come true for the terminally ill.
source:dreamfoundation.org
MAKE A WISH SENIOR DREAMS PROGRAMS:
Honor Flight Network Program - Across the United States. Transporting America's war veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit the memorials dedicated to honor their service and sacrifices.
Forever Young Program- Across the United States. A make a wish program for senior veterans, 65 years and older granting wishes and unfulfilled dreams.
Second Wind Dreams Program- Across the United States and Canada. Senior residents of long-term care facilities or hospice have their dreams come true with the help of this make a wish type program.
Wish of a Lifetime Program - Across the United States. A make a wish program that partners with Brookdale Senior Living granting tailored senior dreams and wishes that fulfill anything from basic needs, thrill seeking activities to life long dreams.
Seniors Dreams Program - Ontario, Canada. Helps seniors living in the community and nursing homes to achieve life long dreams or to simply make a wish happen
Twilight Wish Program - Across the United States. To honor and enrich the lives of elderly living in nursing homes by granting senior dreams through a make a wish type model. To help make dreams come true for those seniors in nursing homes who do not have the ability on their own to do the types of activities they would like to do.
Intergenerational Education Wish Granting Initiative -Across the United States. Intergenerational wish program where students interact with seniors throughout the process by meeting and learning what senior's wishes are, organizing fundraising to help purchase senior dreams and finally present wishes to seniors.
Seniors Have Dreams Too Program - Wallingford, CT, USA. A make a wish program that grants wishes to seniors living on limited, low incomes (at or below the current federal government poverty level.
