BATAVIA – Dream Foundation, the only national dream-granting organization for terminally ill adults, recently fulfilled the final dream of Michael Lynch from South Elgin, a 68-year-old Marine veteran who requested a celebration of life. The event was held at the Lincoln Inn in Batavia. With a life expectancy of less than three months, Lynch wanted […] Continue Reading
GOLETA, Calif. – An 84-year-old Goleta woman had her final Dream fulfilled with the help of Dream Foundation. Francis Arai was born in Japan and separated from her parents at a young age. Arai was raised by nuns in Japanese internment camps in Oregon during World War II. Arai shares stories with her social workers […] Continue Reading
A dream comes true: It was an emotional night for Michael Lynch of South Elgin and his family when the Dream Foundation last month honored the terminally ill 68-year-old Vietnam veteran with a “Celebration of Life” event at the Lincoln Inn in Batavia. Lynch, who has a life expectancy of less than three months, currently […] Continue Reading
In the 1930s Joseph Littleton was living with his family on Fourth Street in Marietta when someone caught his eye from across the way. “I told my brother, ‘I’m going to walk that little redhead down the street,’” he said. That girl was Wanita Vandal, and Littleton later recruited her brothers in a first-date strategy […] Continue Reading
Coming to Maui is a dream for many, but for Nick Zucati, coming to Maui was a wish fulfilled. Zucati’s end-of-life dream, granted through Dream Foundation, was a time he and his family could focus on something other than his illness for awhile. Nicholas Zucati, a 51-year-old husband and father from Auburn, Washington, was diagnosed […] Continue Reading