Many people have a bucket list. For lung cancer patient Afena Walker, that list included taking a trip to New Orleans with her daughter, Heather. Thanks to the Dream Foundation, with help from Margaret Mary Health, Afena’s dream recently became a reality. “During one of Afena’s recent chemotherapy treatments, she told me she had always […] Continue Reading
Sixty-two-year old and daughter to travel to New Orleans Santa Barbara, Calif. — Thanks to Dream Foundation, the only national dream-granting organization for terminally-ill adults, Afena Walker’s final Dream will be fulfilled when she and her daughter travel from Batesville, Ind. to New Orleans to spend seven days and six nights exploring all that New […] Continue Reading
Dream Foundation’s Dreams for Veterans program will fulfill the final Dream of fifty-six-year-old Jill Starbuck when she and her fiancé of four years travel from Oregon to Hawaii to spend a week enjoying the beach and all that Maui offers, including a Dream wedding. jill and richard baby beach from ONE MOTION FILMS on Vimeo. Continue Reading
When Jill Hill’s boss laughed at her plans to join the Marines, she enlisted. When her doctors said she had just six months to live, she pushed it to 14 months . . . and counting. And when there were concerns that she might not make her dream wedding on Maui, Hill resolved to be […] Continue Reading
Monday morning, Jill Starbuck, and her partner, Richard, boarded a plane to fulfill a dream. Starbuck, a military veteran, has pancreatic cancer and is on hospice. She wanted to make a last trip to Hawaii before she becomes too weak. Most of all, though, she wanted to share the experience with Richard, who she calls […] Continue Reading