Author: master

For years, Fisher House has been a sponsor of 7Salutes. This is an organization that provides housing for veterans’ families for free while a loved one is getting care.

Continue Reading

Dream Foundation is the only national dream-granting organization for terminally ill adults. The organization has served more than 34,000 final Dreams since its inception in 1994, and receives no state or federal funding, relying solely on private donations. Dream Foundation created Dreams for Veterans in 2014 to tailor the Dream experience to Veterans, service members and their families. The program acknowledges these groups and honors their service by fulfilling their final Dream, providing them, their families and caregivers inspiration, comfort and closure at the end of life.

Continue Reading

MOULTRIE, Ga. — One terminally ill veteran is receiving his lifelong dream trip to visit war memorials in Washington, D.C.

North Florida — South Georgia Veterans Health System and Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association partnered with the Dream Foundation to deliver a Dream to David Chapman III at his home Friday morning.

Continue Reading

John served with the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam and was haunted by memories of those who lost their lives there. When he learned that his cancer was terminal, he dreamed of visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., to pay his respects. But he didn’t have the means to do so.

Thankfully, Dream Foundation granted his Dream through its Dreams for Veterans program. A program that recently received the prestigious 2023 Fisher Service Award for its innovation and positive impact on terminally-ill veterans and their families.

Continue Reading

Fisher House Foundation has awarded Dream Foundation’s Dreams for Veterans program the prestigious 2023 Fisher Service Award in recognition of its innovative and positive impact on the nation’s heroes and their loved ones. As part of the award, Dream Foundation also received a $90,000 grant and a $50,000 advertising package from the Military Times Foundation.

Continue Reading

The award includes a $90,000 grant given in recognition of the program’s innovative and positive impact on veterans and their loved ones.

[SANTA BARBARA, CA – October 25, 2023] – Fisher House Foundation has awarded Dream Foundation’s Dreams for Veterans program the prestigious 2023 Fisher Service Award in recognition of its innovative and positive impact on our nation’s heroes and their loved ones. As part of the award, Dream Foundation was also given a $90,000 grant and a $50,000 advertising package from the Military Times Foundation.

Continue Reading

[SANTA BARBARA, CA – October 25, 2023] – Fisher House Foundation has awarded Dream Foundation’s Dreams for Veterans program the prestigious 2023 Fisher Service Award in recognition of its innovative and positive impact on our nation’s heroes and their loved ones. As part of the award, Dream Foundation was also given a $90,000 grant and a $50,000 advertising package from the Military Times Foundation.

Continue Reading

Fisher House Foundation and Military Times Foundation today awarded grants to five non-profit organizations supporting military service members and their families. The Fisher Service Award for Military Community Service provides funding toward innovative programs created to improve the quality of life of veterans.

Continue Reading

Chief Executive Officer of Dream Foundation Kisa Heyer said her nonprofit’s nationwide Dreams for Veterans program unites a community of people under the shared belief that fulfilling a final wish for a terminally-ill veteran — like a visit to the nation’s capital — is a powerful way to thank them for their service.

Continue Reading

The author’s final dream was to share his work with the community. On Monday night, a Tempe bookstore hosted an author event and book signing for him.

Continue Reading

On January 22, 2023, the Colonel James Wood II Chapter of the Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution participated in program to honor a veteran held at the Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C.

David Chapman of Moultrie, Georgia, is a veteran who served in the Vietnam War. He has become terminally ill, suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and requires an oxygen tank to assist in breathing. He received a lifelong dream trip to visit the war memorial in the nations capitol. This was provided by the Dream Foundation in partnership with the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, Georgia Chapter 25-5. The Dream Foundation serves terminally ill adults and their families by providing end-of-life Dreams to veterans, providing inspiration, comfort and closure.

Continue Reading

Vietnam War U.S. Army Veteran and Purple Heart recipient David Allen Chapman II will visit the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., a Dream come true thanks to Dream Foundation.

Continue Reading