In the next ten minutes, someone will be diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

You can help give life to their final Dreams, and the Dreams of people living with other terminal conditions.


HELP US RAISE $10,000 AND DOUBLE YOUR GIFT TODAY

Your gift will help us fulfill the final Dreams of terminally-ill adults and their families across the nation.

Make a gift before April 11 and DOUBLE YOUR GIFT up to a total matched gift offer of $10,000 from The Roddick Foundation!


Dreams come in many forms, but each Dream provides inspiration, comfort and closure when it’s most needed.

Your gift will help people like Ellen


Ellen is living with Parkinson’s disease. Her husband of 60 years, David, is living with terminal heart and kidney disease. They are both under hospice care.

After so many years together, they still wanted to be close to each other. When Ellen wrote to us, they shared a love seat. They both have problems with mobility, and David needed Ellen’s help to stand up.

Ellen dreamed of having two lift chairs so that they could sit side-by-side and get up and down with greater ease.

Thanks to generous supporters like you, we were able to provide them with two lift chairs that help each of them get up and down as needed. And best of all, the chairs are so close to each other that David and Ellen are sitting side-by-side again!

Ellen says it is the best gift they ever could have received!

You can make a difference to someone living with Parkinson’s disease or other terminal conditions

You’ll be helping reunite families and loved ones, connecting people with their lifelong heroes, and providing vacations and essential items such as recliner chairs and TVs.


$10

turns into $20 with a matched gift! You could help provide tickets to a sporting event or games for a gaming system.

$20

turns into $40 with a matched gift! You could help provide a meal for a family reunion.

$30

turns into $60 with a matched gift! You could help provide an adjustable bed, recliner or lift chair, like Ellen and David’s.

is doubled with a matched gift!

(the average cost of a Dream) turns into $4,600 or two Dreams with a matched gift!

Who can dream?


We serve those who live within the contiguous United States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, who are 18 or older with a life expectancy of 12 months or less, or who would lose the ability to fully participate in their Dream experience because of diseases such as Parkinson’s, and who lack the resources to fulfill their Dream. 

Learn more about the Dream program


Join our nationwide community of hundreds of volunteers, hospices, health care and veterans’ service organizations, committed individuals and corporate partners, all dedicated to bringing Dreams like these to life.

ARTHUR’S DREAM PATRIOT EXPERIENCE

Arthur is living with Parkinson’s disease. He and every member of his family are huge Patriot fans and watched the Patriots play for many years, even having Sunday teleconferences during games so they could all continue to watch together when the kids had grown up and moved away!

Arthur dreamed of returning to the field, the Hall, and the Patriot Place with his family and needed special support with transportation, accommodations and access to the game.

Thanks to our generous supporters, Arthur’s Dream came true! Afterward, his daughter shared, “The experience was absolutely amazing!! We got to go on the field for warmups and they surprised us with an upgrade to a suite to watch the game! Days later dad is STILL talking about the game and how awesome it was to have everyone be together and to see a live game … Thank you again from the bottom of my heart for making this possible. My dad really felt special that night and we all truly enjoyed ourselves and just had stress-free fun for the first time in a long while. I can’t say thank you enough for everything you … do for people like my dad. These things may seem simple, but for many without intervention of an organization things like this are logistically or financially unattainable. Thank you so much again for all you guys do.”


Archie’s four generation family reunion

Archie is living with Parkinson’s disease and dreamed of seeing his granddaughter-in-law, grandson and great-grandchildren, one of whom he’d never met!

Thanks to our generous supporters, we were able to bring the whole family together. As Archie’s 8oth birthday was rapidly approaching, the family threw him a surprise party!

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