Couple 1 Couple 2 Couple 3 Grandma

Give a donation of $50 or more for a WWII veteran or a senior and we'll send them a huge chocolate bar with a letter of your contribution in their honor.

flag

If we can grant a wish for your WWII veteran friend or family member, please contact us.

Forever Young Senior Wish Organization



Our mission is to honor senior citizens by helping them fulfill their dreams and to give them hope for the future.

Forever Young's purpose is to grant wishes for senior citizens, 65 years or older. Health is not an issue, only an unfulfilled dream. Whether seniors are in nursing facilities or living in their own homes, they are valuable and their dreams are important. Requests must be reasonable and each one will be evaluated individually. We will consider anyone in a nursing facility, regardless of age.



WWII Buddy's Family Found

WWII Group

Mr. Shell tells his story of being in the 106th Infantry in WWII and being taken as a prisoner of war. "The Germans would take us on the death marches in the worst conditions - freezing temperatures, no food, exhausted, and sick. We wore those big, wool coats, which weighed a ton when they got wet. My dear friend, John, wasn't doing well. He was too old to be fighting in a war. He was around 40 years old, so he was probably the age of most of our Dads back home. (Many of the boys called him Papa) John got to a point where he couldn't walk under the heavy coat any longer, so I volunteered to carry it for him. I held it for him as long as I could, but it came to point where I just had to give it back. John kept falling further and further behind. As we traveled down the road we heard two shots and we never saw him again."

Read the story here.

Categories of Wishes

  • Life-long dream - e.g. fly in a WWII airplane
  • Fun-filled wish - e.g. get a makeover and go to dinner
  • Memory wish - e.g. be reunited with a childhood friend
  • One last time wish - e.g. visit the family farm one last time
  • Needs-based wish - e.g. get a walker with a seat on it

Founder and President - Diane Hight

Diane and Greg Hight
Greg and Diane Hight

Jefferson Award Logo

Diane is a 2008 recipient of the Jefferson Award, the Nobel Prize for public and community service. Click here for more information.


Forever Young is a registered 501(c)(3)Public Charitable Organization

hr

Jeremiah 29:11

"For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a hope and a future."