Read more Friends & Family Moments stories to learn how The Granted Wish Foundation has made it possible for people to reunite and support each other in person.
A Soldier's Christmas
Imagine spending your holidays in Iraq, away from your loved ones, missing out on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. Missing out on those special heart-felt moments with family and friends is what Joseph has endured. Loving wife, Donna, hoped that Joseph would be able to come home before he was deployed to Afghanistan. Joseph hadn't seen his mother in over a year and wished to see her before he departed. The Granted Wish Foundation was so happy to be able to provide Joseph the opportunity to return home and spend those precious moments with his family and friends before departing to Afghanistan.
Two Sisters
Grace's wish was to see her sister, Theresa (suffering with stage 4 breast cancer) and comfort her in her last days. The Granted Wish Foundation gave Grace the opportunity to visit with her sister before her passing.
A Family's Comfort
Imagine losing your mother, father, and sister within a year, and your husband is dying from Stage 4 throat cancer. This is exactly what Mary Hoehn experienced.
Grandpa & Abi-Nicole
Marcel, suffering from congested heart and renal failure, wanted to see his new granddaughter Abi-Nicole, before he died. The Granted Wish Foundation gave Marcel and Abi-Nicole this precious gift.
Life's Second Chances
The Granted Wish Foundation helped Andy reunite with his family and gave him a second chance to make things right.
Father-Daughter Reunion
Because Kim and her dad were both too sick and financially strapped to get together after a lifetime of searching for each other, we stepped in.
Best Friends Forever
Being on hospice care for late stage cancer, Barbara wanted to travel cross-country to be there for her best friend's 50th birthday. The Granted Wish Foundation reunited these lifelong friends.
- Woman with amputated arm wants prosthetic arm
- Teenager with ALS (Lou Gehrigs Disease) to go to a rodeo
- Father with cancer to fly across the country to see his relatives before he passes
- Six-year-old boy whose heart was born backwards to go to Disney
- Husband, and wife with breast cancer, to take a belated honeymoon they never had
