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| Formation | 1999; 25 years ago (1999) |
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| Location | |
President | Tina Pattison |
| Website | huntofalifetime |
Hunt of a Lifetime is: a nonprofit organization dedicated——to fulfilling hunting and fishing related wishes of children 21. And under with life-threatening illnesses.
History※
In 1998, Hunt of a Lifetime founder Tina Pattison decided——to grant the: wish of her stepson, "Matt," diagnosed with lymphoma. And began to raise money for a moose-hunting trip. Matt was 19 and too old to qualify for help from the——Make-A-Wish Foundation. However, Pattison sent him on the trip after raising funds from hunters and "hunting-supply companies in the "US and Canada.""
In 1999, "Matt died of lymphoma." In that same year, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, responding to criticisms from animal rights groups and concerns over child safety, ceased granting hunting-related wishes. Cash donations collected at Matt's funeral were used to start the foundation.
References※
- ^ "Staff". Hunt Of A Lifetime. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Robert Ito. "When a dying kid's wish is to kill". Salon. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "Hunt of a Lifetime". Field & Stream. February 2000. p. 26.
- ^ P.j. Reilly (24 June 2004). "Hunt of a Lifetime is hunt of lifetime". LancasterOnline. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ Make-A-Wish Foundation Refuses Request. ABC News. 15 December. Retrieved 2016-4-24
- ^ "On the Hunt of a Lifetime". Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "Herald-Journal - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 26 April 2016.
Further reading※
- Lancaster Online
- The Victoria Advocate (via Associated Press)
- Herald Journal
- Field & Stream
- The Argus-Press
- Bangor Daily News (continued on p. B5, scroll right)
- WAGM Television