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.[2][3]
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| Formation | 1999 |
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| Location | |
President | Tina Pattison[1] |
| Website | huntofalifetime |
History
editIn 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.[4][5][6]
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.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Staff". Hunt Of A Lifetime. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Robert Ito (26 June 2011). "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". Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "Herald-Journal - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 26 April 2016.
Further reading
edit- 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