Hunt of a Lifetime

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Hunt of a Lifetime Foundation Inc.
Formation1999;26 years ago (1999)
FounderTina Pattison
Founded atHarborcreek, Pennsylvania
Headquarters 2227 Eastern Ave
Erie, PA 16510
Locations
  • P.O. Box 241
    Harborcreek, PA 16421
President
Tina Pattison [1]
Website huntofalifetime.org
Making Dreams Come True...
Moved From Harborcreek, Pennsylvania [1]

Hunt of a Lifetime Foundation inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to fulfilling hunting and fishing related wishes of children 21 and under with life-threatening illnesses. [2] [3]

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History

In 1998, Hunt of a Lifetime Foundation Inc. 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

  1. 1 2 "Staff". Hunt Of A Lifetime. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Robert Ito (26 June 2011). "When a dying kid's wish is to kill". Salon. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Hunt of a Lifetime". Field & Stream. February 2000. p. 26.
  4. ↑ P.j. Reilly (24 June 2004). "Hunt of a Lifetime is hunt of lifetime". LancasterOnline. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Make-A-Wish Foundation Refuses Request. ABC News. 15 December. Retrieved 2016-4-24
  6. ↑ "On the Hunt of a Lifetime". Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Herald-Journal - Google News Archive Search" . Retrieved 26 April 2016.

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