Hunt of a Lifetime

American nonprofit organization

  • Harborcreek, Pennsylvania[1]
President
Tina Pattison[1]Websitehuntofalifetime.org

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]

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.[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. ^ a b "Staff". Hunt Of A Lifetime. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Robert Ito. "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". Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  7. ^ "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

External links

  • Hunt of a Lifetime Homepage