Backpack to School for Great Starts
Backpack to School
Backpack to School aims to provide necessary school supplies to the children in grades K-6 of every senior care staff member in our partnering facilities. Ensuring the best possible educational experience is increasingly expensive—the cost of essential materials often exceeds $100 per child every year, and the financial challenges any family can face makes them an “extra” some parents cannot always afford.
Since 2008, we have distributed over 24,400 backpacks in 14 states with the help of 100 participating facilities and business partners.
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Bringing Elevated Wishes to Life
Elevated Wishes
We partner with Wish of a Lifetime to bring Elevated Wishes to life. An Elevated Wish is life-enriching and born out of a compelling story. It holds value beyond a passing desire or casual thought – it is a dream, a lifelong goal, or a meaningful component to one’s life that has been missing.
Fulfilling a senior’s Elevated Wish may include reaching a recovery goal, re-experiencing an important life event, or crossing something off their bucket list.
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Honoring Our Heroes
Journey of Heroes
Wish of a Lifetime from AARP and the Vital Life Foundation have teamed up to create the Journey of Heroes, an initiative that honors senior veterans with a visit to Washington, D.C. to see the national memorials that were created in honor of their service and sacrifices.
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