What Is Catch-A-Dream?

Catch-A-Dream provides hunting and fishing experiences that include the entire family, but these are not designed as “family vacations” per se.  Each dream-granting situation is a unique experience for the child, his/her family, and Catch-A-Dream.  We ask that the “requests” be genuine desires of the child (as opposed to parent aspirations) and that these be reasonable in expectation and age-appropriate.  Additionally, it is important to note that we cannot honor requests to hunt or fish with a “celebrity” due to the challenges involved in coordinating schedules for both family and “celebrity” while also considering the seasonal cycles in hunting and fishing opportunities. Hunting and fishing destinations are limited to the United States and Canada.

Mission

Catch-A-Dream is a national, charitable, non-profit 501(c)(3) foundation, that provides once-in-a-lifetime dream hunting and fishing trips to children across the United States and Canada, age 18 and younger, who suffer from life-threatening illnesses. (purpose) Through these adventures, and exposure to outdoors-minded people who care, (business) the program instills in these children a message of encouragement at a time when they need to know that hope does, indeed, exist. (values)

Vision

But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)

It is this very message of hope, as promised in Isaiah 40:31, that we seek to instill in these children and their families. We use hunting and fishing as opportune tools to expose them to the “..wonders of God…” that await them in “The High Country,” as they spend time in the outdoors, away from the bleak and sterile world of medical facilities, treatments, and hospital gowns, but in the presence of The Creator who is the Author of real hope.

On each trip, the children and the family members who accompany them, are surrounded by outdoors-minded people who understand that these children are often “…sick and tired of being sick and tired!” A designated Catch-A-Dream host accompanies each family and, together with outfitters and local volunteers, facilitate their dream experience, love and nurture them through the strong personal relationships that inevitably are forged in the lodge, on the stream or in the woods. Hosts and volunteers often become their best friends, and remain a part of their families long after the dream trip has concluded. As one volunteer eloquently stated, “We can’t change the whole world; but we can change someone’s whole world for at least a short period!” Many parents have confirmed that the mission is consistently accomplished!

Learn More About Catch-A-Dream Foundation

Website: http://www.catchadream.org

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