Hope For The Warriors® has been proud to grant these Wishes in the past few years. By granting these Wishes, Hope For The Warriors® restored hope in the eyes of these heroes. By supporting Hope For The Warriors®, you can restore hope to even more heroes.

On Easter Sunday 2009, an Army Specialist's life changed forever when he became a quadruple amputee. Since that fateful day, he lived at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for more than two years, endured multiple operations, and endless hours of physical and occupational therapy. During that time, a house on Staten Island was being built for him. Two organizations, The Stephen Siller Children's Foundation and Building Homes for Heroes, raised the monies necessary to build the house. Hope For The Warriors® stepped forward to furnish this hero's new home.

Hope For The Warriors® was approached by a former pilot who lost a leg and was severely burned while serving overseas. During his years in rehabilitation at Brooke Army Medical Center, he was sustained by a dream of flying again. In the summer of 2010, despite his severe injuries, he passed the FAA physical. He turned to us with his Wish--the funding to train and get licensed as a commercial pilot. We overwhelmingly approved his wish--and flew in the hero who pulled him from the wreckage to deliver the good news. This hero's dream has become a reality and he has already completed flight school.

Due to extensive injuries caused by a mine explosion, this soldier was unable to marry his fiancé in the traditional church ceremony they desired. Instead, they married quickly in a civil ceremony while he was in rehabilitation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. They now have three children: four-year-old twins and one three-year-old daughter. Happily devoted to each other and to their children, his Wish was to give his supportive wife a traditional church wedding. Hope For The Warriors® happily granted this Wish and the couple married before friends, family and God

Hunting has always been one of this soldier's favorite hobbies. However, due to the nature of his injuries, the newly wounded soldier sold all of his hunting gear. Two years later, he realized that hunting can still provide a peaceful, stress free activity. He applied to Hope For The Warriors® with the Wish for new hunting gear. After the Wish was granted, we went a step further. The service member was chosen for a private hunting trip as part of our new Outdoor Adventures program. Some of my injuries limit my mobility, but when I'm hunting, I'm at peace. Hope For The Warriors® was proud to grant this Wish and more.

After two deployments to Iraq and surviving more than nine roadside bombs, this Army medic endured multiple back operations. In spite of these procedures, the soldier and his wife slept on a memory foam pad on their apartment floor because he was unable to find a comfortable and affordable mattress. His Wish was simple; he requested a Tempur-pedic bed. Hope For The Warriors® was happy to grant this Wish and help this hardworking warrior sleep easily.

This Guardsman has no doubt who saved his and many of his fellow Guardsmen lives one night in February 2010. As the men tried to relax in their compound in Afghanistan, the three dogs they had adopted started to furiously bark. A suicide bomber was attempting to enter the barracks but was stopped by the relentless biting and barking of their dogs. The bomber finally gave up and detonated his explosives in the entryway. Five soldiers sustained injuries but none of the guardsmen died that night, thanks to the lifesaving actions of the dogs. Of their three companions, one dog died and the other two were injured and nursed back to health by the unit's medics. When our injured hero returned to his unit, one dog, Rufus, became his constant companion. His Wish was for the dog to be brought to the United States to live with him, his wife, and their new growing family. Hope For The Warriors® was happy to reunite our wounded warrior with his lifesaving friend.

It is difficult to hold onto hope when the very home you depend on is lost. Yet that is exactly what happened to one warrior. After his humvee rolled over a roadside bomb, this Army Sergeant lost both legs and was suffering from severe head trauma. His mother usher to his bedside and while there, an undetected water leak destroyed their home. For two years, Hope For The Warriors® collaborated with a number of other organizations and corporations to not just repair the home, but to rebuild a home that would accommodate his injuries and engage this warrior's spirit of competition. The renovations included a workout room and endless pool to facilitate his rehabilitation. And when this hero and dedicated mother returned, a hero's welcome awaited them.
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One hero's Wish was to compete in the 2010 Singlehanded Transpac sailing race-a single-man race from San Francisco to Hawaii. Our warrior had the courage, a growing knowledge of sailing and the water, a boat on loan--everything but time and money to offset some of his expenses. While deployed to Iraq in June 2004, a rocket propelled grenade hit his Humvee and he spent 19 days in a coma. Although strong and healthy now, he sustained permanent injuries include hearing loss, the loss of half of his left loon, and mild brain damage. Most significantly is that our warrior is slowly losing his vision due to the shrapnel that sprayed his eyes. Granting this Wish allowed him to pursue his sailing dream before losing his vision forever. Fittingly, our hero sailed in a boat called Warrior's Wish and completed his racing adventure on Independence Day. Hope For The Warriors® is proud to be part of this warrior's Wish.