A Simple Request

Let's help make a WISH come true for a Boomer.  

Wish of a Lifetime is a program for senior citizens similar to the Make a Wish Program for kids.   Their mission is to inspire an entire generation and to create a cultural shift on how we view aging. They believe that growing older doesn't mean you have to stop dreaming and living a life of purpose.

By granting lifelong wishes to seniors who have overcome tremendous challenges in their own lives, the foundation is able to spread its inspirational stories of hope.
Wish of a Lifetime needs your help to fulfill the wish of a 70 year old who is in the end stages of COPD.   Tom Burgett has been fascinated by the vast diversity of cultures throughout our World.   Unfortunately, Tom’s ability to travel has become unfeasible given his current medical condition.

Whether your home or on vacation, why not take just a few minutes and brighten Tom's day with a postcard highlighting the culture, landscape or people of our world.  Send to:
 

 Wish of a Lifetime  
Attn: Tom Burgett
1821 Blake St. Suite 200
Denver, CO 80202

SO FAR:   785 Postcards from 65 countries and 47 states



Do you know a senior citizen with a special wish or need? If so, please contact WISH OF A LIFETIME program at:  http://seniorwish.org/

 

Are you a Senior Citizen?

Depends on where you are and what you're doing!

AARP will let you join when you turn 50 which you think would give you senior citizen status for all activities and organizations.

But it doesn't work that way!

I hate it.....because some theaters call you a senior citizen at 55, some 60 and others make you wait until you're 62. Retired or not we all like to save money and with ticket prices at an all time high of 10 bucks and seniors a mere $6, I want all the theaters to call me a senior citizen at 55.

And it's even more costly when you think about the car insurance industry -- some use 60 while most say you must be 62.

So, what I'd love to see is for AARP or some other Boomer watch-dog organization to lobby for us and estalish an official nationwide policy that you become a senior citizen at 55.

If it saves me money, then I'm definitely willing to be called older at a younger age!

What do you think?

HAVE YOU VOTED?

I DID!! After waiting in line for over an hour in the 2004 Presidential Election, I decided to use the mail in ballot option and sent it in on Saturday.

I loved it! I didn't have to wait in line and could leisurely read through the amendents/bills on the Colorado Ballot. BUT I have a major complaint that we discussed at the dinner party last night and everyone felt just like I did. Why can't they write the ballots in plain English? You know what I'm talking about --- where a person of average intelligence can be certain that if I check "YES" then I am voting for the Bill and "NO" means NO. It's so frustrating, because the wording is meant to confuse us. The language on the Colorado ballot for some of the amendments took so many

S-curve turns in the wording that I wasn't sure if my "YES" vote meant I was for it or not.

PLEASE VOTE!!

At this crucial juncture in our history and economy many senior citizens are not going to vote --- I know because I've talked to them. I volunteered for my candidate and spoke to several older voters. They are so confused about who would be the best President for our Country that for the first time in their life many of them won't vote. One of my best friends, Gloria, is in her late 70s. When I was in St. Louis, we had a long discussion about the presidential candidates after she told me that she has seriously thought about not voting. I was shocked and suggested that if she was so undecided about the Presidential candidates, then look at the VPs and give serious thought to which one of them she'd like to see take over the White House. I felt like I talked her into voting. Regardless of your choice for our next President -- it's going to be a history making event! You have 150 hours left before the polls close on Tuesday evening, so get out and cast your vote. It's your duty!