My Nonprofit Reviews

My family had never heard of the Jenna Kast Believe in Miracles Foundation before April of this year. My son, Ethan, a day after his 21 st birthday had an MRI that showed he had multiple brain tumors. The prognosis wasn't very good, but we kept our faith that he would have good results with treatment. Ethan started Proton radiation and chemotherapy in early April. The social worker at Children's Hospital came into Ethan's room while he was getting a transfusion and asked if he would be interested in a 2nd wish. I told her I had never heard of that before. Ethan got a big smile on his face and said "yes!"
After that it all happened very quickly. Paula Kast called me and we talked for an hour. She was so kind and asked questions about Ethan and the rest of our family. Ethan's wish was to go to Las Vegas. Paula told me she would start the process of granting his wish and within weeks, she told us that Ethan's wish world be happening. Our family of 4 (my husband, myself, Ethan and his younger brother) were picked up in a limo, taken to the airport and flew to Las Vegas! It was such an amazing trip. Ethan had always been very lucky when it comes to playing games with dice. He always says "you know I'm lucky" and we would tell him we should take you to Vegas. We believe this where his idea to go to Vegas came from. On our 2nd day there, his very first bet on the roulette table, he won! We hadn't seen him smile that big in a very long time.
We also took him to the shark reef aquarium, which we all loved. We went to see the America's Got Talent show at our hotel and we had a fantastic time.
Creating family memories on this trip was the best gift. We are so grateful to the Believe In Miracles Foundation and staff for giving us this opportunity to spend time together to a place where we would not have had the opportunity to go. What an amazing organization with wonderful people!