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Butler County Senior News

February 2018 Volume 12, Number 4

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Don’t Stop Dreamin’ recipient Dan fulfills a dream of horseback riding.

Nonprofit encourages local seniors to never stop dreamin’ Larry, 78, had always wanted to attend a music concert featuring his favorite rock singer, Jackson Browne. This year, his dream finally came true, thanks to an organization called Don’t Stop Dreamin’, in partnership with Do-It-For-the-Love, a nonprofit that supports attendance at live musical performances. “I not only attend the Jackson Browne concert, I also got to meet him for

about 15 minutes that night,” Larry says. “It was something special.” The idea for Don’t Stop Dreamin’ was born in 2005 from a desire to provide meaning, fulfillment and fun to the lives of residents living in Quality Life Services nursing and personal care homes. For the first seven years, the program fulfilled a few resident dreams each year, surviving mostly on small profits generated

through car washes and bake sales organized by its dedicated staff. But the desire to grow the program to positively impact more people was strong, so the organization applied for nonprofit status in 2011. In March 2012, the Internal Revenue Service designated Don’t Stop Dreamin’ as a charitable organization.

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