Past Hero's Wishes

May 22nd, 2023

I am currently serving my 2nd tour overseas in the Middle East as a part of Patrol Forces Southwest Asia. I am married to my loving wife and blessed with 3 beautiful little girls. As a Coast Guardsman, My wife and children understood the importance of my volunteering for a 2nd tour and the impact I can make for my service and country. Although the work is hard and rewarding, I feel my family has the hardest job, my children being without their father for another year, and most importantly my wife for her sacrifice and struggles of maintaining a household with me gone. Our wish is for my family to have a magical Disney World experience when I complete my deployment and return home. We have already arranged airfare and hotel accommodations, we are respectfully requesting help in attaining 4-day park hopper passes plus option for my family of 5. After a year in the gulf, this wish would truly be our way to not only come together as a family once again, but make wonderful memories in the process. Thank you for taking the time to read and God bless.

U.S. Coast Guard (Currently Serving)

Wish Fulfilled By:

Holly donated $10.00
Michelle donated $20.00
Alexa donated $50.00
Henry donated $10.00
Travis donated $20.00
A Generous Person donated $100.00
Terry donated $25.00
A Generous Person donated $20.00
Andrew in Honor of Deceased SGT Jason Pringle donated $20.00
Michael donated $50.00
Allyson donated $100.00
Mia donated $20.00
Jason donated $300.00
A Generous Person donated $25.00
Paul donated $25.00
Allen donated $150.00
Carl in Honor of Colleen Caine USCG donated $20.00
A Generous Person donated $20.00
Amanda E donated $150.00
Angela donated $25.00
Charles in Honor of Charles King donated $10.00
Timothy donated $20.00
Walter donated $1,010.00
Remainder of Wish fulfilled by the Veteran Tickets Foundation General Hero's Wish Fund.

Thank You Message from the Hero:

Let me say thank you to everyone that made our dream of a Disney trip come true. Upon returning from my overseas deployment, this made our family’s reunion more special than I could have imagined! The kids had such a good time and didn’t stop smiling the entire trip. You are all wonderful for your generosity. I would like to thank everyone listed below helped our hero’s wish come true! Thank you again. Thank you to Holly, Michelle, Alexa, Henry, Travis, Beverley, Terry, Matt, Andrew in honor of Deceased SGT Jason Pringle, Michael, Allyson, Mia, Jason, Suzanne, Paul, Allen, Carl in honor of Colleen Caine USCG, Emily, Amanda E, Angela, Charles in honor of Charles King, Timothy, Walter, and everyone at Hero's Wish!

- Andrew

Post Deployment Disney Vacation

May 8th, 2023

My name is MSgt Laura Couball. My husband and I are both active duty with five children ages 1,2,8,9 and 14. My husband is returning soon from deployment and we would love an opportunity to celebrate his return and make up for some missed memories such as our youngest son’s first birthday and holidays with tickets to Walt Disney World.

U.S. Air Force (Currently Serving)

Wish Fulfilled By:

Carolyn donated $10.00
Kelly donated $100.00
Sharlet in Honor of All Servicemembers and Veterans donated $20.00
Robert donated $50.00
Harrison donated $20.00
A Generous Person donated $190.00
Donald donated $10.00
Lorenz donated $10.00
Aleshia donated $10.00
Ismael donated $25.00
Peter donated $10.00
Mark donated $20.00
Steve donated $20.00
Michael donated $10.00
trevor donated $10.00
Carole donated $100.00
Xavier donated $200.00
A Generous Person donated $100.00
Henry donated $25.00
Enrique donated $100.00
Roy in Honor of SSGT. T. Twiggs USMC PTSD SIGW RIP Bro donated $10.00
A Generous Person donated $10.00
Herbert in Honor of All those who have served donated $540.00
Henry donated $20.00
Timothy in Honor of My battle buddies donated $50.00
Jill in Honor of William Jablonski donated $25.00
William donated $20.00
A Generous Person donated $10.00
Amanda E donated $155.00
Remainder of Wish fulfilled by the Veteran Tickets Foundation General Hero's Wish Fund.

Thank You Message from the Hero:

We cannot express how truly grateful we are to have experienced this family vacation at Disney World. From start to finish, it was absolutely magical. Thank you so much Vet Tix and everyone who donated to allow our family to experience a trip of a lifetime.

- Laura

Disney World

May 2nd, 2023

My name is Zachary Bowman. I am a staff sergeant in the United States Army (19D Cavalry Scout) currently on recruiting duty. I joined the Army in 2014 because I had plans to start a family and I wanted to give them the stability that I never had. I have a wife and 2 sons, ages 5 and 7. I have served two overseas tours and I have spent a lot of time away from my family for training and professional development (various Army schools). I have missed several of my kids birthdays and many more important holidays with them. Since my first year in service, my wife has always volunteered with my units and taken good care of the soldiers. Even when I have been overseas, she has taken care of the spouses back on the home front. She has been awarded several awards from the Army including Volunteer of the Year and an Order of Saint Joan D’Arc, and many more. I am a recipient of the Order of Saint George medallion. My boys have always been very interested in my career, my oldest son even says he is going to join the Army and become a veterinary. Both of my kids are very active in jiujitsu and Cub Scouts, they are all around great kids. On my second rotation overseas I was injured and sent home early. I am healed now and ready to get back to being active with my family. I am asking for your help to take my family of 4 to Disney World this year. My boys are obsessed with Lightning McQueen, Toy Story, and Pirates of the Caribbean so this would be a dream come true for them. My career so far has been great but unpredictable so now that I am in recruiting I have more scheduled stability and I would like to take this time to put my family first and thank them for following me along on their crazy journey. I am hoping to surprise my wife and kids with this vacation to thank them for always supporting me and the rest of the Army, even when I am away. I would love to take my family of 4 to Disney World. I am asking for donations for park hopper tickets so I can enjoy a much needed vacation with my family.

U.S. Army (Currently Serving)

Wish Fulfilled By:

A Generous Person donated $655.00
Terri in Honor of Our Jesus Lord and Savior donated $25.00
Richard Gates donated $215.00
VICTOR donated $10.00
Raymond donated $100.00
Justin in Honor of CPT Daniel Whitten donated $50.00
Henry donated $25.00
Maurice donated $50.00
Patrick donated $40.00
A Generous Person donated $105.00
William donated $20.00
Susan in Honor of Lt JG Joseph McCormack USN donated $25.00
Brian donated $25.00
Patrick donated $50.00
Andrew donated $10.00
Maria donated $10.00
Floyd donated $40.00
Lori in Honor of George Del Toro donated $145.00
Remainder of Wish fulfilled by the Veteran Tickets Foundation General Hero's Wish Fund.

Thank You Message from the Hero:

I would like to thank our generous donors, Rebecca, Terri, Richard, Victor, Raymond, Justin, Henry, Maurice, Patrick, David, William, Susan, Joseph, Brian, Patrick, Andrew, Maria, Floyd, and Lori. You all made it possible for my family to truly have the trip of a lifetime. This is something my kids will never forget and it was made possible by you. They had the best vacation and enjoyed every minute of it. We will never be able to thank you enough.

- Zachary

Disney World passes for family vacation

Apr 10th, 2023

My name is David Tapia, a severely wounded veteran who served in the United States Army. I was awarded a purple heart during my tour in Iraq and later honorably discharged after 4 years. I have a very supportive wife who has stuck by my side despite my severe PTSD. After years of therapy and counseling I think I can finally manage it to be able to take my four amazing daughters, Nallely 13, Anahi 7, Ximena 3 and Natalia 1 on a unforgettable trip to Disney World with the help and support from VetTix and their sponsors / donors. I thank you in advance for your consideration!

U.S. Army (Severely Wounded Veteran)

2003 - 2007

Wish Fulfilled By:

A Generous Person donated $25.00
Pam donated $20.00
john donated $15.00
Carmen in Honor of U.S. NAVY CHIEF donated $20.00
Oscar donated $20.00
James in Honor of My father, JOHN donated $50.00
Robert donated $50.00
Paul donated $10.00
Paul in Honor of Ltc Jerry Watson donated $10.00
Sara donated $20.00
David in Honor of David and all wounded warriors. donated $10.00
Michael in Honor of Jesus Christ donated $40.00
Sherry donated $100.00
Jose donated $50.00
Alexandra donated $50.00
A Generous Person donated $25.00
Joel donated $50.00
David donated $25.00
Meagan donated $10.00
Peter donated $25.00
Christopher donated $25.00
Nicholas donated $2,195.00
Susan donated $50.00
A Generous Person donated $10.00
Kimberly donated $10.00
A Generous Person donated $10.00
stephen donated $25.00
Erin donated $20.00
GARY donated $20.00
Jason donated $20.00
A Generous Person donated $100.00
Christopher donated $25.00
James donated $200.00
charles donated $50.00
Mark donated $20.00
Sharlet in Honor of All Servicemembers and Veterans donated $20.00
A Generous Person donated $100.00
Richard donated $20.00
J Scott donated $20.00
Greg donated $140.00
SIMONNE donated $25.00
Steve donated $50.00
Deborah donated $50.00
Janelle donated $175.00
Douglas donated $20.00
James in Honor of Xavier donated $10.00
Michael donated $50.00
BRENDA in Honor of My uncle w a purple heart donated $10.00
Victoria donated $25.00
A Generous Person donated $20.00
Dan donated $10.00
SIMONNE in Honor of Rick Fannin donated $25.00
Tonisha donated $20.00
Jean donated $100.00
Bryen donated $25.00
Wanda donated $10.00
A Generous Person donated $15.00
Samuel donated $25.00
Remainder of Wish fulfilled by the Veteran Tickets Foundation General Hero's Wish Fund.

Thank You Message from the Hero:

A very special thank you to all the donors for such a magical vacation. This is a trip that my daughter's will remember forever so thank you Kerry, Pam, John, Carmen in honor of U.S. NAVY CHIEF, Oscar, James in honor of his father, John, Robert, Paul, Paul in honor of Ltc Jerry Watson, Sara, David in honor of David and all wounded warriors, Michael in honor of Jesus Christ, Sherry, Jose, Alexandra, Carey, Joel, David, Meagan, Peter, Christopher, Nicholas, Susan, Julia, Kimberly, Niccol, Stephen, Erin, Gary, Jason, Brian, Christopher, James, Charles, Mark, Sharlet in honor of all Servicemembers & Veterans, Tawna, Richard, J Scott, Greg, Simonne, Steve, Deborah, Janelle, Douglas, James in honor of Xavier, Michael, Brenda in honor of her uncle with a purple heart, Victoria, Renee, Dan, Simonne in honor of Rick Fannin, Tonisha, Jean, Bryen, Wanda, Carol, Samuel, and Hero's Wish. If it wasn't for your generosity and the help of Vet Tix this trip would not have been possible for my family. From my family to you and yours, THANK YOU!

- David

Walt Disney World Family Trip

Apr 4th, 2023

Hello, my name is Jesse Spencer. I am currently deployed to the Middle East. I have served in the Army National Guard for 9 years as a Flight Medic and then transitioned over to the Air Force National Guard for the past 2 years as a Firefighter. I would like to respectfully request Four 4-day park hopper tickets to Walt Disney World in Florida. We are planning on going in April and this would be an amazing family spring break trip where we could relax, have fun, and reconnect after being deployed for over 6 months. We are a family of 5, but our youngest won't require a ticket. Thank you for any help. We really appreciate it.

U.S. Army (Currently Serving)

Wish Fulfilled By:

Angela donated $50.00
A Generous Person donated $25.00
Olga donated $50.00
Henry donated $20.00
Paul donated $25.00
A Generous Person donated $2,130.00
Remainder of Wish fulfilled by the Veteran Tickets Foundation General Hero's Wish Fund.

Thank You Message from the Hero:

Thank you so much for donating tickets to Disney!! We had a wonderful time reconnecting as a family after deployment. It was our youngest child's first time at Disney and she was in absolute wonder. The big kids loved being able to ride rollercoasters! We loved being able to create memories with our 3 kids and letting them pick out whatever they wanted at the Disney Store. By providing these tickets it took the financial burden off of us, which was greatly appreciated. We cannot thank you enough!!!!

- Jesse

Afghanistan Wounded Vet Family Trip to Disney World

Mar 27th, 2023

My name is Bruce Haskin. After serving for nearly 22 years, I am being medically retired related to an injury I received in a VBIED (car bomb) in Afghanistan. I am married to Mary (just celebrated 14 year anniversary), have three children, Austin (11), Katherine (9), and Samuel (7). When I left for Afghanistan in 2019, I planned to take the family to Disney when I returned in April 2020. Well, with the bomb, and then pandemic starting while I was gone, that never came to fruition. Then we moved to Ohio a few months after I returned, bought a house and immediately incurred over $20,000 in unexpected and unplanned major home repairs, and recently another $15,000 in repairs in a house flood while we were away for a few days. I have missed birthdays, anniversaries, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and more, and honestly my family and I need a reset, some true fun and relaxation. We will be forever grateful for this opportunity. I appreciate your consideration and kind donation if you choose to do so. I would like to take my family to Disney World. I have three children therefore requesting 5 tickets if that is possible. Thank you.

U.S. Air Force (Currently Serving)

Wish Fulfilled By:

chad donated $10.00
Christopher donated $25.00
A Generous Person donated $25.00
David donated $10.00
Beth in Honor of USAF Veteran Dale W. donated $500.00
Beth in Honor of Rick Allridge donated $500.00
A Generous Person donated $15.00
michael donated $25.00
Paul donated $25.00
Tesha in Honor of Chief Sanders donated $100.00
Allen donated $150.00
Kevin donated $100.00
Thomas in Honor of You, Bruce, thank you for your service! donated $100.00
Carolyn donated $15.00
A Generous Person donated $50.00
Monica donated $20.00
A Generous Person donated $50.00
luz donated $10.00
Lesa in Honor of Active Duty Moms donated $470.00
Remainder of Wish fulfilled by the Veteran Tickets Foundation General Hero's Wish Fund.

Thank You Message from the Hero:

I want to send a heartfelt thanks from my family and me for this wonderful opportunity to strengthen my family relationship, laugh and play like we used to do. This would have never happened if not for all of you. This week has been wonderful, fulfilling, magical. Thank you so very much!

- Bruce

Disney World

Mar 20th, 2023

My name is Sgt, Brian Martinez. I have twin 5-year-old daughters that have never been to Disney World. They will be six years old by the time I return and I will miss their birthday just like other birthdays I have missed. I would like to be able to take them to Disney World but my wife and I did not know if we will have the financial means to do so. I am currently deployed to Syria and it has been rough for them to understand, the cause we are fighting for and I know they do not yet understand the sacrifice our whole family has made.

U.S. Army (Currently Serving)

Wish Fulfilled By:

A Generous Person donated $10.00
David donated $100.00
Sharlet in Honor of All Servicemembers and Veterans donated $20.00
Barbara donated $100.00
Gabriela donated $50.00
Alana donated $10.00
Brent donated $100.00
Tiffanie donated $101.00
Michelle donated $50.00
Chris donated $25.00
A Generous Person donated $100.00
A Generous Person donated $50.00
A Generous Person donated $25.00
Anthony donated $3.00
Scott donated $25.00
Ralph donated $190.00
A Generous Person donated $20.00
David in Honor of The Strong Family donated $100.00
A Generous Person donated $20.00
Jacqueline donated $10.00
Jeffrey donated $30.00
A Generous Person donated $20.00
Douglas donated $42.00
A Generous Person donated $20.00
Patricia in Honor of Duane D. Hoekman - MSC US Navy (deceased donated $50.00
Richard donated $129.00
Remainder of Wish fulfilled by the Veteran Tickets Foundation General Hero's Wish Fund.

Thank You Message from the Hero:

Hello, I want to thank all of the people that donated and the people working for Vet Tix for all of the help and assistance while I was deployed. My six year old girls had the time of their life and will never forget the trip, but the best part for me was getting to see how happy meeting the characters made them. Disney World was amazing and this really helped us make a trip that otherwise would not have been possible. Thank you again, The Martinez Family

- Brian

Disney world

Mar 13th, 2023

My name is Aaron Davis I am currently serving in the U.S Army! I joined the military in February of 2018 to make a better life for me and my family! Me and my wife have 2 beautiful girls ages 3 and 9 and they would be excited to go on a surprise trip to Disney World being they have never been before! We will be so appreciative to any donations to make this trip happen!! We hope to stay on Disney World to experience the Disney resorts and to eat breakfast with all the Disney characters! Thank you all so much! The wish me and my wife are hoping for is taking our two daughters and surprising them to go to Disney World and staying at the resort for 5 days so we can get the whole experience! This would really make our kids so happy and we would be so appreciative!

U.S. Army (Currently Serving)

Wish Fulfilled By:

Cyndy in Honor of John Hollender & Paul Stancliff Nam-67 donated $25.00
Lisa in Honor of Anderson Family- U.S. Army Served donated $50.00
Lisa donated $25.00
Todd donated $25.00
Todd donated $25.00
Dawn donated $20.00
Kimberly donated $25.00
Victoria donated $25.00
Thomas in Honor of You, Aaron Davis, thank u 4 your service donated $100.00
Scott donated $25.00
A Generous Person donated $25.00
Remainder of Wish fulfilled by the Veteran Tickets Foundation General Hero's Wish Fund.

Thank You Message from the Hero:

I would just like to thank everyone that donated for this wonderful lifetime experience! I was able to take my kids and family to Disney and we all had so much fun!! Thank you again for this wonderful experience!

- Aaron

DISNEY WORLD FAMILY TRIP FOR IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN COMBAT VETERAN

Mar 6th, 2023

Hello, my name is Nelson Martinez. I am a retired Marine, husband, and father of 4. I retired summer of 2018 after 22 years of service. Throughout my service, I had various combat tours and assignments, making it difficult to have a Disney World trip, much less plan it. While in the Marine Corps, I dedicated myself to accomplishing the mission first. I often put the Corps and mission first and my family second, and I could only do this through my wife, children, friends, and family's support. Both my wife and I sacrificed much to make our time in the Corps work. I deployed three times to Iraq between 2003 and 2009. I also deployed twice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to Africa and Afghanistan in 2001-02 and again to Afghanistan in 2010. In between deployments, I was assigned to commands that trained Sailors or Marines for combat deployments or headquarters commands that planned combat deployments for various units. I also spent time at the Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Batallion in 2011. My time at Wounded Warrior Battalion was to take care of injuries I sustained in 2003 deployed to Iraq and a TBI I received in 2010 while deployed to Afghanistan. Between 2001 and 2010, I was heavily deployed and ignored many physical, mental, and emotional issues and injuries to accomplish the mission overseas. Like many veterans during that time, the mission to fight and train for combat came first. Because of that, many veterans, myself included, caused and faced issues not just for ourselves but for our families. Our families sacrificed greatly to help us accomplish our mission. Now that I have been retired for some time and our children are a little older, we can finally plan a trip to Disney World. We have never taken a "true" family vacation for the reasons described above, and we have always taken short weekend trips somewhere or made the best of our children's sports events requiring travel. This year, however, my spring break from college classes and our kids' spring break from elementary and high school line up, making it easy to plan a family trip. Our family is a total of 6. My wife and I have three boys, aged 22, 16, and 9, and our daughter, 14. I am asking for help to purchase 6 tickets for our family to Disney World for the week of March 6-11, 2023. I would greatly appreciate any help to make this dream possible for my family. This trip will be a blessing for our family's many sacrifices. I thank everyone ahead of time for helping me make this dream come true for them SEMPER FIDELIS!

U.S. Marine Corps (Severely Wounded Veteran)

1996 - 2018

Wish Fulfilled By:

VICTOR donated $10.00
Kalati donated $25.00
Daniel donated $25.00
Alec donated $10.00
Sean donated $10.00
A Generous Person donated $20.00
Christopher donated $25.00
A.C. donated $25.00
Bryant donated $25.00
Rita in Honor of Col Steve Rohlena donated $50.00
Katie in Honor of Nicholas Mattingly donated $775.00
Aniello donated $50.00
Sharlet in Honor of All Servicemembers and Veterans donated $20.00
Rebecca donated $10.00
Angela in Honor of Active Duty Mothers donated $25.00
Brett donated $25.00
Saleisia donated $5.00
Chuan J. donated $265.00
A Generous Person donated $22.00
A Generous Person donated $100.00
A Generous Person donated $20.00
Thomas in Honor of You,GySgt Martinez, thank u 4 ur service donated $100.00
Cyndy in Honor of John Hollender-Paul Stancliff-Spouses donated $25.00
A Generous Person donated $25.00
A Generous Person donated $10.00
Katy donated $20.00
Jeff donated $478.00
Remainder of Wish fulfilled by the Veteran Tickets Foundation General Hero's Wish Fund.

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Disney World Family Vacation

Feb 15th, 2023

My name is Charles Clontz, and I would love to be able to have a chance to take my 4 kids to Disney World for the week. My two year old son Jackson loves Mickey Mouse!!! We are currently stationed at Fort Hood Texas away from the coast and getting there is pretty expensive when you factor in driving, plane tickets, hotel and park tickets so being able to get this help from Veterans wish would be a great help to my family.I would like to be able to take my kids to Disney World for the holidays, at the start of the year or into the spring if at all possible. I would love to be able to do the 4 day park hopper tickets to enjoy time with my wife and children.

U.S. Army (Currently Serving)

Wish Fulfilled By:

Jose donated $200.00
Saleisia donated $20.00
Enid donated $25.00
Randy in Honor of Standing the Line for us all donated $200.00
Douglas donated $100.00
Crystal donated $20.00
Gerald donated $50.00
Julie donated $100.00
Benjamin donated $50.00
Mark donated $20.00
Laura & Brian donated $100.00
Peter donated $20.00
Thomas in Honor of You, Charles, thank you 4 your service! donated $100.00
A Generous Person donated $100.00
MAXIM donated $100.00
Paulo donated $5.00
Glenn donated $50.00
Remainder of Wish fulfilled by the Veteran Tickets Foundation General Hero's Wish Fund.