Wish of a Lifetime needs your help to fulfill the Wish of a caring and compassionate 70 year old who is in the end stages of COPD, and all you need to do is send a postcard. Tom Burgett of Alabama 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 ailments. Spending most days at home, besides the occasional doctor’s visit – Tom is worried that the outside world will pass him by.
We’re determined to prevent that from happening and with your help we can expose Tom not only to the many fascinating cultures of the world but also its love and respect. All Tom wants are postcards. By visually visiting the locations on your postcards, Tom knows they will bring joy to his heart through his imagination. We have fallen head over heels for Tom’s story and have vowed to make his Wish a reality. Help us show this amazing senior that we still care and that old passions never die, even when you are no longer able to fulfill these passions on your own.
We will deliver all your postcards directly to Tom, so send a postcard highlighting the culture, landscape or people of our world, better yet send two or three and ask your friends to send them too!
Address postcards to:
Wish of a Lifetime Attn: Tom Burgett 1821 Blake St. Suite 200 Denver, CO 80202Before you send your postcard, take a picture and upload it to Twitter or Instagram with hashtag #tomswish
We would love to get this trending and have thousands of people hear Tom’s story!
1,748 Postcards So Far: from all 7 continents, 85 countries and all 50 states!
What a nice touch and idea.
What a nice thing to do.
Great idea. Have forwarded to friends with international contacts.
I love to travel and totaly appreciate how he must feel. I’ve chosen to send him a postcard of Shetland, where we now live, as I doubt anyone else will be sending one from there! You can see more of Shetland, the most northerly part of the UK, on Visitshetland.org
Wow – this is fantastic! I have shared his story on all our social networks and I will be sending him plenty of post cards. I hope his mailbox is overloaded with love from around the world.
Wow! What a touching story. Even though I’ve never traveled outside the US, I still intend on sending a postcard from my hometown of Floyds Knobs, In. God will use this and give you the eyes to see the beauty of His world through the many many postcards you will receive . I hope to see an update on this soon. Praying for many more blessings
We’ll be sending a postcard and spreading the word to our travel community!
I’m traveling Europe right now and a friend sent me this link. I’ve added this address to the people getting postcards from my travels. I love postcards as much as Tom does!
He will have a postcard in the mail from us by the end of the weekend!
It will take a little while to arrive, but I put mine in the mail this morning from Australia
Sending mine off tomorrow! (I found out about this on Pinterest – maybe a good way to promote these type of wishes?) I have also forwarded this to people abroad or who travel abroad. I do hope he gets lots of mail. Cheers!
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Love this! Just addressed one to Tom from Warsaw, Poland. I’ve put the word out on social media, too.
I will definitely be sending them in and sent to friends around the world!! Hope we can make Tom’s day and make him smile from all the love around the world!
Oh My Goodness — Idaho doesn’t seem to be represented. Shall remedy that right now. Meanwhile, prayers and greetings for Tom from the Clark Fork River in northern Idaho.
This IS a great idea! I’m sending Tom a peek at Charleston, SC. Well, maybe a bit more than a peek. I’m on card #5 at the moment. Writing shorts as a bit of what I’d share with a visiting friend. Instead of looking for the postcards of my hometown in IL, I’m posting on the two alumni sites I manage to ask classmates to send one or more. Small town America… a place we wish we could recreate.
Thanks for the opportunity to participate and share with Tom. Until I have a paycheck coming in, I’ve grounded myself. I always enjoy doing things for others!
Will send mine off from Heathrow tomorrow
I’ll send one from Bulgaria on Monday!
I’d like to send him a postcard but I have some problem with his address. Do I need to add USA in his address? I want to make it clear to ensure the card will arrive to the him
Just to make sure it gets here I would add USA.
Hey there,
Me and my friends, living in germany, were thinking its a wonderful idea too
So we’re sending a bunch of cards
Sorry to hear Tom’ s story, but I believe that hope can cheer a man up. I will send a card as soon as possible~~ Best wishes for Tom!!
Will most definitely send him cards from my trip in Germany and Denmark and from Poland which is where I live!
One is on its way from Australia!
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I will send Tom a postcard today from The Netherlands.. I hope he will received a lot of cards from all over the world..
I don’t have a twitter account so i can not upload the postcard..
Greetzzz,
Janet
Hi! We’ve posted your request on our Facebook/Twitter pages – members of Postcrossing love to send out postcards, we hope Tom gets lots of them!
Somebody from Germany is joining as well and hopes to brighten Tom’s day thanks to a lovely postcard from beautiful Würzburg
G’day mate!Saw the story on Facebook (via Postcrossing)-postcard on it’s way from Australia. Kind regards…
The word is reaching the Postcrossing.com community so expect more cards from around the world!!! This is a wonderful idea! Good for Tom for keeping his traveling spirit going!
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This is such a great thing to do! I hope a lot of people will show their heart and send a card for Tom.
) and send them when we’re back!
We’re about to leave for a small tour in our own country (Belgium) so i’ll collect some cards from where we’ve been (ofcourse from my hometown as well
I heard about this initiative from Postcrossing. It’s so nice…
My 2 postcards are ready to go from my country Bulgaria.
Lots of people from http://www.postcrossing.com are sending cards to Tom! Great to participate in this wish.
Really nice idea! Thanks to all who o it for Tom… my postcards will be sent this evening
This is a terrific way to help Tom. Imagine his days filled with a new view of the world seasoned with encouraging notes from people around the world. Let’s show him that we care!
I will promote on our Life Lessons radio show on blogtalk TODAY!!
What a nice thing to do for Tom. I just wrote him a card with Dutch tullips and a windmill on it. I hope he will receive many more peeks at the world.
sending two today from WA state! great idea! happy thoughts for Tom. will try instagram first before sending.
I have sent a postcard from Australia. Saw the request from Postcrossing.com and we send postcards SMILE
I’ve sent two yesterday and let my friends know about Tom. Expect postcards from Turkey!
Send one from the Netherlands this weekend
Great idea!!!! could be the change we wish and need to see in this world, GOOD DOSE OF LOVE!!! Will be sending Tom my card from Miami, Florida where I’m from.
You should get this on the forum at Postcrossing. See web site above.
A Postcard is on the way!!
I ordered a postcard for him through Touchnote today! I chose a photo I took from a local fiesta (festival) celebrated here in the Philippines. It was a photo of a smiling kid participating in the street dancing competition held during the festival celebration.
I plan to send him another (and another) via regular mail when I get more postcards. =)
My card from Hong Kong would take off tomorrow! Hope Tom would enjoy all the cards!
Sending one from Rhode Island tomorrow (holiday today, only state that still celebrates victory day!)
I know the power of post cards. My father-in-law will be 99 in Sept. and he loves getting cards. Tom’s sister is a dear friend so THANK YOU all for doing this. My card is in the mail. May God bless you ear and every one. There ARE still a lot of great people in this world.
I’ll be the first from Maine today! Woot!
I don’t have a twitter of instagram account, so this way I want to let you know that there’s a postcard on it’s way, an other one sent from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. I hope Tom will enjoy it.
No postcards from Canada yet!?!? How bizarre! I will fix that for Tom.
I just sent one but it’s from Europe which is pretty well covered but I hope it makes Tom smile! I also sent along to lots of friends around the world including one who just got back from Mongolia so hopefully she has a postcard to send. Have a beautiful day Tom!
I shall be glad to send something …shall check in the city.
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I’ve had a pile of postcards for a couple of years that I bought to send to foreign friends and, for one reason or another, never did. I think perhaps they were waiting for something more meaningful like this.
Just came home from a vacation where we travelled to Torino and Limone Piemonte, Italy down to the Cote d’Azur and ended up in Montpellier, France. I sent him a postcard from each stop. It was fun to share our trip with him.
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