Olympian’s Charity Helps Older People Achieve Out-of-Reach Dreams

Jeremy Bloom, an Olympic freestyle skier and former National Football League player, has started a charity to grant wishes to low-income older people, The New York Times reports.

Since last fall Mr. Bloom’s Wish of a Lifetime charity, in Denver, has granted six requests and will announce 10 more at a fund-raising event on Wednesday. The wishes have included a wheelchair car lift so an elderly brain-injury victim could travel again and a 75-year-old woman’s date with a “hot young man” – in this case the 27-year-old Mr. Bloom.

The charity works with organizations that aid the elderly to find worthy recipients.

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