A group of kindhearted volunteers in Europe are being hailed as heroes after quietly granting the dying wishes of thousands of people for free.

The Ambulance Wish Foundation (a Dutch charity known as Stichting Ambulance Wens) enlists the help of hospital volunteers and medical transportation to allow immobile hospice patients the chance to check one last thing off their bucket lists.

The charity has gathered a team of 270 medically-trained volunteers, and they facilitate five or six trips for dying seniors every day.

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The charity was first launched in 2007, and since then, they have granted over 7,000 final wishes!

Many of the patients choose to visit the aquarium, zoo, beach, or a sporting arena.

Others choose to visit church or members of their family one last time.

Some patients even want to have one last visit to the casino!

The foundation was started in the Netherlands, but it has become so popular that it has spread to other nations like Germany, Israel, Brazil, England, Japan, and Ecuador.

“The Ambulance Wish Foundation shows that people who are terminally ill and bed-ridden can have joy, even if they are sometimes so ill that they pass away on the same day or as in many cases a few days later,” said founder and director Kees Veldboer. “Our foundation adds a quality of life to last days.”

What a wonderful charity! We would love to see this foundation open up a branch in the United States!

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