Volunteer

About Us

About us:

“We grant dreams to critically and chronically ill children to the deserving children of our community."

In 1980, The Dream Factory began with one all-volunteer chapter in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Since then, The Dream Factory has grown into the second-largest children’s wish-granting organization in the United States.

The Dream Factory is the only children’s wish-granting organization that does not limit its mission to children who have life-threatening illness. The organization believes children with chronic illnesses and disorders also suffer from substantial emotional and physical pain. We strive to provide hope and relief from the trauma and corresponding stress and depression that both the children and their families can endure on a day-to-day basis. Doctors agree that providing a dream can improve the quality of life for these children and extend the life of a critically ill child.

Oregon Chapter

For children struggling with critical or chronic illnesses like diabetes, cystic fibrosis or cancer, the road may be all too short, and there is little time to realize such big dreams. The Dream Factory exists for them.

Since 1985, the Dream Factory of Oregon has remained dedicated to making dreams come true for critically or chronically ill children in Oregon and SW Washington. As a 100 percent volunteer organization, granting dreams is our mission, smiling children is our vision. And in more than two decades, our devoted volunteers and generous business supporters have created thousands of smiles. We are proud to say that more than 90 percent of the funds raised or donated to the Portland chapter of the Dream Factory remain right here, granting the dreams of deserving children in our community.

Dream Factory of Oregon grants dreams in all shapes and sizes.  Just last year we sent children to Disney World, helped a child who couldn't walk meet his hero Diego Valeri of the Timbers, bought an all terrain wheel chair for a child to go on outdoor adventures, sent a child to Hawaii on a family vacation and another child to Orlando to a Polynesian Resort. 

For children and their families who live each day not knowing what the future may bring, a dream granted brings a little ray of light, a little bit of hope and a lifetime of memories.