How can I help my sister, terrminal ALS (Lou Geehrig's disease) with
life expectancy of less than  2 years, fulfill her greatest wish of
meeting Steven Tyler of Aerosmith? She'll only be able travel for
about 4 months before being bed bound, so time  is obviously very
precious. If an actual meeting is laughable what is the liklihood of
Mr. Tyler phoning her?
My sister never asks for anything- she seems to only know how to give,
and I would love to help her dream come true. If nothing else is there
a "Make a Wish Foundation" for adults? If so how do I contact them? I need 
up to date information.

kenya1..

My deepest sympathies for what your sister and you are going through. 
I can't even begin to imagine the pain and heartache.  The fact that
you are doing all you can to make your sister's last days memorable is
admirable.

The Dream Foundation was founded 10 years ago because there were no
agencies that were designed to provide wishes for terminally ill
adults.  Their requirements are that the paricipants be 18 years or
older and have a life expectancy of 6 months or less.  I realize that
your sister has been given two years, but by starting the process now,
you may be able to have everything in place for her when the time does
come.  The contact information for The Dream Foundation:

Dream Foundation
621 Chapala St. Suite D
Santa Barbara, Ca. 93101
Phone: 805-564-2131
Fax: 805-564-7002
http://www.dreamfoundation.com/index.html

The application can be found at
http://www.dreamfoundation.com/request.html and requires Adobe Acrobat
Reader.

The Fairygodmother Foundation is a another organization that has been
established to provide wishes to terminally ill adults.  Their
requirements are the person be over 18 and are in their last year of
life.  They can be contacted at:

mailing address:
1341 West Fullerton Avenue, Box 179 
Chicago, Illinois 60614-2362

office address:
550 West Webster 
Chicago, Illinois 60614

phone: (773) 388-1160
fax: (773) 883-3656
info@fairygodmother.org
http://www.fairygodmother.org/

As for having Stephen Tyler visit, or at least call, there may be a
good chance of it happening as he has been involved with Make-a-wish,
the children's organization, before.  Visit this link,
http://www.rockthisway.de/news/news_august98.htm, and scroll down to
August 15, 1998.

You may want inquire directly to Aerosmith.  Here are some possible starts:

Columbia Records
Sony Music Online Services
550 Madison Ave, 24th Fl
New York, NY 10022-3211
http://www.sonymusic.com/about/feedback.cgi

Paradigm Talent
200 W 57th St Ste 900
New York, NY 10019
(212) 246-1030

I wish you luck in your quest.  Please let me know if you need any
additional clarification.

Regards,

-THV

Search Strategy:
Aerosmith
Stephen Perry "make a wish"
granting final wishes adult

Reference:
Paradigm to Acquire Monterey Peninsula Artists
http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=2510433

Thank you so  much, tar_heel_v! You've gone above nd  beyond with your
answers. Thanks for taking the tiime, and for your generositty of
spirit. I actually feel a flicker of optimism stirring, and it's been
awhile!  Peace to you and yours- kenya1

In addition to the leads provided by Tarheel v --

here is the number for Steven Tyler's personal manager:

Trudy Green
HK Management
 9200 Sunset Blvd. 
 Ste. 530 
 Los Angeles, CA 90069 
 United States 
  
 phone 310-550-5240

I hope she gets her wish!

Wow. When I posted here today for the first time I certainly didn't
expect so complete a response so early. Thank you, cryptica. You have
nothing to gain by offering more information, but you did so anyway.
And so generously! I'm really beginning to feel as if this could
happen! Peace to  you and yours- kenya1

kenya1..

Thank you for the kind words, the high rating and the generous tip.  I
am glad we were able to help and I truly hope it works out for you. 
Please let me know how things go!

-THV