April 4, 2025

Dear Friends,

Welcome to the Fortunate Blessings Foundation’s website. Whether you’ve visited before or this is your first time, you may be wondering what we’re up to ….

Quite unexpectedly, our ongoing activities over the past few years were temporarily paused due to pandemic restrictions and urgent family needs. We closed our physical offices and limited on-the-ground response to areas experiencing natural disasters though we continued to provide financial aid to many of those impacted who lost their homes.  We will respond to various inquiries about classes, seminars, retreats, training, and end-of-life concerns whenever possible, moderating webinars and trainings in many areas. During the past three years, we established scholarships at several local community colleges for matriculating students suffering hardships.

While things are changing fast and we do look different, the good news is we’re back! We will be updating this website, reformatting many of our initiatives and reviewing the status of our board of directors as we actively expand our advisory network and affiliation with other like-minded non-profits. Please note: Links to other pages are under construction -- please bear with us!

Among the new efforts in the works are:

  • Additional $1,000 Scholarships to support students in need

  • Financial Support for Disaster Victims

  • Underwriting ongoing Research on ME/CFS and Long COVID Efforts

  • Further Development of PLAYshop Curriculum to like-minded partners

  • Sponsorship and Education for End-of-Life Training in “The Five Wishes”

  • Collaborative Efforts with local hospitals and Community College Hospitality Programs for “Food As Medicine” programs

We hope you will consider supporting our efforts as we look forward to resuming activities both in the US and globally. Please feel free to email us for further information. To limit expenses to only those most essential for all concerned, we have discontinued online donations; however, all donations in support of our work made via a check sent to the address listed below are fully tax-deductible. Donors will receive a formal acknowledgment in appreciation of your tax-deductible support. We continue our work as a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation.

With gratitude and fortunate blessings to you and yours,

William Spear

Founder and Executive Director