Fulfilled Twilight Wishes

Roseanne Palka, a resident of Grundy Hall in Doylestown, PA, recently had her wish for an upwalker granted, thanks to funding received from The Provident Bank Foundation.  Palka, 72, has several medical conditions including arthritis and spinal stenosis.  Her doctor prescribed an upwalker, which because of it’s upright design, allows the user to maintain good posture while still providing support while walking. Unfortunately, Medicare doesn’t cover the cost of the upwalker.  Palka lives on a fixed income and can’t afford it on her own. Thanks to funding received from The Provident Bank Foundation, her wish was granted on July 19, 2018.

Thanks to several generous donors, we were able to grant Wilma’s wish to visit her daughter in North Carolina. Wilma lives in Pennsylvania and has not seen her daughter in over two years.  Her daughter is battling stage 3 breast cancer and is very sick and unable to travel. Because she lives on a fixed income, she could not afford the travel costs on her own.

Thanks to the generous students at the University of Nevada, Reno, we were able to grant the wish of Lois Glenn, 91, a resident of Reno, NV. Lois is very hard of hearing and needed an adaptive telephone with strobe lighting and a signaler device. Receiving this equipment will allow her to communicate with others more easily and participate more fully in her daily life. Lois is very active in the Reno Senior Center where she has been involved with the annual Senior Games and has played bean bag baseball for many years. In addition, over the years, she has made and donated many afghan blankets to the American Heart Association.