Please Note: Twilight Wish Foundation is registered in Pennsylvania as a nonprofit corporation and is a public charity exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations made to grant open wishes are tax deductible. Twilight Wish Foundation will make every effort to ensure that donated funds go to the wish of your choice. If this is not possible, we will apply the funds to the most urgent and similar wish open at the time. Twilight Wish Foundation has final decision-making authority over the use of all donations.
Carol, S., 77, Bethel Park, PA
/in Fulfilled Wishes/by TWF Site AdministratorCarol’s wish was to visit her grandchildren in Rochester, NY. In June of 2009, Carol traveled to Rochester courtesy of Continental Airlines. She celebrated her granddaughter’s 16th birthday and was able to attend her grandson’s high school graduation.
Joe B., 83, St. Clairsville, OH
/in Fulfilled Wishes/by TWF Site AdministratorJoe served in the U.S. Army for 12 years, and his wish was to travel back to Normandy, France.
Joe became a parachutist with the 101st Airborne and took part in Operation Overlord, the combined airborne and amphibious assault on the Normandy coastline of France during World War II. After his discharge, Burch served as Commander of his American Legion Post, working with veterans to help them receive their benefits. Burch has helped provide wheelchairs, crutches, walkers, beds, mattresses, anything veterans might need.
Now 84 years old, he is known throughout his nursing home for his kindness and willingness to help others. Volunteer Steve Tambone worked tirelessly to raise awareness and funding for this wish. In addition, many generous organizations and individuals donated money to make this wish come true.
Burch and his former social worker, Cecilia, traveled courtesy of Continental Airlines to Normandy, France on Veterans Day 2009.
Deborah R., 73, Tucson, AZ
/in Fulfilled Wishes/by TWF Site AdministratorOne of the few pleasures Deborah has is to watch television at night before she goes to sleep. She finds it relaxes her and keeps her caught up on current events. The small television she had no longer worked after the conversion to digital. Twilight Wish Foundation’s Arizona Chapter presented Deborah with a small digital television in September 2009.
Alice E., 74, Philadelphia, PA
/in Fulfilled Wishes/by TWF Site AdministratorAlice’s stove has not worked in three years. A mother of 12, Alice worked hard to raise her children alone. Her daughter wrote that “if it wasn’t for my mother, I don’t know how we all would have made it to be adults.” She wanted to do something that would make her mother smile again. The gas stove was generously donated by Yona and Jonathan Beller in June 2008.
Vernon F., 80, Lawrence, MA
/in Fulfilled Wishes/by TWF Site AdministratorVernon, a double amputee, has lived in the nursing home for nine years with few, if any visitors. He never married, so his only family was his two Great Danes who made him feel loved and needed. His wish was to have one more visit with some Great Danes at the nursing home.
Thanks to two great local organizations, Service Dog Project, Inc., of Ipswich, MA, and Above & Beyond Great Dane Rescue of Maine & New Hampshire, this wish was granted on May 13, 2008 at his nursing home. Each organization brought two gentle and well-behaved Great Danes to visit with the residents.
Vernon’s visit with these gentle giants was something he had been looking forward to since he found out his wish would be granted.
Bobbie Joe, 75, Southampton, NJ
/in Fulfilled Wishes/by TWF Site AdministratorBobbie Joe dreamed of flying in a fighter jet. Bobbie served in the Army for 21 years and was stationed all over the globe, including Korea and two tours of Vietnam.
On 4/19/08, Bobbie’s wish to fly came true when he flew in a restored L-39 jet with pilot Allen H. Smith III.
Ted L., 77, Naples, FL
/in Fulfilled Wishes/by TWF Site AdministratorTed grew up on a sailboat and wished to sail on one again. Ted receives little income, lives in a donated trailer, and does odd jobs collecting aluminum cans to earn money. This wish was granted by our Florida Chapter and Peter Welles, owner of the boat, who also teaches sailboat lessons at a sailing school in Fort Myers, Florida.
Residents of Sunbridge Rehabilitation, Folkston, GA
/in Fulfilled Wishes/by TWF Site AdministratorSeventy one (71) residents of Sunbridge Rehabilitation, in Folkston, GA., were given clothing and other personal care items courtesy of Twilight Wish Foundation and the Hatboro, PA. branch of NGA, Inc.
NGA distributes new clothing to needy residents.
Joan F., 72, New York
/in Fulfilled Wishes/by TWF Site AdministratorJoan was widowed at 49 and raised her mentally handicapped son alone. She has battled liver, gall bladder, and bladder cancer and is presently cancer-free. Joan has wanted a computer for years but could not afford one. She felt as if the world was passing her by.
Joan wished for a laptop computer, and her wish was granted by the Long Island, New York Chapter in August 2008.
Mavis W., 92, Pittsburgh, PA
/in Fulfilled Wishes/by TWF Site AdministratorAt 92 years of age, Mavis still plays the autoharp and piano and enjoys entertaining others. Born in Jamaica, she often performed in church missions, hospitals and jails, thriving on the joy she brought to others.
After moving to the U.S. in the early 1970s, she continued her musical career, playing the piano, accordion, and pipe organ for various churches, nursing homes and community organizations. Mavis wished for an autoharp so that she could continue sharing her gift of music with others.
Our Western Pennsylvania Chapter presented Mavis with a new autoharp at a luncheon in her honor in December 2007.