Simple Needs

Thanks to the generosity of Angie’s Angels, we were able to grant the simple needs wishes of 32 residents of Garden Spring Center in Willow Grove. Angie’s Angels brightened the holidays for these residents by granting their wishes for simple items such as chocolates, sweatshirts, an UNO card game and coloring books and crayons. Angie’s…

Many long term care facilities have a limited budget for their activities departments.  It can be challenging to find ways to keep their seniors connected and stimulated, especially during this pandemic. The residents at Palm Garden wish to have some new large print reading books, some hand held radios and seven tablets. The tablets would not only…

Ella Mae Smith, a resident of Pittsburgh, will have her simple wish for coloring books, word search books, colored pencils and mystery novels granted, thanks to our Allegheny County chapter. Ella Mae, who is 94, lives on her own in senior housing and is homebound. To pass the time and keep her mind off her…

Betty Carstens, a resident of Marian Oaks Assisted Living in Ocala, had her wish for an AM/FM stereo headset granted. Betty, 97, is legally blind and cannot watch TV. She loves listening to music but does not have a radio in her room. Having her own headset will allow her to listen to music and…

Lewis Bauer, 67, a resident of Pittsburgh, PA, recently had his wish for a lift chair granted by our Allegheny County chapter. Lewis is often in a great deal of pain and has difficulty getting up out of his chair. Having a lift chair will greatly improve his quality of life.

Gloria Lindley, a resident of Mattoon, Illinois, had her wish for eSight  granted, thanks to Twilight Wish Foundation and the Mattoon Lions Club. Gloria, 79, has been losing her sight to macular degeneration for a long time. Without an assistive device, she has a visual acuity of 20/400 in both eyes. With eSight 4, a…

Marian McAndrew, a resident of Garden Spring Center in Willow Grove, recently had her wish for an Android tablet granted. Mariann loves to borrow the social services tablet at her nursing facility to use for entertainment but, because there are so many residents that also need to use it for telehealth appointments, there is limited…

Fran Kueshner, a resident of Bethel Park, had her simple wish for a canopy for her wheelchair granted, thanks to our Allegheny County chapter. Kueshner, 77, has osteoporosis and osteoarthritis and is confined to a wheelchair. She lives near the Montour Trail and loves to ride her motorized wheelchair there several times a day to…

Marta Konzier, 71, a resident of Pittsburgh, PA, recently had her wish for a lift chair granted by our Allegheny County chapter. Konzier is unable to sleep in her bed because of extreme back and leg pain, so she’s been sleeping on her couch. She lives alone and couldn’t afford the cost of a lift…

Headquarters staff here at Twilight Wish Foundation delivered 75 handmade stuffed bears to the residents in the memory care section of Majestic Oaks nursing home in Warminster. The “Good Bears of Pine Run” were made with love by The Villagers of Pine Run Community in Doylestown.

Lois George, 98, a resident of Philadelphia, PA, recently had her wish for hearing aids granted, thanks to Twilight Wish. George is very independent and still lives on her own, but needed hearing aids. Living on a fixed income, she could not afford them herself. Her social worker nominated her and wrote “her independence is…

Bucks County nonprofits Twilight Wish Foundation and Between Friends Outreach partnered to grant the wishes of two Perkasie seniors in need. JoAnn Suttle, 73, and Pauline Harris, 79, are neighbors who both have several diseased elm trees on their properties that could fall at any moment, which would destroy their homes at the least, according…