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Fulfilled Wishes
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< 1 min readRoger Whitaker, a resident of Hatfield, Pennsylvania, had his wish to sail on a wind-driven sailing ship one more time granted. Whitaker, 82, enlisted in the Navy at 17 years of age, which is where his love of the sea began. Since then, he has lived and worked at sea all throughout his life. He…
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< 1 min readBarry Greco, a resident of Pompano Beach, Florida, had his wish to “get his smile back”recently granted. A few years ago, Greco was in a major accident which left him reliant on a wheelchair to get around. In addition, he fell and broke several of his teeth. Because of COVID and a compromised immune system,…
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< 1 min readLaura Knight, 83 and a resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, had her wish for a lift chair granted. Knight has several medical issues and cannot stand up on her own. She desperately needed a lift chair but could not afford one on her own. Knight was very active in her building on the resident council. She…
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< 1 min readDonna Amini, 76 and a resident of Verona, Pennsylvania, had her wish for a reclining lift chair granted, thanks to our Allegheny County chapter. Amini needs a recliner to sleep in because she cannot lie flat, but her old chair no longer worked. Because she lives on a fixed income, she could not afford a…
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< 1 min readMary Pat Weimer, 86 and a resident of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, had her wish for a new mattress and box springs granted, thanks to our Westmoreland County, PA chapter. Weimer’s old mattress is old and too soft; her back hurts in the morning after sleeping on it. She volunteered throughout her life including in her church…
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< 1 min readClaire Medvec, a resident of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, had her wish for a new mattress and box springs granted by our Westmoreland County chapter. Medvec’s old mattress was very old and springs could be felt protruding from it. Because she lives on a fixed income, she could not afford to replace it on her own.
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< 1 min readAnne Martinich, 93, a resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, had her wish for a vacuum cleaner, a Pittsburgh Steelers sweatshirt and word search books granted, thanks to our Allegheny County chapter. She was thrilled to have her wish granted!
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< 1 min readResidents of low-income senior housing Barnum Housing in Bridgeport, Connecticut had their wish for a ferry ride granted, thanks to our Connecticut chapter. Many of the residents only leave their apartments for errands or doctor appointments so being treated to a trip on the water was a nice treat for them. They took the ferry…
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< 1 min readCharlene Gulley, 81, a resident of Crosby, Texas, recently had her wish to go to an Astros game granted, thanks to our Houston chapter. Gulley lives on her own in senior low-income housing. She has been disabled since she was a child and her constant companion is her small dog, Tinkerbelle, who sits on her…
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< 1 min readOur Houston, Texas chapter recently granted Melvin Charlot’s wish to meet boxers Jermell and Jermall Charlo. Charlot was battling stage 4 pancreatic and colon cancer and was in hospice. On the day he was supposed to meet the brothers, Charlot sadly passed away. Despite her grief, his wife, Barbara and their children, still met with…
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< 1 min readLeo Marchand, a resident of South Shore Rehabilitation in Rockland, Massachusetts, had his wish to have dinner with his family at a nearby restaurant granted. Marchand, 75, is a Navy veteran and current resident of South Shore Rehabilitation. He and his wife were driven in style in a limousine to dinner at Stockholders Steakhouse where…
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< 1 min readJoyce Blakely, a resident of Gainesville, Texas, had her wish to attend her family reunion recently granted. Blakely, 86, is a widow and lives on her own. She wished to attend her family reunion as she hadn’t seen many of her family members in over ten years. Blakely had always been very independent and involved…