Fulfilled Wishes
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< 1 min readGloria 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…
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< 1 min readMarian 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…
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< 1 min readEvelyn Coleman, 65, a resident of Dallas, Texas, recently had her wish to attend a Dallas Cowboys game granted. Evelyn is an Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam and has been a volunteer with the Salvation Army since the 80s. She is lifelong, die hard Cowboys fan who is now battling metastatic colon cancer.…
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< 1 min readFran 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…
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< 1 min readMarta 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…
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< 1 min readHeadquarters 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.
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< 1 min readLois 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…
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< 1 min readBucks 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…
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< 1 min readJuanita Helmuth, a resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, had her wish to have the large fountain in her yard restored to working order granted, thanks to Twilight Wish Foundation. Helmuth, 86, has lived in her home for over 60 years. Her late husband built the fountain for her in their backyard years ago and they enjoyed…
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< 1 min readWilliam Dovalovsky, a resident of Monongahela, Pennsylvania, had his wish for hearing aids granted, thanks to Twilight Wish Foundation and Beltone in Washington, PA. Dovalovsky, 71, has muscular dystrophy and lives alone. Both of his hearing aids are broken and his glasses are over five years old. Because he lives on a fixed income, he…
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< 1 min readThe 88 residents of Greenleaf Nursing and Convalescent home in Doylestown had their simple needs wishes granted, thanks to Twilight Wish Foundation. The wishes granted included requests for stuffed animals, a birdhouse for a window, office supplies and a new belt. These wishes were granted thanks to generous donors who purchased items from a wish…
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< 1 min readWilliam has a neuropathy condition and is need of an electric wheelchair so he can comfortably get around. He has volunteered with many organizations in the past that include “Contact Pittsburgh” and the “Children’s Institute” and Presbyterian Senior Care.