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Welcome to the Winter 2007-2008 edition of “Shining Moments,” where we have an opportunity to give you an update on our wishes, ideas, articles, happenings and events.

“I’ve got to be doing something. I’m not going to wind up a couch potato,” he said with a smile.

Since moving in with his daughter Bonnie Andersen and her husband Jerry, he’s been filling his days with handyman jobs around the Tinley Park house, fixing things and enjoying a few games of pool, thanks to some help from the Twilight Wish Foundation.

By Rhonda Bodfield Bloom
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 12.14.2007

The wishes of a dozen seniors at one Midtown elder-care center were achingly simple when volunteers asked a few weeks ago what one thing would make them the happiest.

Helen Phillips, 88, settled immediately on a manicure and a new dress for Christmas. The perfect dress would be blue or green, with a touch of white on the collar or sleeve. "That's class," she explained.

Leo Ross, 85, wanted a coat because his two sweaters weren't keeping out the chill.

Twilight Wish is pleased to introduce this program designed to directly involve the community in reaching out and thanking deserving seniors.

We feel it is our duty to honor and respect our elders in their twilight years, so we have created our Diner Unexpected Thank You (DUTY) program.

Based on founder Cass Forkin’s personal experience and her reason for founding Twilight Wish Foundation in 2003, this pilot program is designed to spontaneously thank a senior for all they have done for others by treating them to a meal.

By Mary McGlasson

Olney resident Rus Hammond recently saw his father experience the fulfillment of a decades-old dream, and he now hopes to help others experience the same thing.

Spatial problem dream overcome with hit

By Dave Moller, davem@theunion.com
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12:01 a.m. PT Sep 21, 2007

You can call her "Slugger" now because Muffin Letham finally hit the ball.

Cass Forkin was a guest of honor and was awarded an Oscar for her work with the elderly by the C.W. and Marjorie Schrenk Family Foundation at their annual gala called “A Night at the Oscars” held at Arthur’s Catering in Southampton, PA on Saturday, October 6, 2007. Mary Forkin, Cass’ sister, accompanied her for the evening and actively participated in the silent auction. 250 attendees.

Jen Kaiser, Twilight Wish Volunteer, and Lori Ammon, Twilight Wish Board Member did a table presentation at the Family Caregiver Expo held on October 8, 2007 at the Radisson Hotel Philadelphia Northeast from 10am til 3pm.

Written By: Helen Hunter, ACSW, CMSW

Throw out non-essential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

Keep learning. Learn more about computers, crafts, gardening or anything else that you always wanted to learn, but never had the time for when you were busy working and raising a family. Never let the brain idle.

Twilight Wish Foundation featured in People Magazine

Twilight Wish Foundation featured in the Naples Sun Times

Twilight Wish granted to Neapolitan senior
By: Martin Miron


Encore Senior Village assisted living center, an Alzheimer's Community, played host to the Twilight Wish Foundation, Thurs., May 3, when Denise Reid, affectionately known as "Miss Denise", received the life-enhancing gift of dental work from a national organization dedicated to giving seniors' golden years a silver lining.