b'Helping the Frail ElderlyAll Over the USA DIGNITY AND COMFORTABLE MOBILITY ThemissionoftheRoseArtFoundation Living with Dignity (LWD) is to improve the qualityoflifeforthenon-ambulatoryby supplyingspeciallybuiltwheelchairsthatlook like a recliner chair on wheels. Theysupplypaddedwheelchairstoimmobile patientswhosufferfromdebilitatingdiseases, dementia, paralysis, stroke, or in some cases age- relatedinfirmitieswhomaybeboundto wheelchairsorbedriddenfortherestoftheir lives. Providing care for frail and infirmed seniors who are not ambulatory is extremely challenging. Spending almost the entire day in either a bed or a conventional wheel chair is both sad and depressing.In 5 years LWD has bought and delivered 664 chairs to nursing homes throughout the USA (inFlorida,NewYork,California,Maryland,Massachusetts,Michigan,NewJersey,and Washington DC) and to 3 Nurse Visiting Services for those aging in place. These chairs make it easier for aides and caregivers, for which there always seems to be a shortage, to get their patients into a comfortable position. The chair lets them be more comfortable when sitting for meals, physical therapy, napping or attending activities, and while spending quality time with theirlovedones.Thechairreducestheirsufferingandthehumiliationofstrugglingto transfer from bed to wheelchair, wheelchair to chair, back to wheelchair, and back to bed. Not only do these chairs allow for patient comfort and time-saving for staff, they allow the elderly to function with dignity. LWDhasnostaff,rent,oroverhead,andallthefundstheyreceiveareusedtopurchase recliners. Buying in bulk, LWD pays only $375 per chair versus the over $900 retail price.We have made $75,000 in grants (mostly challenge grants) to LWD in the last 4 1/2 years which was enough to buy 205 chairs but because most of our grants were Challenge Grants we are responsible for improving the quality of life of more than 295 seniors. HOT wants to encourage its donors to help buy 100 more chairs so it will match from its undesignated funds, any designated gifts up to a maximum of $1,875 per donor up to an aggregate of $18,750. That means any donor who designates $187.50 to this program will beresponsibleforamajorchangeinthequalityoflifeofasenior.$969retail,only $187.50 through HOTalmost5-to-1 leverage AND the knowledge you have helped a senior be more comfortable and retain his/her dignity.34'