b'Helping the Frail ElderlyAll Over the USA DIGNITY AND COMFORTABLE MOBILITYThemissionoftheRoseArtFoundation 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 and a half years, LWD has bought and delivered 737 chairs to nursing homes throughout the USA (in Florida, New York, California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, 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 theirpatientsintoacomfortableposition.Thechairletsthembemorecomfortablewhen sitting for meals, physical therapy, napping or attending activities, and while spending quality time with their loved ones. The chair reduces their suffering and the humiliation of struggling to 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 $385 per chair versus the over $900 retail price.We have made more than $80,000 in grants (mostly challenge grants) to LWD in the last 5 yearswhichwasenoughtobuy278chairsbutbecausemostofourgrantswere Challenge Grants, we are responsible for improving the quality of life of more than 368 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 $1,925 per donor up to an aggregate of $19,250. That means any donor who designates $192.50 to this program will beresponsibleforamajorchangeinthequalityoflifeofasenior.$969retail,only $192.50 through HOTmore than5-to-1 leverage AND the knowledge you have helped a senior be more comfortable and retain his/her dignity. 36'