Three Wishes for Ruby's Residents

Three Wishes for Ruby's Residents We are a youth-led organization that fulfills small wishes to nursing home seniors across America.

One resident we visit spent decades growing her own food. What she didn’t eat fresh, she canned herself. Kept the family...
06/18/2026

One resident we visit spent decades growing her own food. What she didn’t eat fresh, she canned herself. Kept the family fed all year.

Today, she lives in a nursing home and depends on a small monthly allowance for everything extra she needs.

When we bring her fresh fruit, she doesn’t just see fruit.

She sees her old garden. She tells us about the hot summers, spending the afternoons shelling peas and canning vegetables.

She is one of the many reasons we work so hard to provide fresh fruit and vegetables to nursing home residents during the summer months.

It’s what they know. It’s their comfort food.

What fresh food from your childhood would you miss the most?

06/16/2026

Just Parker doing what Parker does.

Today she packed blessing bags for seniors in a low-income retirement community.

Every bag is filled with practical items so they can make it through the month.
We pack the essentials, pet food, ready-to-eat meals, treats and a reminder that someone cares.

The blessing bags are just one small part of what happens here. And a reminder of what fixed income really means.

Five days a week, our doors are open. We answer calls, deliver wishes, help seniors with basic needs, connect volunteers and work to make sure no one feels forgotten.

When someone calls us for help, we don’t start with reasons we can’t. We start by looking for a way we can.

No red tape. No forms. Just us helping seniors in long-term care.

Most nursing home residents in Arkansas receive just $40 per month for personal needs. It’s less than $50 in 28 states. ...
06/15/2026

Most nursing home residents in Arkansas receive just $40 per month for personal needs. It’s less than $50 in 28 states.

Not per week.

Per month.

A haircut.
Sensodyne toothpaste bc that is the kind she needs.
A six-pack of Diet Coke.
A tube of lipstick. (economy brand for sure)
Enough birdseed for a feeder outside her window. She dreams of the “good” blend.

The birdseed may seem unnecessary.

But when you’re 77 years old and spend most of your day in one room, watching birds outside your window is the best part of your day.

Her birdseed comes from the same $40 allowance. She likes to keep it full.

There isn’t much room in a $40 budget for comfort, dignity or simple joys.

What would you skip this month?

Thank you for helping us fill these gaps.
Hit that donate button. $5 can go a long way.
Link to our Amazon list

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3MQ1S89BENZIG?ref_=wl_share

06/12/2026

Met a hero today.
I think he was 9.
He donated his art to seniors in the nursing home.
You know the seniors put these on their fridge, doors and walls? They don’t care if it was their grandson or not. It makes the bare walls in their room say “You ARE loved”.
End of story.
Hero.

06/09/2026

Let me show you my favorite people..

She remembers when Splenda first came out. That seems wild to me. She said she used the “pink packet” for years. She sai...
06/07/2026

She remembers when Splenda first came out. That seems wild to me.

She said she used the “pink packet” for years. She said it was better for her than sugar (she’s diabetic) but she thought the yellow one tasted so much better.
It changed her coffee.
No aftertaste.

She talks of Splenda like it was a dietary miracle in the 1990s.

And for the last 2-3 decades, that’s how she takes her coffee. Coffee plus 2 yellow packets.

Now she lives in a nursing home.

When it’s available at her nursing home, it goes fast. Sometimes there isn’t any left. Sometimes she feels bad taking 4 packets for her 2 cups of coffee.

So when we asked what would make her happy, she didn’t ask for much. “What are your 3 wishes?”

Just her own box of Splenda.

86 years old, one of life’s simple pleasures is still a cup of coffee made exactly the way she likes it.

A box of Splenda and a perfect cup of coffee for a LONG time. Wish fulfilled.

That’s all she wanted. Less than $5.

So many people like her in our nursing homes. We’d like to meet them all.

Loretta is 73.She lives in a nursing home.She doesn’t have family stepping in to buy the things most of us take for gran...
06/06/2026

Loretta is 73.
She lives in a nursing home.

She doesn’t have family stepping in to buy the things most of us take for granted, like a shirt.

When her clothes wear out, she can’t count on family to replace them.

So when we asked Loretta what she wished for, her answer wasn’t anything big.

It wasn’t expensive.

It wasn’t even unusual.

She simply wanted a new shirt.

That’s the part many people don’t realize.

Basic clothing isn’t a covered expense.
Read that again.
Basic clothing is not a covered expense in US nursing homes.

And for residents without family support, even shirts can become wishes.

This week, Loretta got her new shirt.
All it took was a text from the facility and it was done.

A simple wish.

A basic need.

A reminder that everyone deserves to feel comfortable, cared for and pretty

06/05/2026

Most people will never see what happens inside these walls. ❤️
Follow along as kids and seniors change each other’s lives, one small act of kindness at a time.

06/02/2026

One key.

One door.

Thousands of seniors waiting on the other side.

Today, we picked up the keys to our new Springdale office. This amazing space will help us reach more nursing home residents, deliver more wishes and connect more kids with seniors. They need to know they haven’t been forgotten.

Northwest Arkansas, we’re coming. ❤️

Address

102 W Stephenson Avenue
Harrison, AR
72601

Telephone

(870) 517-5353

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