Twilight Wish Moments: Dreams Are For Everyone with Mae Krier and the Business Professional Women (BPW) of PA

Twilight Wish Moments

Cass Forkin is both a passionate visionary and a businessperson who gets things done with her “We can do it” Rosie attitude. How fitting that our Twilight Wish Moments podcast kickoff features one of the original Rosie The Riveters, Mae Krier, and the important work of the BPW (Business Professional Women of PA).
In March 2002, while having lunch at a diner in Bucks County, PA, Forkin noticed several elderly women counting change to pay for their dinner bill. Forkin anonymously paid the bill for them. Their gratitude for her simple gesture inspired Forkin to found Twilight Wish Foundation on July 1st, 2003, the first national wish granting organization dedicated to serving the needs of the elderly. Forkin started a national movement with just $711 and a small, but dedicated group of people who believed in the cause.

Today, in our 18th year, Forkin continues to serve Twilight Wish as the Chairwoman of the Board and national public speaker. Twilight Wish has established 13 chapters throughout the U.S. and has granted nearly 4,000 wishes to deserving seniors, including 887 veterans from WWII and Vietnam and inspired a national and international movement. Twilight Wish brought awareness of the senior wish stories to hundreds of millions of people who learned about granting wishes to seniors. This seeded the movement to make our world a nicer place to age, one Twilight Wish at a time. Grassroots efforts to international change on a dime!

Recently, Forkin also helped our nation bring honor and recognition to the WWII “Rosie the Riveters” by creating the widespread marketing idea promoting the first National Rosie the Riveter Day celebrated March 21st, 2017, at the Lincoln Room in the Capitol Building in Washington DC. Rosies were invited onto the Memorial Day 2017 WWII parade float in Washington DC for the first time in history. “We can do it!” Forkin was honored to be part of that day and on that float with Mae Krier, Phyllis Gould and Elinor Otto, three original WWII Rosie the Riveters.

Since its inception, Twilight Wish grants approximately one wish every other day in our country and has inspired thousands of others to do the same. To honor and enrich the lives of seniors through wish granting celebrations that connect generations and treat the elderly with compassion, we restore their dignity and bring them hope.We also teach the younger generations the importance of respect and caring for those that paved the path for them and spread “brotherly love” throughout the world.
She was born and raised in Philadelphia and holds “brotherly love” as the key to winning the game of life. Forkin received her B.S. in accounting and her MBA in Healthcare Administration from LaSalle University in Philadelphia, PA.
For more information about the Twilight Wish Foundation and how you can get involved, visit their website https://twilightwish.org or call 877-TWF-WISH (877-893-9475)
For more information on BPW (Business Professional Women of PA) visit https://bpwpa.wildapricot.org
And to follow Mae Krier and her inspiring and tireless efforts to keep the movement to honor all Rosie The Riveters alive follow her and like her page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/honorrosie.