RT Transitional Hope Charity Inc

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On 6/13/25, While working in the store on Friday….Another Older customer happened to come in using Oxygen tubes(Canula) for breathing. I asked him if he wanted more breathing tubes….but he thought i was going to charge him for it. I asked if i could gift it to him….he said ok. I still had Canula leftover to give away…….so I gave this nice gentleman a bag full of them on behalf of my Mom(Karen Tanaka) and RT Transitional Hope Charity. May this small donation make life a little easier.

On 5/25/25, a nice older woman came into the store using an oxygen concentrator(oxygen breathing machine). It brought back memories of my Mom….who had end stage COPD/Emphysema before she passed away in June 2023. While talking with this nice lady, I asked her if her Oxygen Canula Tubes(Nasal Tubes) were getting expensive. She said her insurance didn’t pay for all of it and she had to pay the left over copay out of pocket. I asked her if I could gift her something I had bought for my mom while she was alive that I had saved all this time. She said ok. On behalf of my Mom(Karen Tanaka) and RT Transitional Hope Charity……I gifted her bags of supplies for her Oxygen Concentrator and Nebulizer Machine to help with medical expenses 😊.