Reader’s Digest
EVERYDAY HEROES
8 september 2019 | rd.com
Kindness
Genie
A sixth grader brings
joy to seniors by granting
their most sincere wishes
By Claire NowakI
f you could have any three things,
what would you want?”
Eleven-year-old Ruby Kate Chitsey
loves asking that question, but it’s not a
game she plays at recess. She asks it at
nursing homes in the Harrison, Arkansas,
area, where she lives. Even more amazing,
she then sets out to make the residents’
wishes come true.
Ruby Kate has long been close to older
folks. Her mother, Amanda Chitsey, is a
nurse practitioner who works at nurs-
ing homes in northwest Arkansas, and
Ruby Kate often tags along with her in the