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December 1, 2025 • 11 mins

We grant a Christmas wish to a family who's mother passed away right before the holidays. Thanks to Treasure Island Resort & Casino and Holiday Station Stores.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's a different magic of the holidays. Dave Ryan's Christmas
Wish Wow.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Here we are back again Christmas Wish on KDWB. We've
been doing this for I think we're in year number
thirty three Wow of Christmas Wish and we've raised millions
of dollars over the years, we've given out millions of
dollars and I haven't kept track of the year. Don't
don't quote me on that, but I'm going to guess
it's probably right up around a million dollars or more

(00:27):
if you add it all up. And thanks to the
generosity of everybody who helps out. There are people who
don't even get plugs on the radio. They'll be like, Hey,
I work over here. We're gonna send you guys this.
We're gonna help out with this because people just want
to find somebody to help. It's like we want to
want to do good, and here's your opportunity to do good.
We're gonna do something right now on KTWB. But first
we got to check in with our boy Brandon. Is

(00:49):
he on the top line over here? Yes, Brandon?

Speaker 1 (00:51):
Is that you morning?

Speaker 2 (00:53):
Look who's back in action with College muscle Movers. How
how have you been Brandon in the last twelve months.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
Can't blame overall.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
Yeah, new family members, new pet, powerball win, anything like that. Well,
I'll just great overhaul things I have already.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
So oh, Brandon, you are the best.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
Thanks for helping us out College Muscle Movers helps us
with the delivery of the Christmas wish. Yes, and we're
we're doing something a little bit different. We've actually got
the wish e on the phone right now.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
Page. Are you with me?

Speaker 3 (01:28):
Yeah, I'm here a page.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
It's Dave Ryan over at KTWB. We called you a
minute ago and said, hey, can we put you on
the radio.

Speaker 1 (01:34):
Well what for?

Speaker 2 (01:35):
And we said, we'll tell you when we get you
on the radio. Have you got a few minutes, Page, Yeah, okay, good.
I got an email from your friend Carrie. Who is
Carrie to you?

Speaker 4 (01:51):
Cherrie is my uh that is my aunt, your aunt Carrie.

Speaker 1 (01:56):
Okay.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
So she wrote in and she told us why you
might be a good recipient for Christmas wish. And she
wrote the following letter. If you got a minute, I'm
going to read this to you. Page okay. Of course
I am nominating Page for a special Christmas wish because
she is an extraordinary eighteen year old who's carried a
lifetime of responsibility on her shoulders with a heart full

(02:19):
of love. When I hired her three months ago as
a shift manager, she immediately showed a rare mix of leadership, maturity,
and genuine compassion. She lifted her team up, took pride
in her work, and always stepped into help without hesitation.
As I got to know her more, she opened up
about the role she played at home, picking her younger
siblings up from school, cooking for them, helping her mom,

(02:40):
bringing them to doctor appointments, doing whatever she could to
help out. Page has always been the kind of person
who gives and gives, and gives quietly, humbly, without expecting
anything in return. The day before her world shattered, Paige
and her mother were excitedly planning Christmas presents for the
kids and looking forward to Thinks Giving. They were full

(03:01):
of hope, talking about how special the holidays would be.
The very next day, while Paige was at work cleaning
and preparing the store for the dinner rush with her
usual positive spirit, she received the call that changed her
life forever. I washed her break into pieces in front
of me, her whole world collapsing in seconds. Yet, even
in her pain, the very first words out of her
mouth were about her siblings. Do the kids know? Are

(03:24):
they okay? Her instinct was still to protect them before herself.
She rushed to the hospital, only to be told that
she was the one who had to speak for her mother,
make the arrangements, and face the unimaginable reality of losing
the person she relied on most. Beneath her brave face
is a young woman who is tired, scared, and grieving deeply.

(03:45):
You remember that phone call? Yes, what was the news
when you answered the phone? What was the news?

Speaker 4 (03:56):
Oh? I got called my grandfather and I heard, Hey,
my mom's in the hospital.

Speaker 3 (04:03):
What happened? Is she okay?

Speaker 4 (04:05):
And the first thing he told me was she collapsed,
said that she was rushed to the hospital and.

Speaker 3 (04:14):
She was on.

Speaker 1 (04:16):
It just kind of out of the blue.

Speaker 2 (04:19):
Yeah, So she had seemed reasonably healthy and then just.

Speaker 1 (04:25):
Gone, Yeah, she was.

Speaker 4 (04:27):
A little sick.

Speaker 3 (04:29):
But like in the letter, it said, just the night
before we were talking, she was fine, she was laughing,
and then I got the call at work. It was random,
it was unexpected.

Speaker 2 (04:46):
The letter goes on to say, since that heartbreaking moment,
page just carried responsibilities no teenager should ever have to
face alone. She is planning her mother's services while stepping
into the role of primary caregiver for your four younger
sis blings, two of whom are autistic, fighting through overwhelming grief,
financial strain, and the fear of the unknown. When did

(05:08):
Mom pass?

Speaker 3 (05:10):
She has on excuse me Friday the.

Speaker 2 (05:13):
Twenty first, So just just ten days ago, so a
week ago Friday. Yes, she is trying to hold her
family together with nothing but her strength or love and determination.
Granting Paige and siblings of Christmas wish would bring a
ray of hope into the darkest time of her life

(05:35):
and remind Paige that she is not alone, that her
strength has not gone unnoticed, and that she deserves comfort,
support and a moment of peace. And that is from Carrie.
So are you familiar at all, Paige with Katiewb's Christmas Wish?

Speaker 3 (05:50):
Not at all known?

Speaker 1 (05:51):
Some people are, some people aren't.

Speaker 2 (05:54):
Christmas Wish is something we do every year for thirty
This is the thirty third year. I believe where we
find somebody who threw no fault of their own, is
just going through something really tough. Sometimes it's financial sometimes
it's just heartbreaking. Sometimes they just need some good news.
What's that shabboozy song?

Speaker 1 (06:10):
Good news? Just need some good news, need some good news.

Speaker 2 (06:13):
We've got some good news for you. We've got We've
got some things for your family that we've got Canaan
who is four, Cash who is nine, Chase who is
his twin, also nine, Carmen who is twelve, and then
there's you that I.

Speaker 1 (06:27):
Get all the names right.

Speaker 2 (06:29):
Yes, we have things for you guys, just to kind
of brighten the spirit a little bit and help out
a little bit financially. Let's start off with Caanaan. Canaan
is four years old. So we got them some cool stuff.
We got them a pair of light up Spider Man
sneakers because kids love those things. Yes, we got them
some cool clothes, some different squish mellows. Kids love squish
mellows because they're squishy. They're squishy.

Speaker 3 (06:49):
We love squish mellows.

Speaker 2 (06:51):
Lie, we got we got a bed full of these things.
It's gonna be awesome. We got a mini place based
ballpit and an iPad so he can watch whatever he
wants to watch.

Speaker 1 (07:01):
What's he watching? Bluey Paw Patrol.

Speaker 4 (07:04):
At the moment it's toy story in Majana.

Speaker 1 (07:06):
Oh great choice, Yeah, great choice.

Speaker 3 (07:08):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (07:08):
Okay, Now remember we're talking to an eighteen year old
who is now taking care of all these people, all
these kids. Cash is a twin for cash we've got
he's nine. We got him This says an Nintendo sixty
with Super Smash Brothers and Mario Kart. I don't know
what a Nintendo sixty is. I think they might mean

(07:29):
a switch. I think I don't know what a Nintendo
sixty is, but we've got well, maybe Nintendo sixty four
is twenty five year old. So I'm sure we didn't
get you one of those. They probably they probably typed.

Speaker 1 (07:44):
It up wrong.

Speaker 2 (07:44):
Nintendo girl, you're getting a Nintendo for cash, two para Nikes,
some clothes, and a race car track with toy cars included.

Speaker 1 (07:51):
Could we heard he's into that stuff?

Speaker 3 (07:53):
Uh?

Speaker 2 (07:54):
For Chase, who is his twin, also nine years old?
Where are the kids right now?

Speaker 1 (07:59):
Anywhere? They they're with you? Not at the.

Speaker 4 (08:02):
Moment, they are still instead Okay, one of them are
with their grandfathers.

Speaker 1 (08:07):
Okay, gotcha.

Speaker 2 (08:09):
For Chase, your the twin, we got him a fifty
dollars Rollblocks gift card. And a new bike, and some
clothes and some sneakers. Carmen is your twelve year old, right, yes, Carmen,
We've got Nike sneakers, the five trendy lounge wear outfits.
We got a Fuzzy Fuzzy pink blanket and a twelve

(08:29):
days of Kylie Cosmetics Advent calendar. Twelve days of Kylie.

Speaker 1 (08:33):
Okay.

Speaker 2 (08:34):
For Chase and Carmen both wanted to PlayStation, so you're
you're gonna get a PlayStation five with games, so that's
pretty dope.

Speaker 1 (08:44):
Wow.

Speaker 2 (08:45):
Okay, and for you, we got you some stuff too,
because you've got so much on your plate right now.
We got some sneakers, we got some clothes. We got
a black, boneless slim couch delivered by Amazon, and a
comforter set from Amazon that'll be coming. And then for
the family holiday, Station Stor has heard about you guys,

(09:05):
we got one hundred and one dollar gas station gift card.
Broadway Pizza is giving everybody with a Christmas wish this
year a one hundred dollars Broadway.

Speaker 1 (09:13):
Pizza gift card.

Speaker 2 (09:14):
Broadway, You've got five and including you, is it five
hungry mouths to feed. We're gonna give you a three
hundred dollars cub Foods gift card.

Speaker 1 (09:25):
We got a bunch of other fun stuff.

Speaker 2 (09:27):
Toilet paper you never have enough toilet paper now, toothbrushes, toothpas, loofahs,
just some fun stuff including a cookie making kit, just
to help out and make your Christmas a little bit,
a little bit easier, if I can use that word.
But I think one of the things is to let
you know that so many people are rooting for you,

(09:47):
and so many people are pulling for you and just
want you to know that you're loved, appreciated and cared
for and not alone and not alone, right.

Speaker 3 (09:57):
Thank you.

Speaker 4 (09:58):
I've definitely had a lot of support with this. My
mom was a very My mom was really out there
who once told her she was the life of the party.
A lot of new faces came around, which was really nice,
even if it was just for a nice little here's
our condolences.

Speaker 2 (10:14):
Yeah, well, I know that you're still The grieving process
is a long and hard process, and it comes in waves.
Sometimes you're doing okay and other times you're just you're destroyed,
and it comes in waves. And I can't imagine losing
your mom when you're eighteen years old, and what you're
going through and what you're the struggles that you will face,

(10:37):
you know, in the years ahead, struggles and joys. It's
not all going to be struggles. There'll be a lot
of joys in there too. But we wanted to help
you out. And there's a guy near your front door.
He's from College Muscle Movers. His name is Brandon, and
he's going to come in and all of the deliverables
he's gotten for you, from the gift cards to the toys,
he's going to bring him.

Speaker 1 (10:54):
To your door.

Speaker 3 (10:54):
Okay, Page, Okay, I think I see him. We've really appreciated.

Speaker 4 (10:59):
Kids are of course bummed, and I feel like this
is going to make things turn around a little bit.

Speaker 1 (11:07):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (11:07):
You know, sometimes I like to say, no hill goes
up forever. So here's a plateau for you, maybe a
little bit of a downhill for you. So enjoy as
much as you can your Christmas and your holidays and
all of the things that are coming with your Christmas wish.

Speaker 1 (11:21):
All right, Page, of.

Speaker 4 (11:23):
Course, thank you guys so much. We really appreciate it.

Speaker 2 (11:27):
Thank you, And that is our first Christmas wish on
Katie W.
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