Adopt a Grandfriend
Meet Harold
Get to know Harold before you make the commitment of a lifetime (or at least a monthly subscription).
Harold Buchanan
91 years old
📍 Meadowbrook Care Center, Austin, TX
Monthly sponsorship
$50/month
📋 About Harold
Harold is a retired engineer who once designed a bridge that is still standing in Iowa. He now applies the same precision to tracking the weather, which he insists is 'more of a science than meteorologists admit.'
Harold's Story
The following is a transcript of Harold telling their story in their own words.
“Now that bridge I built in '58, the Hawkeye Overpass, they said it couldn't be done with that soil composition but I said watch me... and speaking of watching, my dog Biscuit — this was 1962 — he used to sit on the porch and watch the cars go by and one time he... hold on, do you feel that? Barometric pressure's dropping. It's gonna rain by Thursday, I can feel it in my left knee. Where was I? Biscuit. Or the bridge. One of those fell down eventually but I can't remember which. Biscuit was a good dog though.”
— Harold, 91 years old
💬 What Harold Says About Having a Sponsor
“My grandfriend sends me birthday cards. I show them to my doctor every appointment. He says it's not medically relevant but I think it absolutely is. My blood pressure has been excellent.”
🧡 Adopt Harold
⚠️ Liability Agreement & Assumption of Risk
By adopting Harold, you acknowledge and accept full personal liability for any and all damages, disruptions, or consequences that Harold may bring about to their environment as a result of this adoption. This includes, but is not limited to:
- • Property damage from competitive board game incidents
- • Emotional distress caused to other residents via superior bingo performance
- • Unsanctioned facility redecorating or furniture rearrangement
- • Excessive storytelling leading to missed meal times
- • Thermostat-related conflicts
- • Any and all feuds, rivalries, or "incidents" that Harold may instigate
- • Mysterious disappearance of communal pudding cups
Adopt-A-Grandfriend, its affiliates, partners, and the nursing facility assume absolutely no responsibility for the actions, opinions, competitive behavior, or general shenanigans of adopted grandfriends. You adopt at your own risk.
⚠️ Important Notice: Adopt-A-Grandfriend is a sponsorship program. By participating, you acknowledge full liability for any and all damages your adopted grandfriend may bring about to their environment. This includes, without limitation, interpersonal disputes, competitive game-related incidents, unauthorized craft projects, and strongly worded opinions about the weather. We love our grandfriends, but we cannot be held responsible for them.