Are you ever too old to make a wish? Senior wishes doesn’t think so. We grant life enriching wishes to seniors that fulfill a lifelong dream, reconnect someone with a loved one, engage them in a passion from long ago, or just provide them with something they are in need of.
1. A senior or nominator completes application and sends it to Senior Wishes
2. A staff person does a quick review and contacts applicant or nominator if more info is required
3. Application is reviewed by Wish Granting Committee - (bi-monthly)
4. Notification is made regarding wish decision
5. Wish granting process begins
Harold turned 100 in June, 2024 and became the first member of our Century Club!
Kaye had a birthday coming up and a very caring staff member at Elderwood Assisted Living in Hamburg was able to find out that more than anything, she wanted to visit the Zoo.
That's where Senior Wishes got involved!
Don had one wish......he hadn't sat on a FARMALL Tractor since he was 9 years old, when he used to help his neighbor. His wish was to sit on this tractor again.
Peggy's wish was to be able to ride a horse one more time. She expressed her wish to the listening ears of Jim, staff member at Elderwood Assisted Living in Hamburg.
Our Story
The Senior Wishes story began in 2013, when ideas were being discussed on how the UCHS might best serve the senior citizen population of Western New York. UCHS, founding company of Fox Run at Orchard Park and the United Church Manor in West Seneca, was looking for a program that could bring real value to the aged. Wendy Miller Backman had volunteered with a small wish program years earlier and began describing it to Mike Maloney, CEO of Fox Run Orchard Park and UCHS Inc. at that time. Mike and Wendy began a series of brain storming sessions and much research and realized that although there were a handful of these wish programs throughout the country, none existed in Western NY.
UCHS is proud to bring a new and unique program to Western New York! Senior Wishes enriches the lives of deserving seniors by granting them a meaningful wish. The goal of the program is to honor and recognize the lifelong contributions of Seniors and promote their quality of life by granting them a wish that brings them joy.
