Senior Wishes is Seeking Wish Applicants

Founded by the United Church Home Society, Senior Wishes strives to bring special moments to seniors across WNY by granting life enriching wishes for individuals 65+ with qualifying incomes or who permanently reside in a care facility. Seniors do not need a medical diagnosis to apply.

Senior Wishes has granted more than 460 wishes since 2014, including traveling to visit long missed family, attending a cultural or sporting event, or providing supplies or lessons to continue an abandoned hobby. Seniors must be unable to fulfill the wish on their own or with family assistance.

According to Wendy Miller Backman, Executive Director, “Senior Wishes exists because we realized that local seniors have activities they want to participate in or people they would like to see again, and they are unable to make this happen on their own. It is so rewarding to see a senior light up with joy at a wish granting, especially when it has been something they have wanted to do or someone they have wanted to see for years. We remind seniors they are not forgotten.”

Wish applicants must be 65+ and a resident of Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, or Wyoming counties with an annual income under $38,000 for a household of one or under $44,000 for a household of two. Permanent residents of care facilities are exempt from the income qualification. Applications may be found on our website:

www.seniorwishes.org, or by contacting us by phone (716)-508-2121. For more information about Senior Wishes, visit www.seniorwishes.org or call Executive Director, Wendy Backman at (716)- 508-2121.