Provides hospitals and child-care facilities with therapeutic and recreational equipment, supports families with financial assistance to defray medical expenses, offers sick and needy children toys through the holiday season. Also fulfills patients wish lists throughout the year and assists sick and needy children in any capacity possible.

* Creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

Dream Foundation's Dreams for Veterans program serves our nation's terminally-ill military veterans and their families by bringing their final Dreams to life.

Works to provide wishes to children who have life-threatening illnesses.

Grants the wishes of children from ages 2 1/2 to 18 years who have been diagnosed with a life threatening medical condition. Serves Nassau County and the five boroughs on New York City.

Works to provide wishes to children who have life-threatening illnesses.

Works to provide wishes to children who have life-threatening illnesses.

Works to provide wishes to children who have life-threatening illnesses.

Make-A-Wish Central New York is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to granting life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses throughout the central portion of New York State

Provides opportunities to children with life-threatening diseases to fulfill a wish to help enhance the well being and enrich their life.

The volunteer program supports the work of the foundation which grants the wishes of children age 2 1/2 to 18 years, who have been diagnosed with a life threatening medical condition.

Works to provide wishes to children who have life-threatening illnesses.

Works to provide wishes to children who have life-threatening illnesses.

Invites a child to dream beyond the limitations of their life-threatening medical condition, and bring their wish to reality, in order to bring about hope, a sense of wellness and a cure for the spirit.

Grants wishes to children ages 2 1/2 to 18 years (must be under the age of 18 at the time of referral) who have been diagnosed with a life threatening medical condition and who have not received a wish from any other organization.

Provides special wish fulfillment for children with terminal or life threatening ilnesses, chronologically aged 3 to 17 years old. Application may be downloaded from the website, or call to have it mailed.

Provides special wish fulfillment to children with terminal or life threatening illnesses, chronologically aged 3 to 17 years old. Application may be downloaded from the website, or call to have it mailed.

. Terminally-ill adults 18 and older in all 50 states of the United States. Dreamers have a prognosis of 12 months or less. Dreamers lack the resources to fulfill their Dream on their own

Aims to serve sick children who have the most critical needs for a healing environment, who will benefit physically and emotionally from the healing elements used to transform the child's room, and whose parents lack the economic resources to create this environment for their child.

Creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses

Also runs a HERO Box program to recognize the service of senior Veterans 65 and older. HERO Boxes are distributed to approximately 100 Veterans each November. Applications for all programs and additional information can be found at www.seniorwishes.org