"Uplifting Seniors"
Our primary benefactors are senior citizens who are unable to work and/or unable to be mobile.
Our secondary benefactors are high school graduating seniors in the surrounding areas who are enrolled in college or a comparable instution of higher learning.
Our tertiary interests are in those who have hit hard times because of illness, loss of job, or loss of non-working income.
Services Offered:
Senior Assistance
Scholarships
Assisted Living (nursing home) Events
Food Baskets
Single Parent Assitance for the poor/unemployed
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TIMELINE
1995 Wings of Change Incorporated
1995 Fundraiser honoring Judge W. Otis Higgs, Jr.
1996 Home and personal care supplies to Metro Community Care Home
1997 Fundraiser honoring Mr. Rufus Thomas
1997 Annual Christmas Gala
1998 Fundraiser honoring Judge Joe Brown
1999 Fundraiser honoring District Attorney Bill Gibbons
Utility Assistance to a mother of 5
Informally adopted Northside High School
Scholarship to a Northside High graduating senior
Scholarship to a Northside High graduating senior
Christmas gift giving at Overton Park Nursing Home
2005 Website brought online
2010 In July, office moved with Embellir to 2577 Broad, Memphis
2010 Upgraded current website; brought online
2010 In August Began cooperative fundraising efforts
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