For the fifth successive year, Morning Pointe Senior Living and Independent Healthcare Properties continued to support children and families in Hamilton County. The senior health care company held its annual toy drive to benefit The Samaritan Center in Ooltewah. Six assisted living and Alzheimer’s memory care communities collected hundreds of toys for boys and girls across the Scenic City. Since the inception of the Morning Pointe toy drive in 2010, nearly 5,000 items have been collected.
The Morning Pointe Senior Living executive directors, associates and residents gathered at Morning Pointe of Chattanooga at Shallowford on Dec. 17, and presented the collected toys to representatives of The Samaritan Center. “I am so proud of our associates and residents at our communities,” said Greg A. Vital, president and CEO of Morning Pointe Senior Living and IHP. “Each year the toy drive continues to grow as we open our hearts and help The Samaritan Center help others during the holiday season.”
The toy drive kicked off in November and ran through mid-December. The Samaritan Center is a nonprofit social services agency that provides emergency assistance with food, rent, prescriptions and utilities for residents of Eastern Hamilton County in Tennessee. It also operates a Thrift Shop, Clearance Shop and Toy Connection.
Participating Morning Pointe communities in this year’s toy drive included:
The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer’s Center of Excellence in Chattanooga
The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer’s Center of Excellence in Collegedale
Morning Pointe of Athens
Morning Pointe of Chattanooga
Morning Pointe of Collegedale at Greenbriar Cove
Morning Pointe of Hixson