“Breakfast for Champions” Celebrates Foundation Donors and Scholars
Star-spangled balloons greeted Champion level donors and Foundation Scholars arriving for the Mass Senior Care Foundation Breakfast for Champions held just prior to the Annual Meeting. Guests mingled over coffee and fruit, and had an opportunity to take photographs with NFL Hall of Famer and former New England Patriot Andre Tippett and then enjoyed a festive Breakfast and speaker program. Foundation President Marva Serotkin welcomed guests and enthusiastically announced that the Breakfast for Champions had raised nearly $275,000 to fund the Foundation’s scholarship program and other initiatives that support senior care excellence & innovation. Serotkin applauded the generosity of the over 100 donors, highlighting Premier Sponsor LarsonAllen, and Silver Sponsors Berkshire Healthcare, Gordon Healthcare Management Group, Kindred Foundation, and Life Care Centers of America. She continued by describing three groundbreaking Foundation projects made possible in part by donations to the Foundation.
Foundation Scholar Tammy Auger of Notre Dame Long Term Care Center, a representative of the 2011 Class of Scholars, addressed the group and expressed her thanks for the contributions that make the scholarship program possible. She spoke of her commitment to the long term care profession and her philosophy on caring for others, stating, “ I believe we are here on this earth to be of service to one another. We can try to improve other people’s lives with our skills, time, energy, resources and our caring. “
Guest speaker Andre Tippett shared his perspective on being a champion, and congratulated the Scholars and donors on their accomplishments. In closing, Tippett joined Marva Serotkin in presenting an autographed Patriots' jersey to Premier Sponsor LarsonAllen, which was accepted by Rick Hamilton.
The Foundation would like to thank all of the individuals, businesses, and organizations that gave so generously to this year’s campaign (please click here for a complete list of donors). A special note of appreciation to the Mass Senior Care members who helped make this year’s fundraising effort so successful.