The Morning Pointe Foundation hopes to raise $26,000 through sponsorships and tickets at this year’s Seniors Got Talent, Franklin variety show on Tuesday, Oct. 11.
The show will take place at The Franklin Theatre at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25.
The Morning Pointe Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Morning Pointe Senior Living. It provides caregiver support programs, sponsors educational awareness events, and funds clinical scholarships to advance the care of seniors throughout the Southeast. In the Nashville area, the foundation partners with Columbia State Community College.
One past nursing scholarship recipient at Columbia State, Jacqueline Duke, shared, “[Nursing] is so challenging, but it is so worth it. I feel like if that’s in your heart to do, it’s so rewarding.”
More than 65 students at our school partners across the Southeast have benefitted from Morning Pointe Foundation scholarships since its inception in 2014.
“With the rising cost of college, the shortage of nurses and the growing senior population, the work of the Morning Pointe Foundation is needed now more than ever,” said Miranda Perez, Morning Pointe Foundation executive director.
The Morning Pointe Foundation is on its way toward its goal with 13 sponsors, including presenting sponsor MTPS, A Guardian Pharmacy.
Local nursing students are specially invited to attend the show. To learn more about how to get a free ticket as a nursing student or graduate at Columbia State (or as a high schooler enrolled in a certified nursing assistant program), contact Miranda Perez at mperez@ihpllc.com or 423-883-5633.
Seniors Got Talent will feature 11 acts, running from a 63-year-old one-armed drummer, singer and keyboardist to a 101-year-old pianist to a dance duo in their 70s. Four judges from the performance industry will decide the winner of the grand prize of $500. Second- and third-place winners will also receive awards.
In addition, Morning Pointe is introducing a brand-new People’s Choice Award. Show attendees will be able to vote for their favorite act at $1 per vote, with funds going to the Morning Pointe Foundation.
Tickets for Seniors Got Talent, Franklin can be purchased at the door for $25 or online in advance from The Franklin Theatre website: https://secure.franklintheatre.com/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=176559~cfe40b7d-1c56-4c4b-b937-600bdd7c5904&
Morning Pointe also sponsors similar Seniors Got Talent competitions in Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tennessee, as well as Lexington, Kentucky.
The Presenting Sponsor is MTPS, A Guardian Pharmacy. Other sponsors include Propel Insurance, AccentCare, BlueSky House Calls, LifeLoop, Avalon Hospice, Amedisys Home Health & Hospice Care, Aveanna Home Health and Hospice, Senior Helpers, Landscape Management Co., and Alzheimer’s Tennessee.
Founded in 1997 by Tennessee healthcare entrepreneurs Greg A. Vital and Franklin Farrow, Morning Pointe Senior Living owns and operates 37 assisted living, personal care, and Alzheimer’s memory care communities in five southeastern states and is celebrating its silver anniversary in 2022.
