Attitude and Generosity Make Giving a Year-Round Event

The Year of Caring and Sharing started as an average annual food drive in 2009. For the Thanksgiving season, all Pathway Senior Living Supportive Living Communities were working to collect food for the food banks in Chicago. We really advertised the food drive and encouraged not only our staff, but also our residents and even the families of our residents and staff to participate.

The Pathway residents, including those with limited financial resources, were able to contribute more than 3,700 pounds of food to the Chicago-area food banks. After the food drive, no one could ever say again that our seniors were not still able to be a valuable asset to the world outside the walls of our communities.

The following year we again donated food and added blankets and afghans, hats and booties, sweaters and bed jackets. These items were delivered to 25 different hospitals and healthcare facilities as well as shelters for young mothers and facilities for people with Alzheimer’s disease.

In 2010, we decided that we could make a difference in more than just November and December, and giving became a yearlong mission at Pathway communities.

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