Why We Do Events

safEAdm1in • April 22, 2024
long-term care resident in a wheelchair is looking at a chimpanzee through a glass window.

This year the Jimmy Simpson Foundation has been blessed with the opportunity to do many events! When we reflect on these beautiful opportunities and plan for upcoming events, we are reminded of why we started to do things like this in the first place. While these reasons live with us everyday, we wanted to take a moment to share our “Why” with you.

The Jimmy Simpson Values
It’s no secret our values hinge on the idea that every person, regardless of physical or mental capabilities, deserves a good life. This is at the root of what we do and at the core of why Safehaven exists. But what is a good life? Is it just attending to basic needs? Waking up everyday, being cared for and then going to sleep to do it all over again? We like to think there is
something more.

Living a Good Life
Living a good life can look different to different people, but at the Jimmy Simpson Foundation, we like to think it incorporates being surrounded by loved ones, enjoying extracurricular activities, and still getting to have fun and engaging experiences! Our beloved Jimmy Simpson, the inspiration for our work, lived a full and beautiful life. He enjoyed experiencing new things
and really living to the fullest. In his honor, we encourage our residents to do the same and that includes our Foundation-hosted events.

A group of people are standing around a resident

Why Events Matter

It would be easy to say that just because we provide good daily care for our residents that we’ve done enough. But we know that just like the rest of us, our residents look forward to and gain profound joy from experiencing new things. Through events like Creature Features and visits to the Chattanooga Zoo and Tennessee Aquarium, we show our residents, and everyone else, that
life does not have to be limited. Our residents deserve to experience the world and the wonder that it brings and it’s an honor to facilitate that. We have had such a lovely time bringing the world to our residents and our residents to the
world. Through your support and the support of their families, enriching experiences are made possible. We get to see the effects of this on a daily basis and it’s a pleasure to share those positive effects with you.

a porcupine is sitting on a residents lap at an event for the jimmy simpson foundation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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