The Children’s Medical Center of Dayton is a not-for-profit 155-bed regional pediatric referral center and is the only facility in the region devoted to the health, safety and information needs of children and their families.

Dayton Children’s is staffed by pediatricians, pediatric specialists and clinical staff with special training and experience in caring for children. In addition, everything from room decor to life-saving equipment is designed with the comfort of children in mind. As a regional referral center, Dayton Children’s draws patients from a 20-county area that includes Ohio and eastern Indiana. Dayton Children’s affiliation with Wright State University School of Medicine and accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations ensures young patients the finest pediatric care available.

Dayton Children’s staff of over 200 physicians and residents includes primary care pediatricians as well as subspecialists in over 35 areas of pediatric medicine. Working as a team with the medical staff are more than 1,300 employees and volunteers who share a commitment to quality care no matter what their specific titles or duties.

Morris Furniture Co., Inc. is known throughout Dayton as a company that gives back to the community in an assortment of ways. One of the projects in 2008 was helping Children’s of Dayton by raising money to buy a much needed new emergency transport vehicle. Each emergency transport vehicle costs approximately $130,000.00. In previous years Morris Furniture Co., Inc. has been able to raise $50,000 - $75,000 for Children’s of Dayton at our Vendor Golf Outings. Between our June Vendor Golf Outing and our August Community Event, we raised close to $130,000!

Those of you who are basketball fans may remember when Wright State University and the University of Dayton used to play the Gem City Jam basketball game. We would like them to bring those basketball games back to life and since we like challenges, we decided to combine our love of golf and basketball and hold a golf outing called Gem City Jam. Dayton businesses were invited to participate. The basketball coaches from UD and WSU participated in the event which was held August 25, 2008, at the NCR Country Club. The outing was a success and the proceeds from the Vendor Outing and the Gem City Jam Outing will pay for a new emergency transport van thanks to the generosity of Morris Furniture Co., Inc., our great group of vendors, and the businesses that joined us for this worthy project.