The founder's Ken and Hattie Van Haaften have lived in Grand Rapids for most of their lives. Through the years many family members have been in nursing care and assisted living homes in the Grand Rapids Area as well as in other locations around the Midwest.

Ken believed "Nursing Care facilities always seem depressing." Almost everything that a person once had in their lives is now gone, EVERYTHING BUT THEIR MEMORIES OF THE PAST. He believed that the people in such homes needed more to do to rejuvenate their lives and thoughts, and make their lives more rewarding. He became inspired after Hattie visited a loved one in a home one day and stated that during her visit, a singer had come to entertain, she said she saw more movement and more vitality in the residents than she had ever seen. Since then the goal was to help provide entertainment to nursing homes that have limited resources.