What's New at F4TF

• Two Nurses Join Bare Root Board: The founding board of Bare Root Inc. has invited two nurses, Suzy Ritchey and Sara McMannus, to become Members-At-Large. Both nurses contacted us indicating their interest in getting involved. Involved they got and we are so excited to have the energy of these two creative and dedicated nurses who are committed to making this Celebration of nurses with a Nurses Float in the 2013 Rose Parade become a reality. You can read more about them.
• Quilt Raffle Began June 24, 2010 to continue through November 30 2011: Maureen Pennington, RN who is a Captain in the Navy and currently serves as Director of Nursing and Surgical Services at Twentynine Palms in California has donated a beautiful quilt for us to raffle. Learn more about the fun and exciting raffle!
• NTI Conference & GE Healthcare Highlight Nurses Float: Sally Bixby attended the NTI Conference recently held in Washington D.C. where our Official Volunteer, Sara McMannus, RN who works for GE Healthcare, asked if GE Healthcare would designate this year's Nurses Power Station to be about the Nurses Float. There were over 7,000 attendees and it was a great opportunity for more nurses to learn about the Nurses Float. See picture of Sally and other nurses who attended the Nurses Power Station.
• Signed copies of the new book, Nurses of Los Angeles: Uncapping the Mystery, are now available at www.nursesoflosangeles.com. Read more about the book here.
• Volunteers Wanted: Want to be an important part of the Nurses Float Project? Become an "official" volunteer. We are getting calls from nurses who want to be actively involved in fund raising in their local area so we have made available information that will support whatever activity they choose. Check out what we have available to make being a volunteer easy.
• Nurses Float attends LAHNA-Los Angeles Hispanic Nurses Association Conference on April 30. Attendees were able to meet and hear Sally Bixby tell them about the float and they were generous in their donations raising over $250.00 dollars. Thanks to LAHNA for their continued support of the Nurses Float.
• San Diego Nurses celebrated Florence Nightingale's birthday and got the word out about the Nurses Float. It was a fun event and Sally Bixby was able to attend. The nurses and student nurses who attended had a fun time and left with ideas of how they can get started on fund raising in San Diego County. Thanks to Nicole Marcy, RN and Dianne McGuirk, RN for putting this together and all those who attended. See pictures from the event.
• Hospitals Choose Nurses Float Project to Thank Their Nurses. The following groups have donated in the name of their nurses. Visit our special Nurse Week Donation Page for a complete list.
  • Ambulatory Surgical Team at Dorchester General Hospital has been honored with a donation.
  • Louisiana Medical Center & Heart Hospital, Lacombe
  • Northstar Hospital Anchorage, Alaska
  • Pomona Valley Medical Center in Pomona, California
  • Providence Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance California
  • Torrance Memorial Medical Center
    • Torrance Memorial Medical Center located in beautiful Southern California held a silent auction during Nurse Week and were able to raise almost $4,000 for the Nurses Float. Take a look at the slide show of the baskets auctioned off and all the departments within the hospital that participated. The Bare Root Board of Directors is so grateful to Suzy Ritchey, RN who coordinated this effort on behalf of the Nurses Float project.
  • USC University Hospital
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