A letter from Lynn Friedman, M.S.
Director Public Partnerships and Tangible Gifting
Harris County Hospital District (HCHD)
Hostess and facilitator of the 2005 February Nursing
Discovery Day for GSSJC girls From
hospitals to long term care facilities…
operating rooms to research…the nursing
profession works to meet the expanding health
care needs of the our society.
National Nurses
Week 2005 is devoted to celebrating the contribution
of the largest health care profession. National
Nurses Week begins May 6, marked as R.N. (registered
nurse) Recognition Day, and ends May 12, the birthday
of Florence Nightingale, founder of nursing as
a modern profession.
Celebrate nurses
who step to the front lines each day to promote
and protect the health of our citizens.
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council are invited
to learn about, create and give!
Learn about
Discuss at an upcoming meeting what you know about
the nursing profession.
Invite a professional to visit your meeting or
explore other sources for information.
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Watch The Golden Link and the Council Information
Network (CIN) located on the Council Web site (www.gssjc.org)
for HCHD’s Nursing Discovery Days.
Earn GSSJC’s Council’s Own Interest
Project, Nursing Discovery (GSSJC F-78). Create
Brainstorm
with your troop creative gifts to give as thank
you’s to local nurses.
Surf the web
for creative thank you gift ideas other groups
have done. (www.nursingworld.org/pressrel/nnw/nnwhist.htm)
Nurses would also appreciate a box of Girl Scout
Cookies.
Tie in your activities with a GSUSA try it, badge,
or interest project OR the GSSJC Council Service
Program Patch (F-834).
Donate
Contact Kimberly Brown, kimberly_brown2@hchd.tmc.edu
for a Harris County hospital and/or department
to give your creative gifts. Clear logistics:
i.e. appropriateness of gift, number needed, delivery.
OR talk with your troop leader to see if the service
unit has selected a specific hospital or locate
a hospital near you. Contact a hospital for ideas
and logistic questions.
Thank you. |