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Our friend Rafael Perez in Haiti, sent us these heart-warming images from the school where Barco’s Nightingales Foundation provides 540 hot lunches for students every day. This school is located near the first solar water well we built, which also provides clean water to the school.  Rafael shared that the children tell him. “I can […]

We are very grateful for the support we’ve received from Scrubs & Beyond, the largest retailer of medical apparel, shoes, and accessories in the country, and proud that its president and founder, Karla Bakersmith, is on our board. Ms. Bakersmith started her 33-year career in the retail clothing industry as a buyer for Famous Barr, […]

Guest Blog: ReSurge International Each year, ReSurge International gathers medical volunteers from all over the country—and even the world—to help developing world surgeons with their backlog of cases. These volunteers also help train local medical professionals in the reconstructive surgical skills they need to treat patients in their local communities year-round. Our volunteer programs offer […]

Today our hearts go out to all those impacted personally by 9/11, and especially to the medical first responders, those EMTs, nurses and doctors who worked so valiantly to provide aide while not knowing about their own families and friends.  To all who have faced tragedy, know that today and always, you are in our […]

When Frida and I began the Barco’s Nightingales Foundation, we set up two Advisory Boards/Councils to guide us in the important work the Foundation does each day.  One of these councils, the very important Nurse Advisory Council, is comprised of some of the most influential leaders, educators, volunteers, and innovators in the nursing community today.  […]

“Thanks to God!”  That was the simple message that came with these moving images of Barco’s Nightingales Foundation’s fifth solar water well.  This well, as the pictures show, is truly a powerful instrument that is bringing a better life to this remote village, Boucan-Guillaumei, Haiti. The water situation in Haiti is among the most dire […]

Guest Blog by Sue Averill, ONAAT Around the world there are so many people in so many places in need of medical services and healthcare education that it’s difficult to know where to you start if you want to help make a difference. One Nurse At A Time (ONAAT) was founded by nurses who recognized […]

Barco’s Nightingales Foundation and Scrubs & Beyond, a national healthcare apparel retailer, are partnering to raise $35,000, the cost of building a desperately needed solar water well in Haiti through a Facebook fundraising campaign. Today, the United Nations and NGOs working in Haiti report that nearly 55% of Haitians lack direct access to potable water.  […]

Barco’s Nightingale Foundation supports the vitality and courageous heart of nursing, and honors the spirit of those women and men who choose nursing as a profession. We focus our efforts on helping mend the lives of children and their families.  To help guide us as we accomplish these goals, we formed an Advisory Board composed […]

Frida and I established Barco’s Nightingales Foundation in 2008 as our way of honoring generations of nurses for their contributions and dedication to making the world a better place. Through our Foundation, we also have paid tribute to our loved ones who taught us honesty, integrity, compassion, and a commitment to inspire the hearts of […]