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It was such an honor to meet and to present the “Barco’s Nightingales Nursing Award for Excellence” to our second winner with my wife Frida. Our award focuses in on those nurses who volunteer their time for the benefit of children. Rosemary has gone on 35 medical missions for the benefit of children. She is an […]

The loving touch of nurses is again in evident in this photo of nurse Diane holding precious Lourdes as she is brought from surgery to recovery.  Tina is preparing the bed which will comfort Lourdes as she wakes up.  I personally took this photo as I watched on.  The loving touch and professional care from […]

This photo captures the heart and soul of these 4 nurses who volunteered their time with Resurge  in Pucallpa  Peru last year.   I was honored to join their trip during the first week of their 2 week visit.   It was a life changing moment for me. It was my first trip and what an amazing […]

Piero from my trip to Peru was such a friendly and spirited 7 year old.   This photo was taken 2 days after his cleft palates was repaired . He was so friendly to me during his stay at the hospital that I wanted to say good bye before my trip home . This photo was […]

The commitment to heal lives from the volunteer team of Resurge was such a blessing for me to witness first hand. I did not expect to see and feel the feelings I had while I was in the surgery room.  I was so deeply touched with the compassion and dedication of the volunteer medical team […]

This amazing photograph was made into a limited edition poster and was produced by Barco Uniforms in the mid 1960s.  It has so much heart and soul.  It portrays nurses in such a remarkable way.  Nurses are helping save lives in so many professional ways each and every day.  Nurses are comforting patients and their families and friends.  Nurses bring […]

Today I spoke with Tim Rich, a McDonald’s owner operator, from Oklahoma.  I was so inspired from our talk that I wanted to share what I learned. During the time they were remodeling  and upgrading one of their stores, they had a plan to continue to pay  their staff during the many weeks the store […]

We salute Connie for her 49 years in being a key part of the Barco family.  We celebrated her anniversary and the anniversary of others at a private lunch last week.  We do  this monthly on everyone’s anniversary month. It is amazing that Connie has reached 49 years. In 1 more year she reaches a […]

It was very emotional for me as I witnessed this homecoming. I was coming home from the East Coast and witnessed this heartwarming homecoming. God bless our country and our serviceman. Thanks Michael

Today is always one of my favorite holiday’s.  Labor Day is a day to take a time out and reflect on all those who have worked in our family company.  My grandfather started Barco in 1929 almost 82 years ago.  It is a miracle  that our company has been in our family for these 82 […]