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We are always delighted to hear from nurses after sponsoring their travel for medical missions.  This anecdote is from Josephine Sullivan. “I  am Josephine Sullivan, an Operating Room nurse from Louisville, KY. This was my third surgical mission with Healing the Children to Ecuador. You need to know that Ecuador is important to me because ,when […]

Emily Sorman is a unique young woman.  One Nurse At a Time (ONAT) first met when she was an LPN whose work program had been discontinued.  She had decided that was the perfect time to volunteer!  So ONAT gave her a scholarship for a month in Peru volunteering in a children’s clinic.  Emily returned to […]

Barco’s Nightingales Foundation is proud to partner in a Facebook Friendraiser with The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.  Through this program, we hope to bring awareness about both of our foundations to 3,000 more fans and to help The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption raise $15,000 in four to six weeks. The Dave Thomas Foundation […]

On my recent trip to Haiti, I was blessed to be able to start a new program that will provide a hot lunch to nearly 550 students at Good Samaritan Community School in Anse-a-Pitre, Haiti each and every day of the school week. This represents more than 11,000 hot lunches a month.  The school lunch […]

Dear Mr. Donner and Barco’s Nightingales Foundation, It has been over a month now that I went on a mission trip to Haiti with your help! I truly am grateful to you for assisting me in funding my trip. That was such a kind and generous thing to do for me and the others you […]

When I visited Haiti this year, I had the opportunity to see some amazing and caring doctors, nurses and dentists bringing health and healing to their patients in Haiti.  The experience touched my heart and reaffirmed our vision and mission for Barco’s Nightingales Foundation. For six days the volunteer teams provided dental and medical help […]

We had a chance to sit down with our founder, Michael Donner and talk candidly about Barco’s Nightingales Foundation.  Below is part two of the conversation.                 Q.      Do you anticipate working with additional organizations in 2014?   A.      No.  This is our style – hands on and […]

Sometimes children can grasp the most complex concepts and illustrate them in a way that is so easy to understand.  That’s the case with these pictures.  They were drawn by Los Angeles area children between the ages of five and 12 years old, and powerfully communicate the need for clean water and conservation. Enjoy!   […]

Welcome and thank you to the more than 2,000 new members of our growing Community of Compassion.  We are honored to have completed such a successful Friendraiser with our friends from Owie BowWowie!  Your compassion and willingness to take action have helped this amazing organization raise $10,000!   Thank you.

Michael Donner, founder of Barco’s Nightingales Foundation visited Haiti in February 2014. This is his amazing journey in photos and words.                 Please visit the full gallery on Facebook.