Frida and I are deeply grateful for the accomplishments we’ve made through Barco’s Nightingales Foundation this year and for the generous support of our Community of Compassion. We are especially proud of our newest program, which started earlier this year. Each day we provide 540 hot lunches to students attending the school in Haiti close […]

As Frida and I look back on 2014, we are inspired by the work completed by one of our Community of Compassion charitable partners, ReSurge International. This organization has made a tremendous impact on children in Africa, Asia and Latin America in need of reconstructive surgery. ReSurge International has been a pioneer in the field […]

All the inspiring women and men whose lives intersect with ours through Barco’s Nightingales Foundation and our Community of Compassion constantly amaze Frida and me. We are so thankful to have another year filled with success and expansion of our projects through the hard work of dedicated nurses, business leaders and corporations, and each of […]

We are proud to feature this guest blog from the Starkey Hearing Foundation. Their work has a profound impact on lives across the world.   Hearing is the foundation for building relationships, connecting us to the people we love and the world around us. More than 360 million people (32 million children) worldwide have hearing […]

These images, sent to us by our friends at Hispaniola Mountain Ministries, show the spirit of the Haitian people and the hope that comes with clean water. ~Michael and Frida Donner

At the Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times Gala in October, we had the honor of talking to Rick and Monique Crouser, parents of Tristen Crouser who was diagnosed with  Acute Lymphatic Leukemia when he was two years old. Today, Tristen is 10 and still fighting.  He recently received a bone marrow transplant that was […]

Our friends at ReSurge International tell us that the poorest 2 billion of the global population lack access to even the most basic surgical care. As a result, people suffer from treatable ailments like burn injuries, complications of pregnancy, cancers, clefts and other conditions. This video they prepared on the global need for surgery and […]

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 […]