The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s program, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids, works with children who have been in the foster system a long time. Beth Ann, age 17, is a shining example of the program’s success. Beth Ann was placed in foster care in 2006 when her mother was jailed for drug use.  Her mother gave […]

We’d like to congratulate and salute the thousands of nurses across the United States who make a difference every day in the lives of those they care for.  Today, National Nurses Day, signifies the start of National Nurses Week, which ends on May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale. This year’s theme, “Nurses: Leading the […]

We were touched by this story from The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption; we think you will be too. Ezra had been in care one year when he was referred to his Wendy’s Wonderful Kids caseworker. He was born prematurely at 33 weeks and was medically fragile. He was diagnosed with macrocephaly and subdural hematomas. He […]

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 […]

Once again we are humbled by the outpouring of support for our Walk for Children.  This year, we had an increase in the number of walkers to 580, which is amazing.  All of us enjoyed perfect weather and a beautiful, inspiring morning. Our fundraising total stands at about 5% more than last year.  These funds […]

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.

For the fourth year, Barco’s Nightingales Foundation will walk with RMHC in their annual Walk for Children.  Since its inception in 2008, Barco’s Nightingales Foundation has been on a mission to lift the lives of children around the world in honor of nurses.  Since then, we have been able to make a difference in the […]

We are proud to announce the beginning of out 5th solar water well in Haiti.  On this site, the hole for the well was dug successfully.  We reached water after only going down 90 feet. We are hopeful that this will be operational within 90 days.

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.

I am completely inspired and motivated from this medical journey to continually provide the best care for my patients. I am so thankful for the generosity and kindness that were shown to me in supporting my decision to give back to the under-served communities in Guatemala. I volunteered with Concern America within their Global Health […]