Our Barco family celebrated at our annual picnic. The children’s faces and their spirit and compassion gives us all great hope for our future. Look into their eyes and souls. Look at the fun they are having . The lesson here for all of us is to always keep our child within alive and well. […]

The attached photos are the gifts we get from the human spirit of children. These photos are from my trip to Pucallpa Peru.  Many of the photos came from an amazing photographer Adam Forgash. The love and innocence of these children is easy to see. They have love in their eyes and hearts. Their standard […]

Today was a very special and emotional day for me.  I formally said good bye to President and CEO of RMHC So. Calif, Nicole Rubin and met her replacement, Rob Parker.  It was a very heartfelt talk among us.  It was a pleasure meeting Rob and I am honored to say that Rob Parker will […]

Barco’s Nightingales supported Gerri Thierbach and her daughter to a mission trip to Nicaragua along with a donation to the orphanage and supplying 64 scrub sets to the team. Their mission was two‐fold. They worked with an orphanage for malnutritioned children and also worked in a place called Cristo Rey feeding children in extreme poverty, […]

This is a very new photo of Quinn. Just look at the life in her eyes and  at her spirit.    She has just had a very successful surgery which removed her primary tumor. The doctors are pleased.  She will continue her chemotherapy and fight to be cancer free. Her courage and determination has taught me […]

I want to take a moment and personally thank Iris Amano for the extraordinary commitment and dedication to the work of Barco’s Nightingales Foundation.  She has been by our side from the early beginning. Her love and passion mean the world to us.  You are a big hero to both Frida and I.   We do […]

Their  tender touch coupled with their professional skill enables nursing to be considered the most trusted profession of all. This photo taken by me while in Peru clearly shows why nurses are the heartbeat and loving touch of our health care system.  It is fitting to show and briefly tell this story during Nurses Week. […]

A mother’s love and connection with their children is beautiful, yet difficult to express in words. Hopefully these photos capture the true meaning of Mothers love…the love and touch of Mothers all around the world. Happy Mother’s Day to all of the mothers around the world! Michael

As we spread our community of compassion to helping our customers efforts to make the world a better place we find new opportunities that are making such a difference in helping others.  We give great applause to Kim and her family. Their gifts to the orphanages in El Salvador that they visited and helped is […]

I want to pay tribute to my wife and partner Frida. As our lives move into these precious years we have so much to look forward to.  It is such an honor  to live the rest of my life with my beloved wife Frida.  Barco’s Nightingales  has brought added meaning and purpose in our lives.  […]