DAISY News
July, 2010
DAISY is proud to announce our first Magnet® Hospital in the Middle East: American University of Beirut Medical Center. A big thank you to Gladys Mouro, BS, MSN, PhD(h), Assistant Hospital Director for Patient Care Services. She has accomplished so much in elevating the nurses at AUB to Magnet status and is even now a Magnet Commissioner!
We have our first ever DAISY Couple!
Photo courtesy of: Kelley Cooper/Arkansas Children’s Hospital Melinda and Roy Standridge, RN are DAISY's first ever couple to both receive The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses! Melinda received the DAISY Award in 2008 at Arkansas Children's Hospital and currently works in the Outpatient Hemotology Clinic at ACH and also works PRN in the ED. Roy is University of Arkansas for Medical Science's "DAISY of the Month" for July 2010. “Melinda and Roy both being honored with The DAISY Award is, indeed, a first! I can only imagine what a special couple they must be – dedicated to incredible compassionate care for their patients and to making a difference in the world together. I would love to meet them.”-Bonnie Barnes, DAISY President, Co-Founder
May, 2010
In recognition of National Nurses Week, The DAISY Foundation and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) today announced the creation of a new awards program for outstanding nurse educators at colleges and universities nationwide. The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty provides nursing schools with a national recognition program designed to honor teachers for their commitment and inspirational influence on future generations of nurses. To find out more about how your school can participate in this program, visithttp://www.daisyfoundation.org/0210_FacultyAwardInformationRequest.html. March, 2010The Mississippi Nurses Association (MNA) honors a DAISY Partner
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. January, 2010: DAISY's First Hospital Outside North America! |
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| Bonnie and Mark with DAISY Board Members Cindy Angiulo, Jane and Mark Kamstra, and AONE DAISY Project Manager, Keesha Mwangangi |
January, 2009: Kimberly-Clark Donates Kleenex Tissues to DAISY Award Presentations
Beginning in early 2009, each box of DAISY Award gifts we ship includes a Kleenex pocket pack, specially labeled for DAISY Nurses! Thanks to Kimberly-Clark’s generous donation, no one at a DAISY Award presentation will ever have to ask, “Does anyone have a tissue?” |
Cinnabon Wows Nurses During Nurses Week 2009
During Nurses Week 2009, more than 300 Cinnabon® Bakeries throughout the United States and Canada helped The DAISY Foundation honor nurses by giving away a Classic Cinnabon cinnamon roll to nurses who showed their healthcare badges.The promotion included beautiful signage in each bakery touting the product offer (pictured here). FOCUS Brands, Cinnabon’s parent company, did a great job ensuring nurses knew about the offer with outreach to the nursing profession media. They featured the offer on the home page of Cinnabon’s website for several weeks prior to Nurses Week, promoted it in newspapers, on television, and even on a huge sign in Times Square! We were very impressed by the number of mentions it got in a variety of on-line forums that alert consumers to special offers from companies.
From east to west and north to south, nurses who visited participating bakeries greatly appreciated the gesture extended to them. Cinnabon received many positive comments such as, “I just wanted to thank DAISY and Cinnabon for acknowledging the work of nurses. Thank you for reminding me why I chose this profession and that all I can do is continue to give care with my entire heart. I may not make everyone happy, but I know I give my all in it.” And “Just wanted you to know how much I appreciated the gift of the Cinnabon during Nurses Week. It was a thoughtful gesture, and a very ‘sweet one’ at that.”Bonnie Barnes, co-founder of The DAISY Foundation, was very appreciative as well. “We’re grateful to have the tremendous support of Cinnabon, and we look forward to a long-lasting relationship. At every hospital we visit, the Cinnabon brand is beloved. After about 30 years in brand marketing, I don’t think I’ve ever come across a brand that has such a universally positive image as Cinnabon has. We are very fortunate to have their help in our effort to honor nurses around the country.”
Cinnabon tells us that they look forward to many future endeavors with The DAISY Foundation, so stay tuned for next year’s Nurses Week.
The DAISY Foundation Receives a Jefferson Award For Public Service in February, 2007
The Jefferson Awards were established in 1972 to "encourage and honor individuals for their achievements and contributions through public and community service." In 1977, they created The Media Partnership to seek out grassroots "Unsung Heroes" and take on the role of administering the program across the country. We are honored that the San Francisco Chronicle and KPIX-TV CBS television and KCBS-AM in San Francisco have selected The DAISY Foundation as one of their "unsung heroes."
View the CBS-5 broadcast to announce DAISY's Jefferson Award.
Read the San Francisco Chronicles in-depth article.