Each month in numerous hospitals and medical facilities around the country, Award recipients are chosen by their nurse administrators, peers, physicians, patients and families to receive:

• A handsomely presented Certificate, proclaiming her or him an "Extraordinary Nurse"
• A DAISY Award pin (Nurses love to wear pins on their I.D. badges!)
• A unique, hand-carved Shona stone sculpture, entitled "A Healer's Touch" (For more about this, please click here.)

Since every nurse who receives The DAISY Award reminds us that her/his entire team is very deserving of recognition and that it takes a team to provide great patient care, all the nurse and staff in the recipient's unit are treated to Cinnabon® cinnamon rolls at every presentation. The reason? When we brought a Cinnabon for Pat to eat when he was in the hospital, he requested one for the next day and asked that we bring enough for all the nurses in the unit. That's when we discovered that nurses love Cinnabons!

At each Award presentation, we ask all the nurses present that whenever they enjoy a Cinnabon or savor that incredible cinnamon aroma at an airport, mall or wherever, they take time to remind themselves what truly special people they are. Their education, training, skill, judgment and compassionate care are truly making a difference in the lives of so many people.

Enjoying a Cinnabon is always a feel-good moment, and we are most fortunate to have Cinnabon's franchisees and parent company, FOCUS Brands, as our Premier Sponsor. They very generously donate their product to all our presentations and are committed to helping us grow The DAISY Award into every hospital in America that wants and deserves the program.

Each hospital also receives this banner to hang in the recipient's unit or other public place as a way to celebrate The DAISY Award honors and the nursing profession.



The DAISY Award is co-sponsored in several of our hospitals by families and companies who are not only very community-oriented but also share our affection for the nursing profession. In addition to Cinnabon's generous support, we are very grateful to U.S. Airways, Johnson & Johnson's Campaign For Nursing's Future, The Angels Baseball Foundation, NovaVine, Petaluma Valley Athletic Club, UnitedHealthcare, and Wells Fargo.

As of January, 2007, over 1,400 nurses have received The DAISY Award. If you have a hospital whose nurses you would like us to include in the program, please contact us!