VNSNY Celebrates 125 Years
Amazing! VNSNY Gala Raises a Record $1.32 Million for Our Charitable Care Programs
November 13, 2018–This year’s VNSNY Gala, celebrating VNSNY’s 125th anniversary with the theme, “Enriching Lives: 125 Years and Counting!”, ended up making history in its own right. The event, held on November 8th in the recently renovated Ziegfeld Ballroom, raised a record-breaking $1,320,000 in donations from the nearly 600 people in attendance, shattering the previous mark set four years ago. “All of the Gala’s proceeds will go to support our vital charitable care and community benefit programs,” says Catherine Callaway, Vice President of Marketing and Development. These include a wide range of important safety-net programs such as VNSNY’s Nurse-Family Partnership, Hospice services, and the VNSNY Research Center. For example, money raised from the event will go to create brighter futures for young mothers like Ashley, who, as she says, “was in a bad place” and needed help. Here is Ashley’s story: Proceeds from the Gala will also help enable VNSNY to continue
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Heading into the Vault, Not to Be Opened Again until 2093!
November 8, 2018–The VNSNY 125th Anniversary Time Capsule is about to be stored away, not to be opened again for 75 years—when VNSNY celebrates its bicentennial in 2093! The time capsule is being placed in the VNSNY Archives at Columbia University in upper Manhattan. Over 100 VNSNY staff members offered dozens of excellent suggestions on what should be included, everything from a VNSNY iPhone to a clinician’s uniform to a VNSNY branded backpack. Unfortunately, due to limited space, we could only put a small number of items into the time capsule. With that in mind, items from 2018 took preference over older items that were suggested. Perhaps the best items that will be sealed away, though, are the VNSNY anniversary banners that hundreds of staff members signed during our 125th anniversary breakfast back on October 25th. “My thanks to everyone at VNSNY who provided such wonderful ideas on what to place in our time capsule,” notes Marki Flannery, VNSNY’s President and CEO.
Happy Anniversary VNSNY! Staff Celebrates 125 Years At 13 Offices On October 25th
October 28, 2018–Here they are: Photos of VNSNY’s 125th Birthday Party! From the five boroughs of New York City to Nassau and Westchester, VNSNY employees gathered last Thursday morning to celebrate VNSNY’s 125th anniversary. The October 25th breakfast event unfolded at 13 different sites across VNSNY’s service area at exactly the same time. Surrounded by balloons and other festive birthday decorations, staff members enjoyed a Continental breakfast, signed VNSNY banners to be placed in time capsules at Columbia University until VNSNY’s bicentennial in 2093, and viewed a special 125th anniversary video. Everyone also received take-home gifts to commemorate the occasion, including branded VNSNY umbrellas and chocolates with 125th Anniversary greetings on the wrapper. Here is a slide show of birthday celebration photos from all 13 sites!
Celebrating 125 Years: A Video Tribute to VNSNY’s Past, Present and Future
October 24, 2018–Click below to view VNSNY’s 125th Anniversary video. See VNSNY’s past come alive through historic photos and film clips—including footage of Lillian Wald herself! You’ll also hear from dozens of current VNSNY employees as they talk about VNSNY’s legacy of caring, and how that mission continues today.
Relive VNSNY and Henry Street’s 125th Birthday Party on Video!
October 19, 2018–Whether or not you made it to the 125th anniversary party for VNSNY and the Henry Street Settlement last month on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, this 2-minute video will put you in the middle of the sun-filled celebration. Click on the link below to see VNSNY’s special 125th birthday cake, hear the dance music, view Marki Flannery’s tribute to our amazing staff, and relive the day! Reminder: VNSNY is hosting a company-wide 125th Anniversary Breakfast and Open House this Thursday, October 25th, with celebrations held from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. in all of our regions!
New VNSNY Interactive Timeline Showcases 125 Years of Caring
October 11, 2018–Since 1893, VNSNY’s many contributions to health care and New York have been nothing short of remarkable. In addition to pioneering public health approaches that are now in use worldwide—including preventive hygiene, the tracking of infectious disease, and community vaccination programs—Lillian Wald and her successors literally invented the field of home care. In celebration of VNSNY’s 125th anniversary, we’ve collected many of our organization’s pivotal moments in a new illustrated interactive timeline, which includes images, video footage, and content for you to discover. To explore this fascinating journey through the past century and a quarter of VNSNY’s history, simply click on the link VNSNY Interactive Timeline.
Happy 125th Birthday to VNSNY and Henry Street Settlement!
September 17, 2018–VNSNY Joins Henry Street for a 125th Anniversary Party on Manhattan’s Lower East Side On Sunday afternoon, September 16th, just a stone’s throw from the building on Henry Street where Lillian Wald founded the Visiting Nurse Service of New York in 1893, VNSNY joined forces with its former sibling, the Henry Street Settlement, to mark their shared 125th anniversary. On a balmy late summer’s day, hundreds of community members came together with staff from the two organizations at the Sol Lain Playground on Manhattan’s Lower East Side to enjoy a range of ethnic cuisines representing the rich diversity of the community, as well as to participate in games, dancing, music, face-painting and other activities. The day’s highlight was the cutting of the official 125th birthday cake by VNSNY President and CEO Marki Flannery and Henry Street’s Executive Director, David Garza. Joining them for the cake-cutting were a number of elected officials, including U.S. Representatives
Send Us Your Ideas For A Special VNSNY Time Capsule
September 12, 2018–You could win 4 admission tickets to Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida! 2nd Prize: $200 Gift Certificate to Union Square Café, 101 East 19th St,the newly re-opened flagship restaurant from Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group Restaurant! 3rd Prize: $50 Visa Gift Card! One of the many ways we can acknowledge the importance of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York turning 125 years old this year is to give some thought as to what would tell the story of who we are as an organization in 2018 to the employees of VNSNY 125 years from now! With this in mind, we’ve decided to create a special VNSNY Time Capsule! What will go into this time capsule? That’s where you come in! We’re looking for ideas on what should represent VNSNY in 2018. It should be items that reflect who we are as an organization today and what we do right
VNSNY Staff Volunteer to Help Beautify 5 City Playgrounds, All for Our 125th Anniversary
July 18, 2018–Among Lillian Wald’s many accomplishments, she is famous for establishing New York City’s first playground for children. On Saturday, July 14th, in celebration of VNSNY’s 125th anniversary, approximately 80 VNSNY staff members honored her legacy by spending several hours volunteering at one of five playgrounds across the city—braving near-90-degree temperatures to plant flowers, weed garden beds, and scrape and repaint benches, fences and other playground fixtures. “Even though it was hot and humid, everybody had a good time,” says VNSNY Human Resource Specialist Caroline Umhoefer, who organized and assisted with the event together with fellow HR Connect staffers Michelle Antonucci, Lenore Boyd, Jessica Falsetta and Roxanne Gay. Besides giving the playgrounds a facelift, she notes, the volunteers also fielded their share of inquiries from other parkgoers. “People were curious, so it was a good chance to speak with folks outside of VNSNY and explain what we were doing.” In addition to
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