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Nurses group donates $1,000 to Saint Francis

Heartland Advanced Practice Nurses Network recently presented a $1,000 check to Saint Francis Medical Center in support of the Saint Francis Institute for Nursing Excellence, a program to strengthen the nursing practice, promote nursing importance and recognize professional nursing achievements. HAPNN formed in 1996 to provide nurse practitioners with networking opportunities. Judy Heitman, left, HAPNN secretary, and Jane McLain, HAPNN president, present a check to Jeannie Fadler, Saint Francis Medical Center vice president of patient care services, and Linda Decker, executive director of the Saint Francis Foundation.

Motorcycle club donates to Missouri Veterans Home

Members of the Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club are shown presenting a check for $2,000 to the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. The funds were raised at a rally held near Patterson Mo., in the summer. Pictured from left are Jack Etheridge; Doug Niemeier, club president; Gary Oelke; Mike Stafford, accepting the check on behalf of the veterans home; Gary Mouser; Dick Brooks and Bill Brooks.

BNSF donates gifts to children at Saint Francis

Employees of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway in Chaffee, Mo., shared their abundance with young patients in the Saint Francis Medical Center Children's Center during Christmas. After the annual BNSF Christmas party, all extra gifts are donated to local charities and pediatric patients. The gifts are provided by Ben Sharpe, BNSF superintendent of operations. John Neel, BNSF trainmaster, said the donations are one small way the railway can give back to the community.