🗓️ April 5, 2025 Meeting Recap
We had a fantastic and productive gathering at Lincoln Road Coffee Shop in Norton, VA! ☕ Big shoutout to everyone who joined us for the latest updates on membership, budgeting, and our awesome Nurse Honor Guard. 🩵 The SW-VCNP basket won the most money for the VCNP Scholarship—go Southwest!! 🙌🎉
🔔 Upcoming Events & Meetings:📍SWVA Nurse Honor Guard Memorial Service
🕊️ Honoring Carmen Banks
🗓️ May 3, 2025 – Time: TBA
📍 Location: TBA📍Next Chapter Meeting
🗓️ May 3, 2025 | 🕤 9:30 AM
📌 Topics: Nurse Honor Guard, Chapter Updates, Narcan Training (MRC)
📍 Location: The Girl and The Raven, Abindon, VA 380 E Main St, Abingdon, VA 24210📍June Meeting
🗓️ June 8, 2025 | 🕤 9:30 AM
📌 Education on Novo Nordisk (Jerrie Doss)
📍 Location: Johnston Memorial Hospital (Room TBA)💙 Outreach in Action
📦 Food drive for Norton Homeless Shelter – Date: TBD
💊 Drug Takeback: 4/26/25, 9:45 AM–4 PM @ Food City BSG
🎗️ Relay for Life – Sept 6, Leeman Field, Pennington Gap (6–10 PM)
👉 $1 “Links of Love” honoring those affected by cancer
💪 Together, we’re making a meaningful impact across our region. Thank you all for your hard work and dedication!| Team | Item | Due Date | Responsible Person |
| Southwest Virginia Nurse Honor Guard | Order Triangles (10) | 5/3/25 | Christine Mullins |
| Update Website | 5/3/25 | Christine Mullins | |
| Email Update to Members | 5/3/25 | Christine Mullins | |
| Agenda for next meeting | 5/3/25 | Christine Mullins | |
| Follow up on Franklin, Henry, Roanoke, and Patrick Counties—if Roanoke Nightingales cover these and notify members: Tammy Shorter, Tracey Hairston, Kate Reynolds, Nieshia Carter | 5/3/25 | Christine Mullins | |
| Send Karla Osborne Wampler and email about our group | 5/3/25 | Christine Mullins | |
| Funeral Home Updates | 5/3/25 | Regional Champions | |
| Services Offered | 5/3/25 | Regional Champions | |
| Services Scheduled | 5/3/25 | Regional Champions | |
| Speak with Estes Funeral Home about services | 5/3/25 | Teresa Tyson & Paula Hill-Collins | |
| Southwest Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners | May meeting location | 5/3/25 | Tauna Gulley |
| Coordinate location with MRC for Narcan Training | 5/3/25 | Tauna Gulley | |
| Determine room location for June Meeting | 6/8/25 | Tauna Gulley | |
| Sell links for September Event-$1 per link. The links to honor a person who has had cancer; take donation, write name down—bring to next meeting. Christine will give money and names to Ms. Jennifer Stafford’s Team. #AlexiaStrong | 9/6/25 | All VCNP and Nurse Honor Guard Members |