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📣 SW-VCNP & SWVA Nurse Honor Guard Update

April 7, 2025News - Southwest#AlexiaStrong, #NPsMakingADifference, #relayforlife, #SWVANurseHonorGuard, #SWVCNPSouthwest

🗓️ 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

April Meeting

March 31, 2025News - Southwest#SWVANurseHonorGuard, #SWVCNP, #SWVCNPRegionalMeetingSouthwest

SWVCNP Next Meeting Reminder!

When: April 5, 2025, at 9:30 A.M.
Where: Lincoln Road Coffee Lounge, 36 Park Ave NW, Norton, VA 24273

We look forward to seeing and hearing from all Nurse Honor Guard members!

We invite all Nurse Practitioner students to come to our upcoming meeting!

What: Dr. Jennifer Hammons will present information on the free and charitable St. Mary’s Faith Pharmacy.

Community Initiative
This April, we are organizing an event to support the homeless population in Norton, VA with nonperishable food donations. We kindly ask all members to bring at least one nonperishable item to contribute. Every little bit helps!

Let’s come together to make a difference! See you there!

#SWVANurseHonorGuard #CommunitySupport #GiveBack #NortonVA #NursePractitioners #swvcnp

March Meeting Recap & Next Meeting!

March 13, 2025News - Southwest#SWVANurseHonorGuard, #SWVCNP, #SWVCNPRegionalMeetingSouthwest

📅 Meeting Recap: March 1, 2025
Members of SW-VCNP and the SWVA Nurse Honor Guard gathered at the Girl and the Raven in Abingdon, Virginia, for a productive session! We discussed the SWVA Nurse Honor Guard, chose a raffle winner, legislative updates, treasurer reports, and preparations for the 2025 conference. Our group also constructed a basket for the 2025 VCNP Conference with an Appalachian Adventure theme. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed and attended! 💙

📍 Next Meeting:
When: April 5, 2025, at 9:30 A.M.
Where: Lincoln Road Coffee Lounge, 36 Park Ave NW, Norton, VA 24273. We look forward to seeing you there! ☕

#SWVAVCNP #SWVANurseHonorGuard #SWVCNP #2025VCNPConference

SW-VCNP February Meeting Success!

February 2, 2025News - Southwest#SWVANurseHonorGuard, #SWVCNP, #SWVCNPMeeting, #SWVCNPRegionalMeetingSouthwest

We had a fantastic meeting at The Girl and the Raven in Abingdon, VA, on February 1, 2025! Thank you to everyone who joined us for our monthly meeting!  

Pat Meinen, from Medical Reserve Corps came to enlighten everyone on their services and to announce the Annual Conference presented by NETN, SWVA, and Sullivan County MRC Units.  The conference is on Saturday, April 5, 2025 at Northeast State Community College, 2425 TN-75, Blountville, TN 37617, from 8 am to 5 pm. They will be covering a Sheltering Exercise, CPR Certification, Communications, Networking, Mental Health and Disasters, and much more! So SAVE THE DATE!!

Southwest Virginia Nurse Honor Guard-Christine Mullins presented an update on progress with the website, social media, membership (n=37), counties covered, ongoing raffle ticket sales for the EKO Stethoscope, and future plans.  The raffle will be drawn at the next SWVCNP regional meeting on March 1, 2025.

County Champions were established to disseminate services regionally.  The County Champions are responsible for arrangements with the funeral home, family members, and the honor guard members. Several members volunteered for this effort.

The southwest region is creating a basket to raffle off at the VCNP Conference.  The theme is Rustic, Appalachian Adventures.  Each member is going to purchase items up to $25 for the basket and we will work on it together at the next meeting SWVCNP Regional Meeting on March 1, 2025.

There was a robust discussion on calendar events for this year and things our group was interested in hosting/participating in, i.e., REVIVE Training, conferences, museum of trees, parades, trunk or treats, and drug takebacks.  Coetta Neece has started a calendar to add events to for our region. We also discussed hosting meetings outside of Abingdon--alternating sites for more participation.  

Our next meeting: March 1, 2025 at The Girl and the Raven, 380 E. Main Street, Abingdon, Virginia, 9:30 AM. We hope to see all our members at the next meeting!!

We forgot to get a group photo, however, we did get a few pictures to share!  Many thanks to Tauna Gulley, Southwest Region President, for leading our group meeting and for all the members who showed up for networking!