- A.N.T.I.C.
- A Cause for those
who Care
- Wilmington,
Delaware
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- Nurses devote their
lives to caring for others; however, what happens when a
nurse is in dire need ? At St. Francis Hospital, his or
her co-workers rally together to help in the form of
A.N.T.I.C.
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- Founded in 1990,
A.N.T.I.C. is the Association of Nurses Together In
Caring. This non-profit organization, composed of nurses
from the St. Francis Hospital staff, are dedicated to
raising money to help a nurse or a nurse's family member
who is experiencing catastrophic financial problems due
to a medical condition. The group organizes a yearly
benefit dinner dance and sells T-shirts to raise the much
needed funds.
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- Each year a letter is
sent to nurse managers throughout the hospital asking
them to recommend possible candidates who might qualify
as that year’s A.N.T.I.C. recipient. The A.N.T.I.C.
Board Members then meet and vote to make their decision.
In 1990, a member of the Intermediate Care Unit, Janice
Rhoades, R.N., became the organization’s first
recipient. Janice Rhoades was battling cancer and had to
undergo an expensive bone marrow transplant. The monies
raised from the A.N.T.I.C. benefit enabled her to have
that operation. Janice has since died, but others
continue to benefit from this committee’s work.
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- In 1991, Pat Grant,
R.N. an obstetric nurse at St. Francis Hospital learned
that her son Justin, who was stricken with leukemia, also
needed a bone marrow transplant. A.N.T.I.C. came to the
rescue and raised $7,000 toward Justin’s medical
costs. To date Justin is doing well.
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- In 1992, the
A.N.T.I.C. Board chose two recipients: Helen McDougal,
R.N. a nurse on Seventh Clayton and Barbara Huntsman,
R.N. from the Obstetrical Department. Helen McDougal is
disabled due to multiple sclerosis. Barb Huntsman’s
twenty-one year old son, Jeffrey was in a severe
automobile accident in August and as a result, endured a
long stay at the Shock Trauma Unit at the University of
Maryland Hospital. Jeffrey Huntsman is currently
undergoing long-term speech therapy and physical
rehabilitation. In 1992, A.N.T.I.C. raised $8,000 to help
their co-workers.
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- A.N.T.I.C. President
Maureen Jewell, R.N. said, "This organization was
formed in the caring spirit and values that St. Francis
Hospital hold dear. We are an active group, we don’t
just discuss a problem, we do something about it !"
- "The number of
people who have supported this groups efforts over the
years is wonderful. They come together in the spirit of
caring to help one another." For more information
about A.N.T.I.C. or to make a donation; contact Maureen
Jewell at (302) 421-4478.
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- Copyright 1992 St.
Francis Hospital, Wilmington, DE
- Posted for Non-Profit
Educational use under the Fair Use Provisons of the
InterNational Copyright Laws.
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