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Nurses’

Association of Greater Kansas City

Nurses’

Official Publication of the Philippine

Official

SPRING –SUMMER 2009

T A N G L A W

Vol. XXV111

10th North Cen-

tral Regional

Conference

PNAGKC Brings Home

the Bacon

By Irma labre-Wright

T

he regional Conference

was held last April 24-25 in

Cleveland, Ohio. The theme was

“Power of Nursing : Creating

and Strengthening Our Future

Through Interagency

Collaboration, Service,

and Program

PNA chapters from Greater Kan-

sas City, Greater St. Louis, Illi-

nois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and

Wisconsin came together to

showcase their talents

and ac-

complishments; to tell their stories

on how they have contributed to

their community and have made a

difference to the lives of so many;

to learn new knowledge and hone

their skills, and most specially, to

bond and unite in the pursuit of the

mission and vision of PNAA. This

year, PNAA is celebrating its 30th

Anniversary in Baltimore.

The keynote speaker during

the educational program was Felix

Jurado, PNAA President .

With his topic, .Advancing Our

Future PNAA’S Prism Value

Chain through Stewardship., he

expounded on

how, we the stew-

ards of the Association can shape

our future. The Leadership Work-

shop was designed to mentor the

Association’s future leaders and to

provide them with the tools they

need in leading their own chap-

ters.

During the Welcome Night,

our delegates showcased

PNAGKC’s creativity and ingenuity

by presenting the Red Carpet Hos-

pital Runway. It is the brilliant

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18th ANNIVERSARY RED CARPET CELEBRATION

FASHION RUNWAY MODELS (L-R) Vangie Rosquetta, Leila Busch,Cora Zamora, Babette Boiser–Orlich, Grace Leonzon, Emilie Turalba,

Febe Navas, Maria Agrifina Catapusan Lourdes Batocabe, Elena Sabido, Marilyn Dizon, Helen Austria, Amie Valera and Irma Labre)

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fter meticulous planning, coordinating and hard work, the Philippine Nurses Association of Greater

Kansas City celebrated its 18th Anniversary on April 18, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. It was

another milestone reached. The Red Carpet theme was conceived by Mopette Florentino and after several

months of hard work, it all came together. Friends, families, co-workers and ever loyal supporters from

FAGKC,PMS, Lions Club, local rotary International members and friends of friends, all came to celebrate.

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