It’s not too late to support our DNP students of the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing! Your gift will support a future Advance Practice Nurse Practitioner who is committed to practice in underserved communities and serve as a leader within the integrative, healthcare team.
To make a gift, please click the following link and to choose the Dolores DeSoto Grunigen Endowment: https://secure.give.uci.edu/donation/?COA1=013040&COA2
The Love a Nurse – Match a Nurse campaign encourages all nursing students to give a gift to the Dolores DeSoto Grunigen Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Endowment which supports the DNP student who intends to practice in underserved communities upon graduation. This directly addresses the issue of health disparities by placing expert nurse leaders in underserved communities. As nurses, we believe it is everyone’s right to have access to quality healthcare. Through the Love a Nurse – Match a Nurse campaign, nursing students are invited to be agents of change. The Love a Nurse – Match a Nurse campaign will be an annual fundraising effort moving forward.
By donating $10, $25, $50, or $100, students will become part of the historic movement at the UCI Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing. Their willingness to invite others to match their gift will support the future healthcare team members who commit to providing quality healthcare to all. We hope to receive $2,500 from our students, their families and friends, and community members.
Many nursing students share the story of triumph over adversity. Perhaps it is because of a supportive family, a spouse or the ability to persevere through tough times. However, some nursing students are not so fortunate, and they rely on financial assistance to live their dream of a college education.
"Every DNP is a nurse leader who has been chosen to pave the way toward change. The journey of the creation of this endowment began the day our cohort set foot in nursing school to become DNPs ourselves. DNP students have seen life, shed tears, felt hope, celebrated joy, felt love, inspired many, saved thousands and witnessed miracles.
Every day, without judgment and most days with pure courage and compassion, we put on our coats and touch, heal, protect and preserve life without boundaries or limitations. This true selflessness has never been more evident than it has throughout this challenging year. The DNP student has without question persevered and met the responsibility of carrying our families, friends and strangers home to health and wellness to the best of our capacity.
Long before the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic, the challenge of protecting and preserving life has existed within the underserved communities around us."
- Nikki Yamashiro
With the Dolores DeSoto Grunigen DNP Endowment, the DNP student promises to continue to be a part of the communities most affected, and to support and sow the positive change needed to ensure the continuity of care, and prove growth not only within the future of healthcare, but the diversity of the DNP program. With great joy and love, we ask that you give the opportunity for these lifetime commitments to continue to exist for all the future nurses who will tread the waters with you now and forever.
Your Caregiver gift of $10 will support a DNP student who is committed to improving health disparities in disproportionately affected communities.
Your Educator gift of $25 will support a DNP student who is committed to developing evidenced-based research to ensure the future of healthcare.
Your Advocate gift of $50 will support a DNP student who is committed to be the voice of the underserved.
Your Leader gift of $100 will support the DNP student who is committed to the highest level of education excellence to serve as a leader within the integrative, healthcare team.