Local Daycares Show Appreciation For MercyOne Nurses This Nurses Week
May 5, 2020Nurses Week, a week celebrating the nursing profession nationally and annually during the second week of May, is looking different this year due to the effects of COVID-19. This didn’t stop more than a dozen local daycares from Ankeny, Des Moines, Johnston, Urbandale and West Des Moines from sending hundreds of appreciation cards, coloring pages and posters to celebrate MercyOne Des Moines nurses.
“It is really special to know that daycare providers and the children they are caring for took the time to write these beautiful messages of thanks,” said MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Chief Nursing Officer Cindy Penney. “Thank you for making Nurses Week even more special!”
Daycares who sent appreciation messages include:
- 2 For U Childcare and Preschool, Ankeny
- A Child’s World at Jordan Creek, West Des Moines
- Alphabet Academy, West Des Moines
- Ankeny Christian Childcare
- Creative Kids Learning Center, Ankeny
- DMACC Child Development Center, Ankeny
- Generation Next, Johnston
- Koalaty Time, Urbandale
- La Petite Academy of Ankeny
- Lil Scholars, West Des Moines
- Lil Tots Ankeny
- Little Endeavors, Ankeny
- MercyOne Des Moines Child Development Center
- My Learning Safari, LLC, Ankeny
- Tender Years Daycare and Learning Center, Ankeny
- The Tree House Growing and Learning Center, Ankeny
- Vine Street Child Care, West Des Moines
“Caring for people in times of sickness and health is what we do on a daily basis and we feel so honored to be recognized by the community in this way,” said MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Manager of Nursing Education Mackenzie Rittler-Cheney. “We would also like to give our thanks to our daycare workers who have found ways to care for children while healthcare workers do their work. We would not be able to do it without you!”
We are grateful for all the community support we have received during the COVID-19 pandemic and are happy to be able to celebrate our nurses in this way during Nurses Week. For those interested in supporting our nurses, physicians and staff during this time can visit www.MercyOne.org/desmoinesfoundation/give/covid for more information.
