Press Release
After traveling for the past 10 months on temporary exhibits at various medical centers throughout the Southeast, The Together While Apart Art Project will be permanently acquired and installed at The University of Virginia Medical Center in June. The Project has created one final philanthropic event to honor and support healthcare professionals.
Because The Together While Apart Art Project was created during the height of the pandemic, it has been dedicated to healthcare professionals. Without their service, we would not have gotten through the pandemic. They put their lives on the line fighting Covid and made great sacrifices to keep others safe and healthy. It is only fitting to find one final way to honor these heroic professionals.
This beautiful project has the power to be more than just something amazing and inspirational to look at. It has the capability to educate and create awareness. May is National Nurse Appreciation Month as well as Mental Health Awareness Month. National Nurses Week is May 6th-May 12th.
Introducing The Together While Apart 2020 Thank You Campaign
Unfortunately, nurses are now the ones who need help. Burnt out, PTSD, low morale, grief, depression and financial stress are just a few of the serious issues some of them are currently experiencing.
The Together While Apart Art Project has partnered with The American Nursing Association to create an online fundraising campaign to benefit the well being of nurses across the country. The campaign is run by the American Nurses Association and is featured on their website. All money raised will go towards the American Nurses Well-Being Initiative Program that supports the mental health and wellness of Registered Nurses in the United States. This program was created because of the lasting effects nurses continue to experience as a result of the pandemic, specifically during 2020.
The goal of this campaign is to raise $20,200, an amount chosen because it reflects the numbers 2020, the year our national healthcare professionals truly became heroes.
There is a target ask amount of $20.20 that will enable one nurse to receive a “Happy toll-free call,” a therapeutic hotline that offers free resources to boost and sustain their mental well-being.
This is a one time campaign that will stay in place until the financial goal has been met. Whether it takes 6 weeks or 6 months, this fundraiser will be live until we reach $20, 200.
You can learn more and donate here.
