Hawaii nurses’ union forms new nonprofit

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2009/05/11/daily9.html

Hawaii nurses’ union forms new nonprofit

Monday, May 11, 2009, 10:33am HAST

The Hawaii Nurses’ Association will establish a new nonprofit foundation called Rescue, which will offer financial help to nurses dealing with serious illness, injury or disability.

The foundation, which will be managed entirely by the volunteer organization Nurses for Nurses, will be funded through donations and fundraising events.

Rescue was formed after the nurses union saw many of its members with serious illnesses overwhelmed with medical bills after the funds from insurance and other sources ran out, the Hawaii Nurses’ Association said on Monday.

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