Nurses Can Receive Free Care Packages

Plymouth, Mich. - When the rest of the country goes into isolation, nurses go to work. Nurses Inspire Nurses today announced the organization will donate its time to assemble and distribute hundreds of care packages for nurses across metro Detroit.

Nurses Inspire Nurses, a national movement to give nurses a safe place to receive support and inspiration from others in their profession, also will begin taking donations effective immediately to assemble care packages for nurses in the Detroit-area. The organization made a donation of items for initial care packages, and members of the organization will donate their time to help assemble them.

“I cried in my car yesterday because I feel the weight of our entire community on my shoulders,” said Cat Golden, BSN, founder of Nurses Inspire Nurses and Nine Lives Health & Mind. “But I am going to do everything in my power to make sure we can offer support to as many nurses as possible. Nurses do not have the luxury of calling in sick or refusing someone care, even when there aren't enough masks or equipment to protect themselves. They deserve the best.”

Care packages will be filled with snacks and other goodies to help nurses through their shifts. Each package is expected to look a little different, but the goal is the same: To deliver a ray of sunshine to each nurse who receives one and a ‘Thank You’ to this group of indispensable professionals. Importantly, every basket will be made with love.

Golden hopes to expand the program beyond the Detroit-area as donations are received.

Those looking to get involved have a number of ways to participate:

• Send a virtual note. Write a note of encouragement that Nurses Inspire Nurses can print and include with the care packages. Use the subject line “Care Package Note” and email it to support [at] nursesinspirenurses [dot] com.
• Mail a physical note to the Nurses Inspire Nurses Warehouse. Cards can be sent to Nurses Inspire Nurses Attention: Care Package 15087 Northville Rd. Plymouth, Michigan 48170.
• Utilize the Amazon wish list to send donations to the warehouse where volunteers will be assembling the care packages. (https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2SKKOF1DOIG1O?ref_=wl_share)
• Drop off donations. At the convenience of the donor, items similar to those on the list above also can be dropped off at the Nurses Inspire Nurses Warehouse at 15087 Northville Rd., Plymouth, Michigan. Gray covered bins, emptied daily, will be placed outside to house donations.

Metro Detroit nurses can sign up to receive a care package by visiting https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FS4lIpsx45OUijTfwWqN1Lilp-UB_1hO0mJLn3fLbk8/viewform?edit_requested=true

Nurses outside of the metro Detroit area should sign-up to receive their free care package here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ns9fOk9TfAdbhhEVAXz-1svDv0I0sr7ajx79a7ce7jE/viewform?edit_requested=true

Unfortunately, Nurses Inspire Nurses cannot guarantee everyone registering will receive a care package, but its volunteers will work tirelessly to complete as many as possible.

To learn more about Nurses Inspire Nurses, visit https://www.nursesinspirenurses.com

or email questions to support@nursesinspirenurses.