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Greetings Friends & Family!

The giving season is here. As you begin to feel the holiday cheer and ponder time spent with family, we ask you to support the NCF Holiday Toy Drive! Every year Santa and Mrs. Claus make visits to very deserving children you may not be able to reach. Thus, I hope you will consider a gift to Nurse’s Children Foundation, Inc.

2019 recipients include: San Leandro Women and Children Shelter, Black Foster & Orphans, Newark Shelter, Unhoused Communities and any deserving Bay Area family.

Allow NCF to deliver your holiday gift that will bring a smile to a child and an undeniable warmth to a family.

To make this happen gift giving stations are set up throughout the Bay Area. Barrels and bins of toys wait to be filled with new unwrapped toys. In addition, if you would like to host a drop off location, please call (510) 599-8241.

Drop Off Sites

Community Care Services: 3317 Elm Street, Oakland CA
Positive Change: 452 E. 14th Street, San Leandro CA
Port Bar: 2023 Broadway, Oakland CA
Ringlets Salon, 4038 Broadway, Oakland, CA

Donate

Understanding your busy schedule, if you want to make a monetary gift, you can donate online. Also, for your convenience, you can mail a check to 1300 Clay Street, Suite 600, Oakland, CA 94612.

Remember all monetary gifts are tax deductible. For more information about NCF call (510) 599-8241 or email us at contact@nurseschildrenfoundationinc.org. Don’t let this season of joy and giving pass without remembering the Nurse’s Children Foundation. “Place a Smile on the Face of a Child this Holiday Season!”
Thank you for your generosity!

Leslie Silket, RN
President/Founder, Nurse’s Children Foundation

Celebrate National Nurses Week!

Nurse’s Children Foundation, Inc. and Z Café & Bar present a Fabulous Food Fundraiser! to celebrate National Nurses Week.

Z Cafe & Bar, 2735 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94612
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 from 5:00 – 9:00pm

All the excitement and fun of Nurses Week will be packed into one night. There will be games, raffles, prizes and so much more. Oh, and let’s not forget the homemade rum cake. Hope to see you there! No advance ticket required. Feel free to donate to our scholarship program.

Eat a fabulous meal from the 2017 Open Table Diners Choice Winner, “Z Cafe & Bar” and part of the proceeds go to NCF.

Remember NCF is …”Honoring the Memory of Nurses by Supporting Their Children’s Future”

For more information call (510) 645-1542, visit us on Facebook, or visit Z Café & Bar at www.zcafeandbar.com

Greetings Friends & Family!

The giving season is here. As you begin to feel the holiday cheer and ponder time spent with family, we ask you to support the NCF Holiday Toy Drive! Every year Santa and Mrs. Claus make visits to very deserving children you may not be able to reach. Thus, I hope you will consider a gift to Nurse’s Children Foundation, Inc.

2018 recipients include: San Leandro Women and Children Shelter, Black Foster & Orphans, Newark Shelter, Homeless Camps and any deserving Bay Area family.

Allow NCF to deliver your holiday gift that will bring a smile to a child and an undeniable warmth to a family.

To make this happen gift giving stations are set up throughout the Bay Area. Barrels and bins of toys wait to be filled with new unwrapped toys. In addition, if you would like to host a drop off location, please call (510) 599-8241.

Drop Off Sites

AG Fitness: 1435 Park Avenue, Emeryville CA
Community Care Services: 3317 Elm Street, Oakland CA
Dragonfly Counseling Center: 2880-A Sacramento Street, Berkeley CA
Positive Change: 452 E. 14th Street, San Leandro CA
Port Bar: 2023 Broadway, Oakland CA

Save the Date for the NCF Holiday Cheer & Tree Lighting Kick Off!

Monday, December 3, 2018 at 5:00pm
The PORT Bar
2023 Broadway, Oakland CA 94612

Donate

Understanding your busy schedule, if you want to make a monetary gift, you can donate online. Also, for your convenience, you can mail a check to 1300 Clay Street, Suite 600, Oakland, CA 94612.

Remember all monetary gifts are tax deductible. For more information about NCF call (510) 599-8241 or email us at contact@nurseschildrenfoundationinc.org. Don’t let this season of joy and giving pass without remembering the Nurse’s Children Foundation. “Place a Smile on the Face of a Child this Holiday Season!”
Thank you for your generosity!

Leslie Silket, RN
President/Founder, Nurse’s Children Foundation

Celebrate Nurses Week!

Nurse’s Children Foundation, Inc. and Z Café & Bar join forces to raise awareness and money to celebrate Nurses Week.

Z Cafe & Bar, 2735 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94612
May 9, 2018 from 5:00pm – 9:00pm

Order and eat a fabulous meal from the 2017 Open Table Diners Choice Winner, “Z Cafe & Bar” and part of the proceeds go to NCF.

Remember NCF is …”Honoring the Memory of Nurses by Supporting Their Children’s Future”

For more information call (510) 645-1542, visit us on facebook, or visit Z Café & Bar at www.zcafeandbar.com

Menu

Z Cafe & BAR

Nurse’s Week 2018
$25/person

Salad

Z House Salad
Gluten Free

organic field greens, cherry tomatoes, tossed in dijon-balsamic vinaigrette topped with parmesan cheese and pumpkin seeds *Please notify us if you are allergic to nuts or any other items

Entree Chicken Piccata

battered chicken breast, panko, Italian seasoning, lemon sauce, served with garlic mashed potatoes

Blackened Fresh Catch of the Day
Gluten Free

fresh white fish Tilapia, blackened with spices, seared and topped with avocado salsa, served with sides of jasmine rice, sautéed seasonal vegetables

Z House Ribs
Gluten Free

slow cooked, tea-smoked St. Louis cut pork rib, barbecue sauce served with French fries

Eggplant Parmigiana Stacks (vegetarian)

parmesan coated eggplant slices twice-baked to a crisp, then stacked with layers of fresh mozzarella cheese, more parmesan and housemade tomato sauce

Dessert

Flourless Chocolate Cake
Gluten Free

half the sin but double the richness with mousse like texture, baked bain-marie style, drizzled with chocolate sauce

New York Style Cheesecake

baked atop a traditional graham cracker crust, blend of cream cheese, cottage cheese & sour cream baked at low temperatures and chilled overnight

Tax and 18% gratuity will be add ed to food and beverages For large group reservation s. parties and private events call Mehdi at (510) 451-2905

Greetings Friends & Family!

The giving season is almost upon us as you begin to feel the holiday cheer and time spent with family. No wonder we call this “the most wonderful time of the year”! With that magical season drawing near, I hope you will consider a gift to Nurse’s Children Foundation, Inc. Every year Santa and Mrs. Claus make visits to very deserving children you may not be able to reach. Having them deliver your holiday gift will bring a smile to that child and an undeniable warmth to that family.

To make this happen gift giving stations are set up throughout the Bay Area. Barrels and bins of toys wait to be filled with new unwrapped toys. Those NCF Holiday Drop Off areas will be posted soon. In addition, if you would like to host a drop off location, please call (510) 599-8241.

Save the Date for the NCF Holiday Party & Toy Drive!

December 19, 2017
5:00pm – 9:00pm
Z Café
2735 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94610

Donate

Understanding your busy schedule, if you want to make a monetary gift, you can donate online. Also, for your convenience, you can mail a check to 1300 Clay Street, Suite 600, Oakland, CA 94612.

Remember all monetary gifts are tax deductible. For more information about NCF call (510) 645-1542 or email us at contact@nurseschildrenfoundationinc.org. Don’t let this season of joy and giving pass without remembering the Nurse’s Children Foundation. “Place a Smile on a Child this Holiday Season”!
Thank you for your generosity!

Leslie Silket, RN
President/Founder, Nurse’s Children Foundation

Nurses Take DC is honored to announce that Leslie Silket will be speaking at the rally on May 5th.

Leslie Silket is an advocate and an activist. A Registered Nurse (RN), she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from San Francisco State University in 1990. For the next 22 years she dedicated herself to improving patient care; both at the bedside and on the state and national level at the State Capital in Sacramento, California, and in Washington D.C.

As a member of California Nurses Association, Leslie along with other California nurses fought for nurse-patient ratios. AB 394 was passed in 1999.

In 2012, after the tragic death of a co-worker Leslie resigned her position with the hospital and the union, stepping away from working full-time at the patient bedside, to establish Nurse’s Children Foundation Inc. (NCF), a non-profit organization committed to raising funds to financially benefit children who have suffered the loss of a parent in the nursing profession. In addition, since 2014, under the auspices of NCF, Leslie has organized an annual holiday toy drive for children and families living in shelters and for families in need in the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Area. In 2016 she received the Jefferson Award- Bay Area Region for her service to the community.

Leslie recently resumed her advocacy for patient care, working as a full-time Nurse Case Manager with AIDS Project of East Bay, where she provides comprehensive RN and MSW case management assistance to the most vulnerable patients living with HIV/AIDS. Leslie also continues to practice as a bedside nurse at a major trauma hospital.

Nurses Take DC, a grassroots movement led by Show Me Your Stethoscope, is organizing thousands of nurses across the country to rally in Washington DC to demand Safe Nurse-Patient Ratios to save the lives of our patients and the nursing profession. #NursesTakeDC is calling for the passing of the Bill H.R.1602 & S.864 that provides nurse patient ratios.

The 2017 #NursesTakeDC Rally for Nurse-Patient Ratios, will take place:

Friday, May 5, 2017
11:00am-4:00pm
Capitol Building
Washington, DC

Holiday Toy Drive 2016 Benefit Hosted by Nurse’s Children Foundation

Supporting San Leandro Women and Children Shelter, Black Foster and Orphans, Newark Shelter, Senior Moments and any deserving Bay Area families.

Place a smile on the face of a child this holiday season. New unwrapped toys distributed to shelters that support children. Toy Drive Flyer

Z Café Supports Holiday Toy Drive

Wednesday, December 21st, 2016
Z Café 2735 Broadway, Oakland
5:00pm – 9:00pm.
Come anytime between 5-9pm,
And stay as long as you like.
Click here to make donations to NCF anytime
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Ms. Pardes Larks will be attending Prairie View A&M University in the Fall of 2016.  A few of her achievements are:  Varsity Basketball, Track and Field, News Crew, School Mascot, and voted by her senior class as Most Comical.

There is still time to donate and make Pardes Larks’ dreams come true. Please donate.

In 2012, after the tragic death of a co-worker Leslie resigned her position with the hospital and the union, stepping away from working full-time at the patient bedside, to establish Nurse’s Children Foundation Inc. (NCF), a non-profit organization committed to raising funds to financially benefit children who have suffered the loss of a parent in the nursing profession.

December 2015, Leslie Silket became a Jefferson Award Winner – Bay Area Region for her commitment to her profession and to the families of fallen nurses.

Imagine Affairs supports Holiday Toy Drive presented by Nurse’s Children Foundation.

Place a smile on the face of a child this holiday season.

Sunday, December 14th at 3:00PM
Imagine Affairs Art Lounge
408 14th Street, Oakland, CA

Free Entry with New Unwrapped Toy or $10 Entry without Toy

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