| History |
| PNADVI AKA FNA -Filipino Nurses Association of Delaware Valley , Inc. was founded in 1984 by Norma Dejelo Ricafort, RN, BSN , CCRN. On 1995, FNA's name was changed to PNADVI under the presidency of Wilhelmina D' Dumo RN, MSN, NP & PhD in Pyschology. Then in 1997, Delia Paunil Timonera, RN, BSN took over the Presidency, she obtained the Certificate of Incorporation, Non-profit, number 010072 from the New Jersey Department of State & signed by Lonna R. Hooks, Secretary of State on November 6, 1997. The name of this organization as Philippine Nurses Association of Delaware Valley, Inc.& referred to as PNADVI & the new Association's Logo , was amended and adopted at the Joy Palace Conference Room on Sunday February 28, 1999 under the leadership of PNADVI President Delia P. Timonera, RN, BSN .Amendment was approved by 16 attending officers & members. An amendment to these by laws was notarized & signed by the Notary Public of New Jersey. The PNAA 2nd Eastern Regional conference -Y2K Nursing and Beyond was held at Days Inn at Mount Laurel, New Jersey. It was hosted by PNADVI and headed by Delia P. Timonera, RN, BSN Preisident, on November 6, 1999 & supported by the other PNADVI officers & members, teamed up with Leo Felix M. Jurado,RN MA,CNA, CNS.C, then, he was the Eastern liaison Officer and PNAA board member . The conference was well supported by the other 5 PNA Eastern Region Chapter Presidents from New Jersey- Josephine C. Aparri , Hampton Roads, VA- Sol Aguinaldo, Metro Washington DC-Diana Comiso, South Carolina -Sally de los Reyes Ani & New York.-Lorna Schneider. One of the existing major fundraising of PNADVI is the yearly coronation of Ms. Florence Nightingale which was created by Ester Reyes, RN past President 1991-1993. She had contributed to the school for the blinds & provided financial aids for the Philippine flood and earthquake victims. Yearly community services are being performed such as participating at the medical mission in the various provinces of the Philippines by Ligaya Y. Bayna,RN PNADVI treasurer accompanied by her husband Ely & a one time medical mission's participation by Wilhelmina D' Dumo, MSN, Psy PhD and Richard Palazzo.Yearly blood pressure screening, medical emergency aid committee during the Philippine Independence Picnic celebration in the Delaware Valley which is sponsored by the Filipino Executive Council of Greater Philadelphia,Inc., the umbrella organization. Delia Paunil Timonera RN, BSN, PNADVI past President has been the co-chairman & Coordinator since 2004 until 2008 of the Philippines Independence Picnic celebration which is being held at the Jose P. Rizal and Bataan Monuments at Cooper River, Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Another important PNADVI's goal is to provide the yearly $1000.00 scholarship award to each qualified Nursing student which was started in 2005 under the current President Aurora B. Polutan. PNADVI, through Aurora B. Polutan, RN, President , she received the first & second donations of $5,000.00 each and the third time donations of $10,000.00 on October, 2007 from Mrs. Eleanor Read , the donations are mainly for the nursing scholarships award purposes only.. PNADVI is continuously participating to other charitable events in the USA & in the Philippines once a year. On March 29, 2008 PNADVI donated $1500.00 for Gawad Kalinga Village in Sariaya, Quezon , Concepcion province, it was handed to Dr. Rommel Rivera, FECGP President. |
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