A woman looks at some of the ‘Thank You’ cards displayed at City of Hope Orange County in Irvine, CA on Friday, May 12, 2023. Nurses were surprised on International Nurses Day with the display of cards made by local school kids and the community. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Cards and artwork are displayed at City of Hope Orange County in Irvine, CA on Friday, May 12, 2023. The cards were made by local school kids and the community for International Nurses Day. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
City of Hope nurses take a group photo in front of a card display at City of Hope Orange County in Irvine, CA on Friday, May 12, 2023. Nurses were surprised on International Nurses Day with the cards made by local school kids and the community. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Cards and artwork are displayed at City of Hope Orange County in Irvine, CA on Friday, May 12, 2023. The cards were made by local school kids and the community for International Nurses Day. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Cynthia Powers, Associate Chief of Nursing at City of Hope Orange County, thanks nurses during an event on campus in Irvine, CA on Friday, May 12, 2023. Nurses were surprised on International Nurses Day with a display of about 200 ‘Thank You’ cards made by local school kids and the community. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
City of Hope Orange County nurses react as they see a display of ‘Thank You’ cards on campus in Irvine, CA on Friday, May 12, 2023. Around 200 cards were made by local school kids and the community for International Nurses Day. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Cards and artwork are displayed at City of Hope Orange County in Irvine, CA on Friday, May 12, 2023. The cards were made by local school kids and the community for International Nurses Day. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
City of Hope nurses Jennifer Christensen and Stacey Patterson, from left, read some of the cards displayed at City of Hope Orange County in Irvine, CA on Friday, May 12, 2023. Nurses were surprised on International Nurses Day with the display of cards made by local school kids and the community. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Nurses at City of Hope Orange County received a surprise “thank you” from the local community on International Nurses Day.
About 200 cards were created by students at four schools in the nearby Great Park Neighborhoods and their community associations.
Some of the cards were mounted on giant letters spelling out “HOPE” that were on display at the cancer care center’s Irvine campus Friday.
Many cards gave thanks for the care of a specific family member, others just said thank you for being a nurse.
“It means we’re doing our job of taking care of people and leaving the warm, loving impression that we want to leave,” Registered Nurse Jennifer Christensen said about the show of support. “That we’re here for the patients and their families.”
One in three people will receive a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime, according to City of Hope, which is now building an in-patient hospital next to the outpatient center that opened last year.
May is National Nurses Month with May 12th designated as International Nurses Day.
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