Events & Donations
Nurses House runs solely on donations from nurses, the health care community, and others who care. Aside from accepting general donations throughout the year, Nurses House hosts several annual fundraising events to help us meet our mission. They include the Have a Heart for Nurses in Need Campaign in February; the Dolphins for Nurses Campaign, which runs from April to May (culminating in National Nurses Week); the Dolphin Award Ceremony; and the 9&Wine golf event in partnership with Davin Healthcare in the fall.
Ways to Donate
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Please mail your donations to:
Nurses House, Inc.
2113 Western Avenue, Suite 2
Guilderland, NY 12084-9559 -
To gift stock, please provide your investment manager with the following information:
Nurses House EIN Number 13-1927913 -
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If you are planning to make a donation, make sure to check with your employer to see if they have a charitable match program, because one donation is good, but two is even better!
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A charitable bequest is a distibution from an estate to a charitable organization through your last will and testament. Charitable bequests are a meaningful way to carry on one's legacy. If you think there may me additional funds left, after your family's needs have been met, we hope you will consider making a gift to Nurses House to continue helping nurses in need. If you wish to make a bequest to Nurses House, all it takes is a call to your attorney to add Nurses House as a beneficiary in your will.
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Events
For Valentine's Day and throughout the month of February individuals have the opportunity to make a donation in honor of a nurse and send them an e-card through the Nurses House "Have a Heart" campaign. All donations go directly to nurses in need and all honorees are listed here throughout the month of February. Two lucky winners at the end of the month from all the honorees to receive a swag bag full of goodies from Nurses House!
To become a sponsor for the 2026 campaign, contact Stephanie Dague at sdague@nurseshouse.org
Thank you to everyone who donated and honored a nurse in 2025! Two winners have been selected and notified. Thank you nurses for all you do!
Annual Have a Heart for Nurses in Need Campaign
David Theobald, MS, RN, CSP accepting the 2021 Dolphin Award from Ilene Sussman, President of Nurses House
The Dolphin Award is an bi-annual award given by Nurses House to honor an individual or group having made a substantial impact on our mission and the population to which we are dedicated.
Past Award Recipients Include:
Nurses House Dolphin Award
2023 - American Nurses Foundation
2021 - David Theobald, MS, RN, CSP
2020 - Thomas Smith, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN and Barbara Sommer, MA, RN
2019 - Ilene Sussman, RN
2018 - The Western New York Chapter of Nurses House
2017 - Cathryne A. Welch, EdD, RN (pictured above with William Donovan, President at the ceremony)
2016 - Robert V. Peimonte, EdD, RN, CAE, FAAN
2015 - Glennie Millard, BSN, RN
2014 - Karen Ballard, MA, RN, FAAN
2013 - Cynthia Lydford, MA, RN
2012 - The Alumnae Association of Prospect Heights Hospital
2011 - Claire F. Murray, MS, RN
2010 - The New York State Nurses Association
2009 - Maimonides Medical Center
2008 - Diana J. Mason, RN, Phd, FAAN
2007 - The Foundation of the Alumnae Association of Mt. Sinai School of Nursing
Staff at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary participating in the annual Dolphins for Nurses Campaign for Nurses Week
During the month leading up to, and culminating in National Nurses Week, April 12- May 12, nurses and nurse groups are invited to host a fundraiser for Nurses House by offering $1, $5 and $10 dolphins in exchange for donations.
This fundraiser can be easily incorporated into existing Nurses Week activities and events. Individuals and teams can also create thier own fundraising page through the Nurses House website beginning April 12th.
To learn more, sponsor this campaign, or to receive a fundraising packet to share with your Nurses Week Coordinator/Committee, contact Stephanie Dague at or sdague@nurseshouse.org.
Annual Nurses Week Campaign Dolphins for Nurses
Staff of Davin Healchcare hosting the raffle at the dinner reception at the Nurses House 9&Wine Reception Dinner
Nurses House 9&Wine Golf Fundraiser in Partnership with Davin Healthcare
The first ever golf fundraiser for Nurses House was held in September of 2022 at Saratoga National Golf Club in Saratoga Springs, NY. The fourth annual 9&Wine is scheduled for September 25, 2025 and will take place at the Saratoga Lake Golf Club in Ballston Spa, NY.
Nurses House is seeking sponsors of various levels. Contact Stephanie Dague if you wish to sponsor this event at sdague@nurseshouse.org.
The Nurses House Inc COVID-19 Fund, in partnership with the American Nurses Foundation, provided grants to 2,417 nurses nationwide affected by COVID-19 from April 1-July 31, 2020. Click here to read the whole report. Click here to read an article about the fund in the NY Daily News 2020 Nurses Week Supplement (See pg 6).