Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Beverly Byram


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Judith B. Collins


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Donna Maddox


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Marceleen Rodes Alford


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Louise Colln


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Sally Yeagley


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Sue Wilson


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Diane Carlson Evans


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Charlotte Richardson Norwood


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Judy Tincher Monaco


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Krista Harmon Koleas


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Virginia M. George


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Amanda Taylor Pendley


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Myra Wilson Willey


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Maxine Arnold Dalton


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Cynthia Fielder Diamond


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Lisa Fournace


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Suzanne Hopkins Blievernicht


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Mary Jo Reimer


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Linda Scott Herzfeld


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Susan Kaburu


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Kathleen L. Wolff and Sharron Stewart Burch


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Jennie Maddra Fleshood


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Kathleen Smith Lewis


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Barbara Siddens Vinson


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Carol Dixon


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Marilyn Hobbs McAtee


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Brooke Faught


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Ginger Trundle Manley


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Sharon Adkins


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Mary Gresham Buchanan Barr


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Patricia Vuleta Spence Benn


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Lydia Luttrell Grubb


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Frances McGaughy Edwards


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Dianne Horton Wood


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Linda Schlesinger Mabry


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Sally Reinhart Crowe


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Marilyn Bache Chassie Sonnenberg


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Marti Mueller Daniel


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Sara Jeanne Wells


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Joan Crosland Chapman Sughrue


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Karen L. Starr


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Rebekah Nesbitt


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Libby Dayani


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Poppy Pickering Buchanan


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Margaret Kuehnle Fulton


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Ellen E. McGeady


Adopted by TNAP Contributor: Carol A. Etherington

Welcome to the web site of The Nurses’ Apron Partnership (TNAP), a grassroots group of American nurses and their friends, who are committed to supporting nurses in remote areas of Kenya. In the midst of the continent-wide health crisis in Africa Click here to read story , these enterprising native Kenyan RN’s are opening clinics and working heroically to provide basic healthcare services to their own villages and surrounding areas, in the face of limited supplies, meager facilities, and minimal support. TNAP is partnering with Burning Bush, Inc., a non-profit microlending organization supporting community development initiatives in Central Kenya, to fund additional training and education for these nurses. To read the inspirational story of Jocelyn Macharia, the first nurse to benefit from TNAP’s efforts, click here

We invite you to explore this website and learn more about how a collection of vintage kitchen aprons from Tennessee sparked an idea that inspired 50 RN friends and colleagues to form The Nurses’ Apron Partnership. By extending our apron strings around the world, we are marshaling our fellow nurses and others who value the role nurses play in healthcare delivery, to support our dedicated counterparts in Kenya.

If you are a nurse, wish to honor a nurse, or just want to have a part in helping courageous nurses on the front lines of the public health crisis in Africa, please make a contribution through TNAP’s donor portal. Every donation makes a difference to these Kenyan nurses and to the people who depend on them for basic care.

Our book, Gotcha Covered: a Legacy of Service and Protection, was published September 8, 2009 to rave reviews and our launch party was Oct. 24, 2009. Proceeds from the sale of this book will be used to further our mission of equipping nurses in Central Kenya to improve and maintain care delivery. Information about purchasing is available in the box to the right of this article.

If you make a donation through TNAP’s portal in honor of or in memory of a special nurse, we will recognize those nurses in the special section below.

TNAP HALL OF FAME

  • 3/18/2009 Jocelyn Macharia, RN
  • 4/09/2009 Frances McGaughy Edwards RN
  • 4/29/2009 Bonnie S. Johnson, R.N.
  • 4/29/2009 Bridgett L. Heil, R.N.
  • 5/1/2009 DeDe Rissmiller, R.N. (memorial)
  • 5/1/2009 Ginger Trundle Manley RN
  • 5/1/2009 VUSN Class of 1966
  • 5/1/2009 Diane Carlson Evans, RN
  • 5/1/2009 Judith B. Collins, RN
  • 5/1/2009 Jan Parker, RN
  • 5/1/2009 Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses, Greensboro, NC, Hendersonville,NC, and Atlanta, GA
  • 7/8/2009 Suzanne Blievernicht, RN
  • 9/14/2009 Andre “Rip” Corley, RN (memorial)
  • 9/14/2009 Myrphil Turnbull, RN
  • 11/6/2009 Minnie Lawrence Caudle Strong, RN (memorial)
  • 10/1/2011 Sally Reinhart Crowe, RN VUSN 1966

Current News & Events:

The 50th Nurse

14 December 11

The Tea Time Apron

12 December 11

Apron adopters reunite with their aprons

4 December 11

Gotcha Covered book orders