Honoring nurses in a big way
Published 5:41 pm Saturday, April 2, 2022
Many of the people in attendance gathered in front of the J.R. Tharpe truck celebrating nurses for a photo.
Walmart representatives giving away donuts, cupcakes and water while also signing up nurses to win a $100 gift card.
Centra RN Supervisor Jackie Garrett signs the truck.
Above are representatives from Centra Southside Community Hospital, from left, Chief Nursing Officer Claudia Meinhard, Chief Executive Officer Tom Angelo and Community Engagement and Relations Kerry Mossler.
Nurses Brandalyn Toth and Angela Stimpson of Centra signing the truck with personal messages.
Dr. Bikram Bal and part of the nurse team that works with him show off their shirts celebrating March as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Pictured are Adriane King, Robin Vaughan, Felicia Taylor, Larry McBride, Dr. Bikram Bal, Melanie Hawks-Johnson, Melissa Holmes and James Jones.
Lisa Tharpe with J. R. Tharpe trucking and Community Engagement and Relations for Centra Kerry Mossler stand beside the truck.
Pictured are Centra Nurses Natasha Abernathy, Amy Hathaway and Amanda Shepard with the J.R. Tharpe Truck celebrating nurses.
Owner of J.R. Tharpe Trucking and Centra Board Member Tim Tharpe, Marvin Vaughan and Centra Chief Executive Officer Tom Angelo.
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J.R. Tharpe Trucking in collaboration with Walmart held an event to honor nurses on Friday, March 25 in front of Centra Southside Community Hospital in Farmville.
Lisa Tharpe, who helps her husband’s company, J.R. Tharpe Trucking, with the company’s marketing explained “we are especially proud of our new nurse’s dump truck. Our cancer awareness trucks have been so popular in the past and we’ve had great events in the community with them honoring the many affected by cancer. During our “Truck a Day” campaign on Facebook this month, spotlighting the various themed trucks, Jackie Garrett who is RN Supervisor at Centra Southside Community Hospital commented on our pink cancer truck, that we should do a nurse’s truck. We were so excited about that great suggestion, that we designed this beautiful teal truck very quickly in honor of Nurses. It was perfect timing.”
J.R. Tharpe Trucking brought the big teal truck honoring nurses to the event and nurses were encouraged to sign the truck. Walmart donated cupcakes, doughnuts, bottled water and a $100 gift card.
Tim Tharpe, owner and president of J.R. Tharpe Trucking is also a member of the Board of Directors at Centra. Tim said “partnering with worthy groups like Centra to help support medical staff is a wonderful way to have fun in this business and spread happiness and cheer. Celebrating Centra staff is even more important to me as a board member at the hospital as I know firsthand what this staff endures on a daily basis. They deserve many accolades.”
Felicia Taylor a nurse in Dr. Bikram Bal’s office was the lucky winner of the gift card. Dr. Bal’s team came out for pictures in matching shirts to celebrate March as National Colon Cancer Awareness Month.
