The Nightingale Society

The Nightingale Society was established to reflect the values and beliefs of Florence Nightingale, whose dedication to quality care made her the most influential nurse in history. As society members, each of you reflect these values and beliefs and are positively shaping the health care profession through your financial leadership. Just as Nightingale had a vision of what the nursing profession should be in the 19th Century, you have stepped forward to assist the MU Sinclair School of Nursing in shaping the vision for the nursing profession in the 21st Century.This society is the focal point of efforts to secure the financial future of the school and to elevate us to being a Top School of Nursing in the nation.

Eligibility

Membership is open to alumni, staff and faculty of the University of Missouri-Columbia , as well as friends and MU affiliated non-profit organizations. Joint memberships are available for spouses.

Gifts

Membership eligibility is established through gifts or pledges to any area or areas of need within the School of Nursing and the Nursing Alumni Organization. Gifts may be designated for a specific fund or purpose, or may be made to an unrestricted fund. Donors may also contribute to an existing endowment of fund or request that their gifts be used to establish a new endowment named for the donor or someone else. Distribution from the earnings on the fund are used for the designated purpose of said fund each year. The minimum amount for establishing an endowment at the University is $25,000, payable in an outright gift or a pledge. When an endowment reaches the minimum sum, or a higher amount specified by the donor, the school will receive notification once a year in August of that funds annual distribution which will be made to support the funds stated purpose.

Benefits of Membership

Nightingale Society Members have the satisfaction of knowing that they, like the founding members, are taking the lead role in helping to fund the mission and direction of the School. This enables us to elevate the school's growing national reputation for excellence in education, creative vision, and research accomplishments.

• All members receive invitations to special events including the Annual Banquet Award Ceremony, and the Annual Nightingale Society Induction Brunch, where members are recognized.

• Nightingale Membership is also recognized in our school's honor rolls and in Nursing and University Publications.

• Annual Members receive a lapel pin and a certificate.

• Sustaining Members receive a certificate, a crystal keepsake, and a lapel pin set with a stone designating their level of membership. Sustaining member levels are identified by the gemstones set in their pins (see chart to the below).

Sustaining Members

Six levels of sustaining membership are available to individuals who meet one or more of the criteria listed below:

Annual Members

Annual Members are recognized each spring for gifts made the previous calendar year.

Faculty and Staff Membership

MU faculty, staff and retirees who are benefit eligible have a special opportunity to join as Annual or Sustaining Members at a special matching rate. For more information, contact the Director of Development in the School of Nursing at (573) 884-0421.

The Jefferson Club

Sustaining Nightingale Members may also enjoy membership in the University's Jefferson Club, which is made up of everyone who has given to the schools, colleges, and University Programs of their choice. Your gifts to the School of Nursing may also elevate your current membership in this Society, should you already be a member. For more information contact the Jefferson Club membership coordinator at (573) 884-9110. As of 2008, the Jefferson Club is not recognizing annual memberships, however the Nightingale Society will continue to do so.

For more information, contact:

MU Sinclair School of Nursing Development Office
University of Missouri-Columbia
S219 School of Nursing
Columbia, MO 65211
(573) 884-0421 or email FellerT@missouri.edu

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