Four-day event will headquarter at M Hotel on Walden at Galleria Drive Oct. 11-14
Aparty and vendor market in celebration of WNY “healthcare heroes” will be on tap to lead-off the national convention of licensed practical nurses when it brings its chapter members to Buffalo this October.
This will be the first time for this type of gathering in Western New York, which will convene on the 75th anniversary of the national chapter’s founding.
“We are so excited to be the host organization that brings together, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses and healthcare workers from all corners of the U.S,,” says NYS Chapter President Renee Likong. “What’s more, we happen to be doing this on the 75th anniversary of the founding of our national organization by Lillian Custer, in 1948!”
Oct. 11, a Wednesday, will be the kickoff party to the convention where the entire ballroom and access hallways will be filled with exhibits, food sampling, beverage tasting, shopping, apparel, jewelry makers, crafters, and entertainment aimed at the healthcare industry. It will be called “Nurses’ Night — Celebrating ALL our Healthcare Heroes” and will take place from 5 – 9 p.m.
The four-day convention will provide continuing education credits. National motivational speaker Tiffiney L. Hall, a guest appearance by Eileen Gunther (who promoted safe staffing ratio for New York) and an excursion to Niagara Falls.
LPNs that are interested in attending the conference may register at nalpn.org.
Tickets for the Oct. 11 Nurses’ Night – Celebrating All Healthcare Heroes will be available for $9.50, a link for purchase is up on www.NursesNightofCelebration.com .
The event is open to all healthcare workers from doctors to nurses to caregivers, first responders, to facilities people and their friends.
For more information, contact Paul Maurer at Paul@PDMMarketingMedia.com, Amy Coddington at amylcodd@gmail.com or Renee Likong at nyalpn@gmail.com.