Close to her heart
Nancy Wenning has seen up close the good work Children's doctors and staff dole out on a daily basis.
The daughter of a close friend was diagnosed a couple of years ago with a blood-related cancer – one Wenning said is extremely rare in adults and almost unheard of in children. Gabriella was 12 when she passed away in June 2003, not long before her 13th birthday.
It didn't take Wenning long to decide she wanted to join the Children's team as a volunteer.
"I saw first-hand the phenomenal nurses and doctors that supported that family and child," Wenning said. "I said that I wanted to give back if nothing else than to thank those individuals who were there for our friend and her daughter."
A trial consultant by trade, Wenning comes to the hospital on the weekends and has accumulated more than 50 hours. Volunteering at Children's helps her put her master's degree in educational psychology to good use.
Her caring nature is simply an extension of what Wenning witnesses every time she walks through the doors at Children's. The hospital is a facility Wenning intends to keep close to her heart for a long while.
"Whenever I get ill – I don't care how old I am – I want to be admitted to Children's," Wenning said. "The staff is nothing less than superb."
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Nancy Wenning volunteers at Children's as a way to give back to the team that supported her friend.
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