Posted in Uncategorized, tagged block island, island nurse, mary d, mary d fund, mary donnelly, new shoreham, postaday, rhode island on August 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A while back, I wrote about a documentary on Mary Donnelly, a public health nurse who made house calls for many decades and on whom year-round island residents relied. She was so trusted that the community made donations to something called the Mary D Fund, and with the money, she would directly help people in need by paying heating and other bills when they were strapped.
Today the island dedicated a bit of park on the harbor to her and unveiled a marker.
Read my previous post here.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged block island, island nurse, mary d, mary d fund, mary donnelly, nurse on July 2, 2011| 1 Comment »
Pippa Jack at the Block Island Times reports today on a Rhode Island humanities grant for post-production work on a local film. The film is called “Island Nurse” and is about island treasure Mary Donnelly.
“The filmmaker, Sue Hagedorn, who is also a nurse practitioner, retired nursing professor and summer resident of the island, shot the intimate footage over the past two years, following Donnelly as she made house calls, visited with family, did non-profit work and remembered the past. Next she will film other people, collecting stories about the frail-looking but dynamic woman who has tended to the sick here for two generations.” Read more here.
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