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What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

  • 1.  What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 06-06-2025 08:38

    Hello from the NASN conference team.

    Please share how your state or NASN Affiliate is planning to spend Affiliate Night Out on Saturday, June 28th. If you are organizing a meet up, reply here to let your colleagues know.

    And . . . over the coming days, be sure to read messages from the discussion list. NASN will release information here to help you fully attend either In-Person NASN2025 OR Virtual NASN2025. (NOTE: The In-Person app will be released on or about June 12th.) 

    Thank you for participating in the conference! We're so glad you're here.



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    Sharon Conley
    Director of Web Operations and Member Experience
    National Association of School Nurses
    1100 Wayne Avenue Suite 925
    Silver Spring, MD 20910
    866-627-6767
    1-866-627-6767
    sconley@nasn.org
    www.nasn.org
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  • 2.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 06-07-2025 19:24

    Hello,

    This is Adalia, Texas NASN Director, first I want to welcome you to Texas, look forward to great networking.  

    I'm not really familiar with downtown restaurants near JW Marriott since I don't leave in Austin.  However, here is a link that shows restaurants within a 15-minute walk from the JW Marriott:
     
    I hope you find this link helpful in planning for affiliate night out.
    See you all soon,
    Adalia


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    Adalia Del Bosque MSN, RN, NCSN
    McAllen, TX United States
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  • 3.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 06-07-2025 19:24

    I floated the idea of the bat paddleboarding experience adjacent to the hotel.  Only one response so far.  We shall see.  



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    Alana Parker MSN-Ed, BSN, RN, NCSN
    Mesa, AZ United States
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  • 4.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 06-07-2025 19:24
    Colorado will be meeting at the Easy Tiger,  a casual beer garden style restaurant. 


     


    Laura L. Phillips, MPH, BSN, RN, NCSN, IHP, RYT 200
    Colorado Dept. of Education Licensed School Nurse
    Nationally Certified School Nurse
    Child Care Health Consultant
    National Association of School Nurses, Director - Colorado
    email: llphillipsrn@gmail.com
    cell: 303-868-9902
    ---Every student will be healthy, safe, and ready to learn.

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  • 5.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 06-09-2025 12:46

    The Missouri affiliate will be eating together at 6:00 PM at Cedar Door Patio Bar & Grill (201 Brazos St.).



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    Jen Maddox MHA, BSN, RN, NCSN
    Director of Health Services - Columbia Public Schools
    Columbia Public School District- Columbia Missouri
    Columbia, MO United States
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  • 6.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 06-09-2025 14:22

    Delaware is planning dinner at a local restaurant (we are voting now!) and then watching the bats fly out from under the bridge at sunset. Then we might take the night out on 6th street for anyone who wants to keep the fun going and check out Austin's local flair!



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    Anastasia "Stacy" Robinson, MSN, MSM-HCA, RN, NCSN
    Indian River School District Float Nurse
    DSNA, NASN Director
    Delaware Professional Standards Board, Specialist Member
    anastasia.robinson@irsd.k12.de.us
    484-433-2764
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  • 7.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 06-10-2025 13:22

    Greetings from Louisiana

    Our affiliate will dine at the well-known Sunset Capital of Texas, The Oasis.  This restaurant seats hundreds of people for all to see the breathtaking sunset views. Many say this is a must-see. Reservations are not accepted at this restaurant, but our group will leave early enough to place our name on the list. 

    https://www.oasis-austin.com/

    See you all in approximately 2 weeks!!

    Safe travels, everyone!! 

     



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    Sylvia Guidry-Brown DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CSN
    Supervisor of Nurses for Health Services
    Opelousas, LA United States
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  • 8.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 28 days ago

    REMINDER FOR IN-PERSON NASN2025 AFFILIATE GATHERING ORGANIZERS!

    Please reply to this discussion thread if your state or NASN Affiliate is planning to gather on Affiliate Night Out on Saturday, June 28th. If you are organizing a meet up, reply here to let your colleagues know.

    Thank you for all you do!



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    Sharon Conley
    Director of Web Operations and Member Experience
    National Association of School Nurses
    1100 Wayne Avenue Suite 925
    Silver Spring, MD 20910
    866-627-6767
    1-866-627-6767
    sconley@nasn.org
    www.nasn.org
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  • 9.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 28 days ago

    Minnesota is going to Pete's Dueling Piano Bar. We have a table reserved, but a limited number of seats.  We are compiling a list of who from MN is attending, so let us know if you are and haven't reached out to Kathy S or myself. 



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    Tara Cliff MPH, RN, LSN
    SNOM President

    Health Services Supervisor
    Eastern Carver County Schools
    Chaska, MN
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  • 10.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 27 days ago
    Discussing an escape room for az affiliate. 





  • 11.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 26 days ago
    Nevada is planning on going to dinner at the Oasis for our Affiliate Night Out.  We are also planning on going paddle boarding on the 25th at 8pm (Bat City Glowboard Tour)



    Mary


    Mary Headley, MSN, RN, NCSN
    School Nurse
    NASN Director, Nevada
     
    Northside Elementary School
    1645 Sewell Drive
    Elko, NV  89801
    Phone:  775-738-7255
    Fax: 775-738-7251
     

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  • 12.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 27 days ago
    The Vermont School Nurses will be dining together on Saturday, June 28 at 

    304 E Cesar Chavez Street

    Vermont Nurses, please RSVP to make sure the reservation count is correct.
    Soph
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    Sophia R. Boyle Hall, DNP, M.Ed., BSN, RN, NCSN
    Nationally Certified School Nurse
    VT-NASN Director 2023-2027
    National Board for Certification of School Nurses Liaison
    802-751-5463
         Presenter In-Person JPGSchool Nurse Day 2025 PNG Logo





  • 13.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 27 days ago

    Washington State has a lot of reasons to be celebrating when we are in Austin!! For our partners making the journey here is the list of events that you want to get on your calendar.

    • June 26th (starting that night) decorating party and swag pick-up at the Marriott Hotel room of Sonja Bookter (President) and Liz Pray (NASN Director)
    • June 28th starting around 5p we will be going to Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que. it is right around the corner from the conference hotel and the cool thing is they have lots of seating. We did not need a reservation (good thing because not everyone attending has responded to my request)
    • June 28th at 8pm President's Reception as we celebrate Lynn Nelson! More details will follow, expect to take our state picture during this event. 

     

    If you are traveling to Austin from Washington State and have not received any communication from me, it is ok!! Drop me an email at epray@mlsd161.org because there will be a group text going while we are at the conference. Excited to see everyone next week, I will be arriving on Monday 😁



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    Elizabeth Pray MSN-Ed., RN, NCSN
    MLSD School Nurse, WA State NASN Director
    Moses Lake,WA
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  • 14.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 27 days ago
    Tennessee Nurses are also trying for the Oasis. I'm having difficulty making a reservation on a Saturday night for 20+ people. See you there, LA! 


    AHA BLS/CPR Class Instructor/Coordinator
    TN Director to National Association of School Nurses





  • 15.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 23 days ago

    Diana,

    The Oasis does not accept reservations. 

    https://www.oasis-austin.com/reservations/



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    Sylvia Guidry-Brown DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CSN
    Supervisor of Nurses for Health Services
    Opelousas, LA United States
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  • 16.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 27 days ago

    Hello all,

    New Jersey State School Nurses Association (NJSSNA) Affiliate Night Out Details! All NJSSNA members who have consented for NASN to share their emails are invited to our special gathering on Saturday, June 28, 2025, at the Moonshine Grill 5:30 pm - https://moonshinegrill.com/  . It is walking distance from our hotel. We will be meeting in the lobby at 5:00 pm.
    Please RSVP by email to the NJSSNA Executive Director,
    Rose Catton at njssnaexecutivedirector@gmail.com by Tuesday, June 24, 2025
    See you there!  Eileen Gavin


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    Eileen Gavin MSN, NCSN, FNP-BC, FNASN
    Nationally Certified School Nurse
    MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
    Middletown, NJ United States
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  • 17.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 27 days ago

    Virginia is planning a dinner together. Anyone not getting the VASN emails about events and shirts for affiliate day please email betsylooneyvasn@gmail.com or vasnsecretary1@gmail.com for all the details. 



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    Jenn Bliven MPA, MBA, NCSN, RNC(OB), BSN
    Vienna, VA United States
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  • 18.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 27 days ago

    New Mexico nurses will be meeting for dinner at the Cedar Door Patio Bar & Grill. I have sent an email to all attendees who shared their information. If you did not consent to your information being shared, please email me at desmith@portalesschools.com if you would like to join us!



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    Desiree Smith MS ED, BSN, RN, NCSN
    Nurse Coordinator
    PORTALES MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS
    Portales, NM United States
    NASN Director NM
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  • 19.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 27 days ago

    The Virginia Affiliate is have dinner at Taverna restaurant.

    HOPE LUONG -



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    Hope Luong MSN, RN, NCSN, PHN III Assistant Nurse Manager Fairfax County Department of Health/School Health Division
    Fairfax, VA. 20190
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  • 20.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 26 days ago
    Texas has set up a "dine around" with reservations at a couple of different restaurants for folks to choose from, then we'll be going to see the bats at dusk. 


    Becca Harkleroad, MPH, RN, NCSN

    Executive Director

    Texas School Nurses Organization

     

    Mission: To enhance whole student wellness and learning by strengthening school nursing practice. 

    Vision: Student access to health and learning. All day. Every day.






  • 21.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 25 days ago

    I have sent an email to the New York State attendees. If you have not received any correspondence from me, please contact me. On Affiliate Night Out, June 28, we will be meeting in the lobby at 5pm. We will be walking to Cooper's Old Time Pit BarBQ. If you haven't responded yet to the invitation, please let me know if you are planning to join us. Thanks 



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    Lou Ann Gleason, MSN RN
    School Nurse
    NASN - NY Director
    Ellisburg, NY USA
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  • 22.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 25 days ago

    Attention Iowa school nurses! Iowa has a reservation for Saturday, June 28th at Cedar Door Patio and Grill:  https://www.cedardooraustin.com/

    After dinner, we are hoping to watch the bats come out at dusk if you are interested in coming along 🦇 

    **if you have not been receiving emails, please reach out to myself or Teri Schloss.



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    Jordan Drane BSN, RN
    President, Iowa School Nurse Organization
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  • 23.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 25 days ago

    Massachusetts Affiliate members are heading to Corine for dinner at 6:00 p.m. You can check out the menu on their website, found here: https://www.corinneatx.com/

    I have emailed and texted everyone who signed up! Watch for a text from me with more details about when and where we will meet on Saturday.



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    Shanyn A Toulouse, DNP, MEd, RN, NCSN
    Massachusetts Director
    ✉️ nasndirector@msno.org
    ✉️ shanyntoulouse@hotmail.com
    ☎︎ 978.761.2307 Mobile

    "We can't educate children who are not healthy, and we can't keep them healthy if they're not educated." M. Jocelyn Elders, MD, Former Surgeon General of the United States
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  • 24.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 25 days ago

    Florida Nurses are walking to the Moonshine Grill at 6pm, potentially followed by a walk to the Congress Avenue Bridge to see the bats emerge...



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    Martha Hanna, RN
    Health Services Coordinator
    Escambia County Public Schools
    Director Florida Association of School Nurses



    Escambia County School District
    Pensacola, FL United States
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  • 25.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 23 days ago

    Arizona has reserved space at Punch Bowl Social https://g.co/kgs/SVWf8Si . Looks fun, we are bringing our game! Feel free to join us. Reservation can be amended so let me know @ lisa.young@dysart.org 



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    Lisa Young
    Surprise, AZ United States
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  • 26.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 23 days ago

    Hi from Maryland! 

    We are excited to meet at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 28th, at the very nearby Austin Marriott at the fabulous 7-story up Zanzibar! 

    All nurses from Maryland, and their partners/spouses if they are in town, are invited to join us for great views of Austin and yummy small bites.

    Thanks all, looking forward to a great affiliate night out!



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    Liz
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    Elizabeth Elliott, MSN, RN, CDCES, NCSN
    President, Maryland Association of School Health Nurses (MASHN)

    Nurse Administrator, School Health Services
    Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services
    Rockville, MD 20850
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  • 27.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 22 days ago

    Hello,

     Members of the Maine affiliate will be enjoying dinner at Cedar Door Grill, which is just a short walk from the hotel. 

    See you all soon!

    -Janneke ("Yahnikah")



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    Janneke Strickland BSN, RN , NCSN
    President, MASN
    Farmington, Maine
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  • 28.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 21 days ago

    Montana has a reservation at La Condesa at 6:30pm. (https://lacondesa.com/)

    If you did not receive my email previously, but would like to join please contact me :)



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    Erica Harp BSN, RN, NCSN
    Great Falls Public Schools, Lead Nurse
    Great Falls, MT
    NASN Director, Montana
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  • 29.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 20 days ago

    Alabama School Nurses have reservations at Cedar Door Patio Bar and Grill at 5:30pm. So far, we have 18. Please let me know if you are here and I have not sent you an email.

    Best Regards,

    Diana Collins MSN, RN

    NASN Director for Alabama



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    Diana Collins MSN
    Administrator/Coordinator/Supervisor
    Mobile, AL United States
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  • 30.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 19 days ago
    Connecticut is going to the" Dinner Detective Mystery Dinner "





  • 31.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 20 days ago

    Illinois is heading to Cooper's Old Time BBQ. Sign up here: https://www.iasn.org/event/nasn-affiliate-night-dinner-at-coopers-old-time-bbq/

    Can't wait to see you for barbecue and karaoke! The dress theme is denim on denim!



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    Bridget Heroff, MSN, RN, PEL-SN, NCSN
    IASN Past President '22-24
    Barrington 220 CUSD
    Nursing Coordinator
    Illinois Certified School Nurse
    Wauconda, IL
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  • 32.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 18 days ago

    Hawai'i crew is going to Moonshine Patio Bar and Grill at 6:30!



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    Jessica Niles
    Honolulu, HI United States
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  • 33.  RE: What Are Your Affiliate's Plans for Affiliate Night Out?

    Posted 17 days ago

    Oklahoma will be dining at Industry at 6pm. 
    https://maps.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8644b505051e539b:0x3cbf9685f92c1fff?entry=s&sa=X&ved=1t:8290&hl=en-US&ictx=111



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    Kellie Carter
    Oklahoma State Department of Education
    Yukon, OK United States
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