A Clay County nurse is hosting a 2-day event at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom and EPCOT in May to celebrate National and International Nurses Day, inviting nurses from around the globe. The event, inspired by the nurse’s pin collecting hobby and a successful initial gathering in 2025, aims to honor and connect nurses.
Clay County nurse inviting nurses from around the world for a 2-day event at Disney World for National Nurses Day in May Clay County nurse inviting nurses from around the world for a 2-day event at Disney World for National Nurses Day in May Read full article: Clay County nurse inviting nurses from around the world for a 2-day event at Disney World for National Nurses Day in MayClay County nurse inviting nurses from around the world for a 2-day event at Disney World for National Nurses Day in MayClay County nurse inviting nurses from around the world for a 2-day event at Disney World for National Nurses Day in MayShe is inviting nurses from around the world to join her to celebrate National and International Nurses Day on May 6th and May 7.
April Freeman is putting the event together. She is a registered nurse at Ascension St. Vincent’s Clay County Hospital and has been in the industry for 25 years. She is a registered nurse at Ascension St. Vincent’s Clay County Hospital and has been in the industry for 25 years. Freeman started this in May 2025.
More than 750 nurses showed up for what was a one-day trip to Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. Freeman started this in May 2025. More than 750 nurses showed up for what was a one-day trip to Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. On May 6, the nurses who show up will spend the day at Magic Kingdom.
Then on May 7, they will hang out at EPCOT.
“I collect Nurses Day pins from Disney,” Freeman said. “They have been releasing a Nurses Day pin for the last 25 or 26 years and I started collecting that. I have one for every year that I have been a nurse. ” Freeman started this in May 2025.
More than 750 nurses showed up for what was a one-day trip to Disney World’s Magic Kingdom.
“How cool would it be if I dressed up like an old-fashioned nurse-- with my white dress and my white hat and I go to Disney on Nurses Day as a nurse,? ” Freeman said she joked with her husband at the time.
“Then I said, ‘I wonder if anybody else would want to go with me? ’ I went on a Disney passholder page and I said, ‘Hey here’s my idea who wants to go? ’ It exploded. ” Freeman started this in May 2025.
More than 750 nurses showed up for what was a one-day trip to Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. When Freeman saw the turnout, she was overwhelmed as all she wants is for nurses to be valued and appreciated.
“I cried,” Freeman said. “It was so emotional to me that nurses had come together in such a big number simply to enjoy each other’s company and to enjoy that day. ”Freeman said she plans to add schedules for each day and some of the activities lined up. Freeman started this in May 2025.
More than 750 nurses showed up for what was a one-day trip to Disney World’s Magic Kingdom.
“I think it is really hard when you are caring for people to believe that you are doing a good job or that you have done enough,” Freeman said. “I think that when you hear stories like that of people appreciating you or telling you what a wonderful job a nurse did or how they impacted, it made nurses feel seen and appreciated.
”She is expecting at least 1,500 of them to show up for the two-day event in May, including from England and Puerto Rico. Aaron Farrar joins News4JAX as a weekend morning reporter after working for a year at WFXR in Roanoke, Virginia, as a morning news reporter and primary fill-in anchor.
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