The Fort Duncan employees were nominated by their, peers, physicians, patients and families, and other staff and administrators to receive the caring award.
The Daisy Foundation is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune SYstem and was formed in November 1999, by the family of J. Patrick Barnes who died at age 33 of complications of Idiopathic
Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP). The nursing care Patrick received when hospitalized profoundly touched his family, and they decided to find a way to give back to caring nurses all across the nation.