OLF Nursing Ministry Hartford

01/03/2026

Our blood pressure screening for tomorrow has been cancelled but we plan to resume screenings in February! We hope all had a merry Christmas and great start to 2026 🎊.

10/07/2025

To schedule your appointment, please go to: ccthd.org/flu or call us at 860-785-8380 and then press 216.

We are in Newington this week at Newington Senior and Disabled Center. Appointments are still available for pediatric, adult and senior high-dose (ages 65+) flu vaccines. Beacon Prescriptions New Britain will also be administering COVID-19, RSV, Shingles and Pneumococcal (PCV) vaccines. To schedule your appointment, please go to: ccthd.org/flu

10/05/2025

The AED can be found in the church crying room. As a reminder, we will be hosting an AED/ CPR training on Sun, 10/26 from 2-4 pm for free and would love for more people to sign-up to attend: https://forms.gle/QPtYEK7bQaHigxRX6 . It's imperative people know how to use an AED for this resource to be helpful to our community. Even if you don't feel comfortable doing CPR, learning how to work an AED can be lifesaving in an emergency!

09/18/2025

Sign-up to attend our first 'family & friends' CPR/ AED training in October!

Now that our church has an AED, it's important church members know how to do CPR/ use an AED for this to truly be beneficial to our community. RSVP to attend here (class date: Sun, 10/26 2-4pm in the community center): https://forms.gle/PoWtQ9gUj3a2rh1R7

This class will cover the lifesaving skills of adult Hands-Only CPR, adult CPR with breaths, child CPR with breaths, adult and child AED use, infant CPR, and mild and severe airway block for adults, children, and infants. There will be no formal test at the end of this class. A certificate of participation will be provided, but not an official CPR/AED certification. If interested in becoming formally certified in CPR/AED, please visit Heart.org/CPR to find a training near you.

Location: Our Lady of Fatima Church Community Center, 50 Kane St., Hartford, CT When: Sunday, 10/26 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm Contact: rbernardo@olfccd.com Course Instructor: Bliss DaSilva, APRN Hosted by: Hartford OLF Nursing Ministry

08/29/2025

Exciting news: we’ve received our AED in the mail today!!! Thank you to everyone who generously donated, it’s because of you all we were able to purchase an AED for our church! 🙏🏼 It will be installed in the coming weeks and soon we will be offering a CPR/AED training, stay tuned for more updates and a link to sign up if interested in attending the training.

Thanks again!

Sincerely,
OLF Nursing Ministry

08/17/2025

Hi all! We are looking for more donations to be able to finally purchase an AED for the church. Our goal is to do this by the end of the summer before our grant expires. We are so close to reaching our goal 🙏🏼

Here’s a reminder on ways you can donate:
- Venmo and write in caption 'OLF AED fundraiser'
- Cash or check which can be given to any of our volunteers or to the church secretary
- Come to our next blood pressure screening in the community center on Sunday, 9/7 at 10:30am to donate in-person

Your donation can help save a life one day. Thanks to all who have contributed so far!!

07/30/2025

As many are away this August, we will be canceling our next blood pressure screening that was scheduled for this Sunday, 8/3.

We look forward to resuming our monthly blood pressure screenings in September ☀️.

If you haven’t already, please consider donating to our AED fundraiser!! We are getting closer and closer to our goal (only $400 more is needed) to buy an AED for the church. Thank you again to all who have generously donated so far, your contributions truly make a difference.

How to donate:
- Venmo and write in caption 'OLF AED fundraiser'
- Cash or check which can be given to any of our volunteers or to the church secretary

07/07/2025

We are looking for more donations to be able to purchase an AED for the church. Our goal is to do this by the end of the summer before our grant expires. So far we've raised about a third of our goal, thank you to all who've donated so far!

Ways to donate:
- Venmo and write in caption 'OLF AED fundraiser'
- Cash or check which can be given to any of our volunteers or to the church secretary
- Come by to our next blood pressure screening in the community center on Sunday, 8/3 at 10:30am to donate in-person

Any amount will help us reach our goal and make having an AED in our church a reality! Your donation can help save a life one day. We will post an update once we've raised enough funds and purchased the AED.

07/03/2025

OLF Nursing Ministry - Meet the Team: Nurse Claudia
When we asked Claudia to share with us about herself and why she joined our ministry here's what she had to say:
"I’ve been a nurse for almost 3 years at Hartford Hospital. I joined the Nursing Ministry because I’ve always been passionate about helping others especially our Portuguese community. It’s an honor to be able to serve our community members and doing so by speaking our language! A fun fact about me is that I lived in Portugal until I was 13!
Sou enfermeira há quase 3 anos! Eu faço parte deste grupo porque tenho um desejo em querer ajudar a nossa comunidade Portuguesa! É uma honra poder servir os membros da nossa comunidade e fazê-lo falando a nossa língua! Algo que podem não saber sobre mim é que vivi em Portugal até aos 13 anos!"
Thanks for being a vital member of our ministry, Claudia😄. If you want to join our nursing ministry, please reach out or connect with one of our volunteers for more information.
Our next blood pressure screening is this Sunday, 7/6 from 10:30am-11:45am. We hope to see you there! 🩺

06/04/2025

Please consider donating to our AED fundraiser! As soon as we have raised enough funds, we plan to purchase an AED for the church. See below for more information and check back on our page for updates!