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Johanna M. Tracy Awarded Highest National Red Cross Honor for Nursing
 
Date: May 31, 2005
Contact: Diane Concannon, Public Relations Director 609.951.2116; (cell) 609.206.4043
concannond@njredcross.org

Princeton, NJ, May 31, 2005 – The American Red Cross awarded Johanna (Hanna) M. Tracy, MSN, APRN, BC, with the prestigious Ann Magnussen Award during the organization’s National Convention held last weekend in San Francisco.

Johanna (Hanna) M. Tracy
 

Ms. Tracy, a volunteer nurse with the American Red Cross of Central New Jersey, received the award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to strengthening and improving Red Cross programs and services.

“As CEO, I was proud to be present when Hanna received this prestigious award,” stated Kevin Sullivan, chief executive officer of the American Red Cross of Central New Jersey. “Ms. Tracy represents the highest quality of volunteer commitment, a most valuable asset to both our chapter and community.”

Tracy began volunteering with the Red Cross in 1958 as a Junior Gray Lady at the Lorain County Chapter in Ohio. In 1993, she began her work with the Central New Jersey chapter and as the original New Jersey State Nurse Liaison, helped recruit and retain nurses in the Red Cross. She also started the Red Cross Nurses’ Network, as well as facilitated the dissemination of health and safety education throughout the community with innovative activities such as blood pressure screenings in beauty shops and bringing Red Cross Babysitting courses to more than 100 eleven- to thirteen-year-olds in Trenton. She has provided health and mental health leadership on fifteen national disaster relief operations, and functioned as an advisor and leader in the recent Congressionally-mandated Top Officials Exercise (TOPOFF 3) in April. Ms. Tracy currently serves as the State Nurse Liaison Advisor for the American Red Cross Northeast Service Area.
 
 

Johanna is presented with the Ann Magnussen Award at the American Red Cross National Convention.  From Left to Right: American Red Cross President & CEO Marty Evans, Johanna M. Tracy, American Red Cross Chair Bonnie McElveen Hunter, and Kate Forbes, Office of the National Chair of Volunteers.
 

A resident of Yardley, PA, Hanna Tracy teaches at the School of Nursing at Capital Health System in Trenton, where she’s worked for the past 18 years.

The Ann Magnussen Award was established in 1968 in honor of Ann Magnussen’s many valuable contributions to nursing and health related professions, both nationally and internationally.

American Red Cross disaster assistance is free, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people. You can help too – volunteer your time, make a monetary donation, donate blood, and/or take a CPR course. For more information on the programs and services of the American Red Cross and to learn how you can get involved, contact your local chapter. For Middlesex, Mercer and Hunterdon counties, visit the American Red Cross of Central New Jersey web site at www.njredcross.org or call 609/951-8550.
 

 

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