If the saying "April showers bring May flowers" is true, then we should soon be tripping over meadows of flowers! We have been getting plenty of rain with very few days of warmth and sunshine in between. This is not much to gripe about, though; our thoughts go out to other parts of the country who have suffered much worse weather than here in Michigan. Fortunately, we were blessed with a sunny Easter weekend and temps in the 60's. To celebrate, National had their annual Easter Egg Hunt. It was huge a success!

As April comes to a close and we enter into May our days are busy with summer coverage needs. If you think you might need coverage this summer, make sure you connect with National today! Check out our HOT JOB ALERT section of our newsletter and see if there is something for you or maybe an assignment your colleague would be interested in. Our referral program is still going on so inquire today for more information!

In this month's newsletter you will read about Jill Binder and Courtney Lozen's trip to the 2011 Spring MANA Meeting. National is also very excited to announce that we are now on Facebook. Please check out our article titled "Like" National? Check out our Facebook Page" for more information! Starting April 15, 2011 National began their fundraising effort for the Kids against Hunger Coalition and support of Baldwin Soup Kitchen and Haiti. You can read more about this in the article "National Joins Kids Against Hunger."

We hope you enjoy the April edition of National News. Remember to connect with us today at 1-800-642-1999!

Stephen Read, President
National Anesthesia Services, Inc. and National Physician Staffing, Inc.

"Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you."

---- Maori Proverb

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Jill Binder and Courtney Lozen had the pleasure of attending and exhibiting at the 2011 Michigan Association of Nurse Anesthetists Spring Conference on April 8th and 9th. The conference was held at the beautiful Royal Park Hotel in Rochester, MI. Despite the dreary weather outside, the atmosphere inside was warm and lively! It's always fun to say hi to our old friends, there was a large crowd of CRNAs and SRNAs who we enjoyed visiting with and talking to about locum and permanent job opportunities. As is customary, we held a raffle and this year we went with the beach theme in hopes of inspiring some warm weather! Sheryl May, CRNA was the recipient of a Tommy Bahama beach chair, beach umbrella, towel and a cooler full of Corona! We hope that she is able to enjoy many days relaxing by the water's edge! Thank you to the association and all of the CRNAs and SRNAs who stopped by. We look forward to working with all of you!

When you login to Facebook visit us at www.Facebook.com/NationalAnesthesia or just search National Anesthesia to connect with us.

On our page you can access our current jobs and register with us to receive updates on positions before we post them! In addition to the job updates we'll keep you in the loop with regard to industry and company news as well as photos so you can put a face with the voice on the other end of the phone line.

We've always appreciated you being a fan of National and would love for you to "Like" us and make it official! Please visit our page and feel free to share it with friends!

---The National Team

Hard times are hard enough without having to worry about feeding your family. It's for this reason that the team at National is joining the Kids Against Hunger Coalition and the Avondale School District on May 21st to pack boxes of high nutrition meals headed for children in Haiti as well as the local Baldwin Soup Kitchen in Pontiac, MI.

This event requires not only people to put in the time and pack up the boxes, but the $25,000.00 it will cost to ship the meals to their destination. In order to help the organization reach their monetary goal National employees are paying for the comfort that so many people take for granted - wearing jeans to work! The cost for dressing down is $5 per employee and the total amount raised will be matched by the company then donated to the cause.

For more information on Kids Against Hunger Coalition please visit http://www.kidsagainsthungercoalition.com/ where you can view information about the organization's mission and recent efforts. Also, to learn more about the Baldwin Soup Kitchen, which serves over 60,000 meals annually, please visit http://baldwincenter.org/blog/?page_id=3.

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