WBRC RN Receives Service Award

Photo: WBRC RN Jeremy Adriano receives his 35 year service award.  Pictured left to right:
Linda Delarue, RN, Chief of Rehabilitation Nursing; Herminio J. Adriano, recipient, RN,
Assistant Nurse Manager at WBRC; Roschild Grullon, RN, Nurse Manager at WBRC;
and Elizabeth Freeman, Director of the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System.

The Western Blind Rehabilitation Center would like to congratulate Herminio 'Jeremy' Adriano, RN, on his recent VAPAHCS service award.  Mr. Adriano has spent 35 years total in Federal Service.  He served 12 years in the Army as combat medic and as a nurse; and 23 years in the VA Palo Alto Health Care System as a nurse.  Mr. Adriano is currently the WBRC Assistant Nurse Manager.  The award reads “SERVICE AWARD presented to Herminio J. Adriano for your dedicated years of outstanding service and commitment.  Thank you for Serving those who Served.  35 years VAPAHCS”.

WBRC Staff Member Celebrates 25 Years with the VA

Margaret Goossens (2nd from right) recieves her 25 year service award.

WBRC would like to offer a warm congratulations to Mrs. Margaret Goossens, WBRC Manual Skills Instructor, for her 25 years of service with the VA Health Care System.  Mrs. Goossens has worked at the WBRC for over 9 3/4 of those 25 years.  She is pictured above at the awards ceremony in March of 2014 holding her 25 year award (pictured from left to right: WBRC staff members Ron Roderick, Elizabeth Alcorn, Annalise Shaffer, Sarah Hudson, Margaret Goossens, and VAPAHCS Director Lisa Freeman).