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REST IN PEACE AND PROTECTION, MY LOVEYesterday (July 22nd) would have been the 57th birthday of my beautiful bride, love...
23/07/2024

REST IN PEACE AND PROTECTION, MY LOVE

Yesterday (July 22nd) would have been the 57th birthday of my beautiful bride, love and partner, Bridget Nesko, BSN, RN. Her incredible career saw her serve as a world class cardiac nurse assisting in the heart transplant operation of Vice President Dick Cheney, working as a nurse educator, serving as a newspaper publisher and radio broadcaster, voice over artist, soldier in fighting for the defenseless and a warrior in fighting against the ovarian cancer that would take her away on November 28, 2022, at the age of only 55.

A wonderful mother, daughter, sister, friend and wife, in her honor and memory, I and her family bought a pizza lunch for every Nurse and tech at Jefferson Washington Township Hospital yesterday, where she received gentle care and attention from her fellow nurses as she was forced to visit frequently from 2021 through 2022, until she returned home to die with her husband and family at her home in Clayton.

By midnight tonight, another 570 women will die worldwide from the ravages of ovarian cancer – most, like Bridget, because of misdiagnosis and late diagnoses.

Protect yourself and the lives of your loved ones by learning the signs, symptoms and early diagnoses options of ovarian cancer by going to https://bridgetangelfund.org/the-truth-about-ovarian-cancer/

12/07/2024
18 YEARS LATER, INVESTIGATION OF QUADRUPLE HOMICIDE IN WEST ATLANTIC CITY CONTINUESIn 2021, as Bridget Nesko fought ovar...
02/07/2024

18 YEARS LATER, INVESTIGATION OF QUADRUPLE HOMICIDE IN WEST ATLANTIC CITY CONTINUES

In 2021, as Bridget Nesko fought ovarian cancer with the knowledge that her chances of recovery were painfully slim, she still struggled to publish her monthly community newspaper. The impact she made with that publication drew the attention of Prosecutors, Police Departments and the public throughout Southern New Jersey. Since first publishing her Clayton Free Press – later to be know as the New Jersey Free Press – Bridget was committed to working with law enforcement to do what she could to help protect the unprotected. It was in her DNA. As a Registered Nurse, she lived to take care of and protect people.

When approached to do an investigative story about four unsolved cold case murders that took place in 2006 behind the now demolished Golden Key Motel at 8030 Black Horse Pike in the West Atlantic City section of Egg Harbor Township, she considered it to be her honor – and responsibility - to help. So much so that she investigated the circumstances, conducted more than 100 interviews, and even visited the crime scene - on several occasions.

Three days before Thanksgiving in 2006, the bodies of four female victims - Kim Raffo, 35, Molly Dilts, 20, Barbara Breidor, 42, and Tracy Roberts, 23 - were discovered in a brackish, trash-strewn drainage canal that runs between the Atlantic City Expressway and the Black Horse Pike in Egg Harbor Township, just over the Atlantic City border.

To date – this case remains unresolved.

Before her own death in November 2022, Bridget asked her husband and partner of 27 years to continue the search for answers – regarding this cold case in particular. It was a promise I have to keep.

Bridget received several calls after publication and passed along reputable information to appropriate investigative sources.

To memorialize my Bridget's mission of helping people - I’ll be posting more information in the months to come, about this crime, as well as other stories about cold case murders that remain unresolved.

The story Bridget wrote and published can be found here:
https://issuu.com/bridgetangelfund/docs/new_jersey_free_press_-_december_2021_-_final

Are you PDF literate?Looking for tech/design help to execute an interactive PDF for use on our website. If able and inte...
28/06/2024

Are you PDF literate?

Looking for tech/design help to execute an interactive PDF for use on our website.

If able and interested, please provide your information and rate. Contact the Foundation at [email protected]

31/05/2024

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Freelance Research Assistant WantedKnow a student or retired professional looking to apply their research skills, or lea...
28/05/2024

Freelance Research Assistant Wanted

Know a student or retired professional looking to apply their research skills, or learn the process for doing basic background research, for several projects required by the Bridget Nesko Ovarian Cancer Foundation?

An hourly rate or per-project fee will be paid to the right, skilled, and motivated candidate.

If interested in learning more and starting your summer off right with remote internet and telephone research, please send your name, contact information and applicable skill set / background to:

Our locally-based, internationally supported Foundation is committed to defying Ovarian Cancer through aggressive education, early testing and patient support.

[email protected]

09/05/2024

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FREELANCE RESEARCH ASSISTANT WANTEDKnow a student or retired professional looking to apply their research skills, or lea...
09/05/2024

FREELANCE RESEARCH ASSISTANT WANTED

Know a student or retired professional looking to apply their research skills, or learn the process for doing basic background research, for several projects required by the Bridget Nesko Ovarian Cancer Foundation?

An hourly rate or per-project fee will be paid to the right, skilled, and motivated candidate.

If interested in learning more and starting your summer off right with remote internet and telephone research, please send your name, contact information and applicable skill set / background to:

[email protected]

HOSPICE HERO HONOREDWhen Philadelphia-born, Northern Virginia-based cardiac nurse Bridget Nesko BSN, RN learned of her m...
11/03/2024

HOSPICE HERO HONORED

When Philadelphia-born, Northern Virginia-based cardiac nurse Bridget Nesko BSN, RN learned of her mother’s terminal cancer diagnosis in 2014, she rushed to her home in Clayton, New Jersey to care for her dying parent. As the illness progressed beyond her family’s ability to help, hospice support was sought, and Bridget selected Samaritan for that support. After her mother’s passing, Bridget grieved deeply, but was so impressed with the level of care and compassion shown by hospice professionals that she vowed to do all she could to support Samaritan in their mission. Soon after, when Bridget launched a community newspaper and a radio broadcast, she highlighted Samaritan as often as possible.

Seven short years later, Bridget herself faced a terminal diagnosis and a nearly two-year uphill battle against ovarian cancer. After multiple hospital stays, her fight was nearing an end, and in November of 2022, she asked her husband Kevin to take her home to die. She also asked him to call in Samaritan to do for her what they did for her mother – provide her and her family with care, compassion, and support.

Within a week of Bridget’s death, her husband and family formed the Bridget Nesko Memorial Scholarship Foundation, with a leading goal defined by Bridget on her deathbed - “to find a way to honor the hardworking souls from Samaritan.”

Bridget’s family fulfilled her wish with the creation of the “Excellence in Service Award.” The first recipient of the award was Kimberley Alice Corda, RN, BSN, Case Manager for Samaritan. Corda also happened to be the nurse responsible for managing Bridget’s care team as she died at home with her husband.

Corda graduated from Rutgers University in 2006 with High Honors and was awarded the Sigma Theta Tau Best All Around Student for her class. She spent her early nursing career working in Critical Care and ER units and eventually found her way into home care. While working with ventilator-dependent patients doing overnight shifts in their homes, she was offered an opportunity with Samaritan. This was the turning point in her career. The calling to step into service in the community and offer compassionate, down-to-earth, care to people facing end-of-life was fostered in her various roles as a hospice nurse, from Admissions to Case Management.

“Being afforded the space and time to witness people in their grief and vulnerability was a gift… a profound and precious gift”, Corda said.

The Foundation entered into a ten-year agreement with Samaritan to award the “Excellence in Service Award” and a $500 honorarium annually to one clinical staff member who demonstrated outstanding care, compassion, and commitment to serving the fragile patients under Samaritan’s care. That staff member is selected by Samaritan representatives and presented the award at Samaritan's annual WinterFest celebration. A permanent extension of the ten-year agreement is being developed by Foundation representatives.

The Bridget Nesko Memorial Scholarship Foundation and Bridget Nesko Ovarian Cancer Project were founded to honor Bridget’s memory and legacy. Nesko’s Foundation - a nonprofit charity - provides financial awards and scholarships to dependents of families impacted by ovarian cancer and to other charitable, service, and education-oriented organizations serving the ovarian cancer community. The Nesko Ovarian Cancer Project is active worldwide in grass-roots advocacy to increase awareness among women, their families and physicians about the signs, symptoms, and early detection and treatment options for victims of ovarian cancer.

Samaritan provides an ever-expanding range of healthcare services for patients, their caregivers and their families at every stage of serious illness care. Samaritan's expert care team includes physicians, nurses, social workers, certified home health aides, spiritual support counselors, bereavement counselors, and volunteers. This team answers questions, offers counsel, helps with advance directives, provides pain and symptom relief, and provides an extra layer of support to patients and families in times of their greatest need.

Ovarian cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths among women, and by midnight tonight, more than 750 women will die from it worldwide. Some of those deaths could have been avoided or delayed with proactive recognition, diagnosis and earlier treatment.

Information about Samaritan can be found at samaritannj.org.

Information about the Bridget Nesko Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc. and the Bridget Nesko Ovarian Cancer Project can be found at BridgetAngelFund.Org

HOSPICE HEROES TO BE RECOGNIZEDThe Bridget Nesko Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc. and the Bridget Nesko Ovarian Can...
12/02/2024

HOSPICE HEROES TO BE RECOGNIZED

The Bridget Nesko Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc. and the Bridget Nesko Ovarian Cancer Project are proud to announce that they have entered into a ten-year agreement with Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice, Inc. to recognize and honor members of their hardworking and compassionate clinical staff.

Every year, the Bridget Nesko Foundation will award a $500 honorarium and an “Excellence in Service Award” plaque recognizing a member of the clinical staff who has demonstrated outstanding care, compassion and commitment to serving the fragile patients under Samaritan’s care. That staff member will be selected by Samaritan representatives.

A permanent extension of the ten-year agreement is being developed by Foundation representatives.

Taking part in the announcement was Valerie Mallon, RN, Foundation Trustee, Patricia Harding, RN, Foundation Trustee, Michael Flynn, Foundation Trustee, Treasurer and brother of Bridget Nesko, Kevin Nesko, Bridget’s husband of 27 years and Director of the Foundation, and Chris Rollins, CFRE, Chief Development Officer for Samaritan.

Samaritan provides an ever-expanding range of healthcare services for patients, their caregivers and their families at every stage of serious illness care. Samaritan's expert care team includes physicians, nurses, social workers, certified home health aides, spiritual support counselors, bereavement counselors, and volunteers. This team answers questions, offers counsel, helps with advance directives, provides pain and symptom relief, and provides an extra layer of support to patients and families in times of their greatest need.

The Bridget Nesko Memorial Scholarship Foundation and Bridget Nesko Ovarian Cancer Project were founded to honor the memory and legacy of Bridget Nesko, BSN, RN, who died at 55 years of age on November 28, 2022 after a brutal two-year battle against ovarian cancer. Nesko’s Foundation - a nonprofit charity - provides financial awards and scholarships to dependents of families impacted by ovarian cancer and to other charitable, service and education-oriented organizations serving the ovarian cancer community. The Nesko Project - part of the Foundation - is active worldwide in grass-roots advocacy to increase awareness among women, their families and physicians about the signs, symptoms, and early detection and treatment options for victims of ovarian cancer.

Ovarian cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths among women, and by midnight tonight, more than 750 women will die from it worldwide. Some of those deaths could have been avoided or delayed with proactive recognition, diagnosis and earlier treatment.

Information about Samaritan can be found at samaritannj.org.

Information about the Bridget Nesko Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc. and the Bridget Nesko Ovarian Cancer Project can be found at BridgetAngelFund.Org

01/02/2024

Our final show on WVLT, in honor of Bridget Flynn Nesko, BSN, RN, who lost her life at 55 years of age from ovarian cancer. Go to: https://bridgetangelfund.org/

NEW JERSEY OVARIAN CANCER GROUP HONORS BRIDGET NESKO DURING NEW YORK CEREMONYFamily representing the New Jersey-based “B...
26/01/2024

NEW JERSEY OVARIAN CANCER GROUP HONORS BRIDGET NESKO DURING NEW YORK CEREMONY

Family representing the New Jersey-based “Bridget Nesko Memorial Scholarship Foundation” marked the placement of a memorial plaque honoring Nesko on the wall of one of our nation’s leading community-based grass-roots ovarian cancer organizations - the Tell Every Amazing Lady About Ovarian Cancer Louisa M. McGregor Ovarian Cancer Foundation (T.E.A.L.). The event was held on Saturday, January 20th at T.E.A.L.’s community center, located in Brooklyn, New York.

Founded in 2009, T.E.A.L. offers ovarian cancer awareness and women’s health and wellness services to those suffering from ovarian cancer.

The Bridget Nesko Memorial Scholarship Foundation and Bridget Nesko Ovarian Cancer Program were founded to honor the memory and legacy of Bridget Nesko, BSN, RN, who died at 55 years of age on November 28, 2022 after a brutal two-year battle against ovarian cancer.

Nesko’s Foundation provides financial awards and scholarships to dependents of families impacted by ovarian cancer and to other charitable, service and education-oriented organizations serving the ovarian cancer community. The Nesko Project is active in grass-roots advocacy to increase awareness among women, their families and physicians about the signs, symptoms, and early detection and treatment options for victims of ovarian cancer.

Ovarian cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths among women, according to the American Cancer Society. According to information provided by the World Ovarian Cancer Coalition, more than 750 women worldwide will die by midnight tonight from the cancer.

The Bridget Nesko Ovarian Cancer Program is currently working with a number of grass-roots community, national and worldwide organizations, including the World Ovarian Cancer Coalition, to increase it’s impact on serving the ovarian cancer community.

For more information, go to BridgetAngelFund.Org.

We’re seeking someone with voice-over experience to record a series of public service announcements, social media, podca...
25/01/2024

We’re seeking someone with voice-over experience to record a series of public service announcements, social media, podcast and radio ads for our nonprofit Foundation.

If interested, please submit your name, digital voice sample, brief summary of experience and rates charged to [email protected]

25/01/2024
23/01/2024

Every two minutes, another woman dies worldwide from the ravages of ovarian cancer. By midnight, that’s more than 750 deaths – some of which might have been averted or delayed with proactive medical attention and treatment.

Despite the donation and investment of billions in research, testing, services and clinical trials, there are still no definitive screening or diagnostic tests or impactful treatments that have proven successful in defying this cancer.
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Join us this evening as we discuss ovarian cancer and its impact with former 6ABC news reporter DANN CUELLER, who lost his precious wife Marilyn on July 28, 2013, from the ravages of ovarian cancer.

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TUESDAY - 9:00 pm - through January 2024

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You can also watch the program on WVLT’s Facebook after the broadcast.

Produced by: BRIDGET NESKO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION, INC.

Supported by: THE WORLD OVARIAN CANCER COALITION

The Bridget Nesko Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc. and the Bridget Nesko Ovarian Cancer Project are committed to helping those impacted by ovarian cancer and to defying ovarian cancer in our lifetime.

Learn more – go to: https://bridgetangelfund.org/

On the one-year mark since the death of my bride, friend and soulmate of 27 years, Bridget Nesko, BSN, RN from ovarian c...
16/11/2023

On the one-year mark since the death of my bride, friend and soulmate of 27 years, Bridget Nesko, BSN, RN from ovarian cancer, one of our partners in the fight - the World Ovarian Cancer Coalition - will hold a global partners meeting at which they will air a panelist discussion about the impact of ovarian cancer on caregivers.

I was proud and honored to be selected to join that discussion, which they will air on November 28th - consequently the day I lost my Bridget.

To listen, go to:
World Ovarian Cancer Day & WOCCoalition

Many caregivers feel helpless as they watch the ones they love move through treatment for . At our Caregivers session, Kevin shares how he only wanted to protect his wife.
🗓️ 28 Nov at 2p UTC

📍Register: https://loom.ly/7PAWkAs


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By midnight tonight, more than 570 women will have died from ovarian cancer worldwide.

Learn more about ovarian cancer by going to: https://bridgetangelfund.org/

24/07/2023

Today, Mr Kevin Nesko visited us to establish a scholarship for our students who will be pursuing a nursing career. This scholarship is in honor of his late wife, and our Little Flower sister Bridget Flynn Nesko ‘85. What an amazing part of my day hearing about the giving and loving spirit of Bridget! She will live on in our students! ♥️🌹♥️

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