Kay Manglesdorf does more than take temperatures and peer down sore throats. As school nurse at St. Patrick Catholic School, she makes people smile.
That’s why she is one of 11 Dallas-area Catholic-school employees awarded a $500 Work of Heart Award last week. The award, from the Catholic Foundation, is based on nominations from students, parents, teachers and other community members. The honorees are chosen based on “tenure and leadership, acts of kindness or charity, Christian example, mentoring and simply going the extra mile for an individual student, family or the community”.
Manglesdorf’s nomination letter states: “Every kid knows to go see nurse Kay when they have the blues or an illness, and she will make you feel like a new person.”
