Moorestown Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) was founded in 1904 by Mrs. Alfred W. Sumner with the support of the Moorestown Women’s Club (then known as the Current Events Club). Miss Ida Croft was employed as the first visiting nurse. She lived in the Sumner home, located at 16 East Main Street, Moorestown, NJ, where the Community House now stands. Miss Croft was paid $25 per month plus free room, board and laundry. “It is to Miss Croft, a graduate of the Women’s Homeopathic Hospital of Philadelphia in 1894, that we owe the firm foundation on which the VNA in Moorestown is established and to her we should be forever grateful.” Moorestown VNA expenses were paid through the generous contributions of members of the community. Nursing visits were designated as “pay”, “friendly” and “charity”. This is consistent with our current philosophy where no patient under our care will ever be discharged into an unsafe home situation regardless of their ability to pay.