{"id":19424,"date":"2018-11-09T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T17:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=19424"},"modified":"2023-04-20T14:19:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T20:19:34","slug":"toy-ambulance-collection-symbol-of-even-larger-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/toy-ambulance-collection-symbol-of-even-larger-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"Toy ambulance collection symbol of even larger hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_19428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19428\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19428\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153352\/mini-ambulances_kathy-and-photo-72.webp\" alt=\"Kathy puts a mini toy ambulance on the shelf\" width=\"585\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153352\/mini-ambulances_kathy-and-photo-72.webp 1082w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153352\/mini-ambulances_kathy-and-photo-72-300x277.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153352\/mini-ambulances_kathy-and-photo-72-1024x946.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153352\/mini-ambulances_kathy-and-photo-72-768x710.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153352\/mini-ambulances_kathy-and-photo-72-150x139.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153352\/mini-ambulances_kathy-and-photo-72-200x185.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy Nicol looks at one of the toy ambulances that is part of the late Jack and Elsie Nicols\u0092 collection, now on at UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital. Photos by Kati Blocker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There\u2019s a story behind the toy ambulance collection that Fort Collins philanthropists Jack and Elsie Nicol built.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt honors Jack and Elsie\u2019s (Nicol) memory and their long association with the hospital as both were volunteers for many years,\u201d said their daughter-in-law, Kathy Nicol, about the new display.<\/p>\n<p>The collection is parked inside a glass case between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-poudre-valley-hospital-emergency-room\/\">UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital Emergency Room<\/a> and the main entrance and is a sample of a once much-larger collection from the couple that gave of themselves to improve the lives of others and their community.<\/p>\n<p>Jack and Elsie Nicol first came to Fort Collins in the late 1940s. The son of Scottish immigrants, Jack grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and received his first toy ambulance from a Scottish relative while he was a young boy. When his son, Bill, started down the path of becoming an emergency medical technician, the couple began to grow their collection. Whenever they traveled in retirement, they\u2019d look for toy ambulances. They also served on the hospital foundation board and volunteered<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/give-to-uchealth\/volunteer\/\"> at PVH.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19425\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19425\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19425\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153344\/mini-ambulances_kathy-and-Joann-picking-ambulances-72.webp\" alt=\"Kathy holds a toy ambulance while Joann looks at it.\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153344\/mini-ambulances_kathy-and-Joann-picking-ambulances-72.webp 1200w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153344\/mini-ambulances_kathy-and-Joann-picking-ambulances-72-300x187.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153344\/mini-ambulances_kathy-and-Joann-picking-ambulances-72-1024x637.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153344\/mini-ambulances_kathy-and-Joann-picking-ambulances-72-768x478.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153344\/mini-ambulances_kathy-and-Joann-picking-ambulances-72-150x93.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153344\/mini-ambulances_kathy-and-Joann-picking-ambulances-72-200x125.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joann Herkenhoff, right, helps Kathy Nicol pick among the toy ambulance collection to see which ones to display at UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital on Oct. 11, 2018. Herkenhoff began working with Kathy and her late husband in 2014 to determine how the UCHealth Foundation \u0096 Northern Colorado could use the ambulance collection of more than 400 to honor the late Jack and Elsie Nicol, a couple that gave so much to the hospital over the years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cJack came down with polio after contracting malaria while serving in World War II,\u201d Kathy said. \u201cHe was put into an iron lung. His hospital room on the first floor of the original (PVH) hospital, now where the ER is located, allowed him to look out the window and see both of his sons sitting on the lawn. He always credited PVH for saving his life and was thrilled to volunteer as a way to pay back for all the help he received during his recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJack was the second male ever to become a volunteer at the hospital, and the couple volunteered for many years,\u201d added Annette Geiselman, the foundation\u2019s development manager.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19435\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19435\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19435\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08155542\/Jack-and-Elsie-Nicol-image-e1541717811229.webp\" alt=\"the couple pictured in front of the hospital on the front cover of a 1991 local news magazine.\" width=\"300\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08155542\/Jack-and-Elsie-Nicol-image-e1541717811229.webp 647w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08155542\/Jack-and-Elsie-Nicol-image-e1541717811229-194x300.webp 194w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08155542\/Jack-and-Elsie-Nicol-image-e1541717811229-97x150.webp 97w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08155542\/Jack-and-Elsie-Nicol-image-e1541717811229-200x309.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jack and Elsie Nicols service to their community and Poudre Valley Hospital got them front cover.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After retiring from a successful real estate business, the evidence of which is still present today in Fort Collins\u2019 Campus West area, Jack collaborated with local attorney, David Wood, to establish the Poudre Valley Hospital Foundation. He served as the foundation president for three years and continued as a board member for 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy remembers the ambulance collection showcased on bookshelves inside the couple\u2019s back door. When Jack passed away in 2000, and Elsie died a few years later, Kathy and her husband, John, became proprietors of the collection. In 2014, they reached out to the now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealthnocofoundation.org\/\">UCHealth Foundations \u2013 Northern Colorado<\/a>, wanting to donate the collection of more than 400 pieces in Jack and Elsie\u2019s memory. John passed away in January 2017, but Kathy was there on Oct. 11, 2018, to place her favorites in the new case.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19429\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19429\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19429\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153354\/mini-ambulances_kathy-in-front-of-case-72.webp\" alt=\"Kathy stands in front of the display\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153354\/mini-ambulances_kathy-in-front-of-case-72.webp 1200w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153354\/mini-ambulances_kathy-in-front-of-case-72-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153354\/mini-ambulances_kathy-in-front-of-case-72-1024x678.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153354\/mini-ambulances_kathy-in-front-of-case-72-768x509.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153354\/mini-ambulances_kathy-in-front-of-case-72-150x99.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153354\/mini-ambulances_kathy-in-front-of-case-72-200x133.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy Nicol, the daughter-in-law of Jack and Elsie Nicol, stands in front of a new display at PVH that memorialized the couple\u0092s years of services to Fort Collins and the hospital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The collection on display has almost two dozen mini ambulances from around the world. A yellow Volkswagen bus from Germany, a French Red Cross helicopter, and a Philadelphia Bureau of Fire truck show the diversity of the Nicols\u2019 toy ambulance collection \u2014 both in age and geography.<\/p>\n<p>Also among the collection: a 1930 Ford Model A Emergency Ambulance decanter car. Jim Beam bourbon started releasing collector decanters in the early 1950 to celebrate politics, sports and history.<\/p>\n<p>A Lake City Area Medical Center ambulance, dated 1991, marks the Colorado mountain community\u2019s opening of a new medical facility.<\/p>\n<p>The collection also provides a historical retrospective on the era when emergency transport moved from horses to automobiles to ambulances.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19430\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19430\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19430\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153357\/mini-ambulances_kathy-looking-at-ambulance-72.webp\" alt=\"Kathy looks at white ambulance\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153357\/mini-ambulances_kathy-looking-at-ambulance-72.webp 1200w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153357\/mini-ambulances_kathy-looking-at-ambulance-72-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153357\/mini-ambulances_kathy-looking-at-ambulance-72-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153357\/mini-ambulances_kathy-looking-at-ambulance-72-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153357\/mini-ambulances_kathy-looking-at-ambulance-72-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/08153357\/mini-ambulances_kathy-looking-at-ambulance-72-200x133.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy Nicol looks at one of the toy ambulances that is part of the late Jack and Elsie Nicols\u0092 collection, now on at UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although much of Jack\u2019s collection was \u201clook, don\u2019t touch\u201d for his grandchildren, some of his collection was comprised of fun toys. Kathy remembers a large ambulance that children could move with their feet, and a large hospital and ambulance made from Legos.<\/p>\n<p>With such a large donation, the foundation knew that not all of the mini ambulances could be displayed. In keeping with the Nicols\u2019 philanthropic spirit and support of their community and emergency services, many of the toy ambulances were given to children who arrived at an UCHealth northern Colorado emergency room for care.<\/p>\n<p>Ambulances that had a specific theme, such as Legos or M.A.S.H, were put together as an auction package at the foundation\u2019s 2017 Spring Benefit. The proceeds supported \u2014 what else? \u2014 UCHealth\u2019s emergency services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a story behind the toy ambulance collection that Fort Collins philanthropists Jack and Elsie Nicol built. \u201cIt honors Jack and Elsie\u2019s (Nicol) memory and their long association with the hospital as both were volunteers for many years,\u201d said their daughter-in-law, Kathy Nicol, about the new display. 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