By Terri Lonowski - Winter 2008Winter 2008 Foundation Update
A warm welcome to the Winter 2008 edition of the American Counseling Association Foundation's newsletter.
ACA and ACA Foundation Annual Report (2006-2007)
This 20-page Annual Report describes major accomplishments of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 for both the American Counseling Association and the ACA Foundation.
ACA and ACA Foundation Annual Report (4.70 MB PDF)
ACA Foundation recognizes efforts in Growing Happy and Confident Kids
BY ANGELA KENNEDY
Counseling Today
July 2007
At the Second Annual American Counseling Association Foundation Recognition Reception in May, foundation trustees honored Rita Robinson, Calvin Hawkins and ACA past president Sam Gladding with 2007 Bridgebuilder Awards.
The three were selected for their support and service to the ACA Foundation's signature project, Growing Happy and Confident Kids, a special initiative that utilizes literature as a counseling tool. The program strives to increase self-esteem, self-efficacy, understanding of emotions and coping strategies among young students by partnering with elementary schools, community organizations and counseling centers. The Growing Happy and Confident Kids project uses more than 30 works of children's literature as launching points for individual and group interaction that helps participating children become more aware, expressive and confident.
Growing Happy and Confident Kids
Special Initiative of the American Counseling Association Foundation
Young people today face innumerable challenges, possibly more than any generation before them. The world in which our kids grow and develop has been made fragile by threats both near and far.
In schools, competition to succeed, peer pressure, and aggressive behavior by bullies are representative of the many threats to individual success and self-esteem. At home, relationships can become tenuous or broken. In neighborhoods and communities, violence, gangs, substance abuse, and other problems are more prevalent than ever before. Finally, in the larger world, no child can turn on a television set and not witness crime, war, terrorism, and global unrest.
Counselors Care Fund - Helping Our Own
Assisting ACA Members and ACA Branch Organizations that are Struggling and Serving in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Across the nation, counselors are reaching out to help colleagues by making a gift to the Counselors Care Fund. And, the American Counseling Association Foundation is doubling the Fund by matching each gift, up to a total of $50,000!
If you are a counselor unaffected personally by the hurricane yet eager to reach out with empathy, please support your colleagues with a gift to the Counselors Care Fund on the Foundation's secure donation page.