We're on a mission!
For more than a decade, CFAP has been raising awareness about the devastating effects of compassion fatigue on individuals and organizations. Our Founder Patricia Smith writes, speaks, and facilitates workshops in service of those who care for others in all caregiving professions. We strive to provide information and resources through our website, our Facebook page, media outlets, and through our parent organization website healthycaregiving.com. And we are always listening to your wonderful stories of courage and personal triumph.
Although we have reached so many people and organizations that have reached out to us, we still feel like we have only just begun. Over the years, we have noticed a major obstacle to starting down the path to authentic, sustainable self-care for many organizations: financial constraints. Let's face it...Whether it's purchasing books and training materials, providing professional development for staff, or inviting guest speakers to lecture on current topics in healthy caregiving, everyone is concerned about decreasing budgets. But often times, a single step in the right direction is all it takes to get the ball rolling.
Which is why we have started the $1,000 CFAP Challenge!
We are a small but extremely dedicated organization and we rely on donations and our materials to keep our operation alive. And we know there are many others out there just like us.
From now on, for every $1,000 we receive in donations, we are donating 50 sets of Patricia Smith's books, To Weep for a Stranger: Compassion Fatigue in Caregiving and Compassion Satisfaction: 50 Steps to Healthy Caregiving, to organizations across the nation that are in need of this vital first step toward authentic, sustainable self-care.
With every $1,000 goal reached, we will post the organizations receiving the latest set of 50 books.
Do you know of an organization that would benefit from having these books available to their caregivers? Drop us a line and tell us about them!
Patricia Smith, Founder
Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project
patricia@compassionfatigue.org
Derek Smith, Webmaster
Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project
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With more than 20 years of training experience, CFAP Founder Patricia Smith writes, speaks and facilitates workshops in service of those who care for others.
If you're interested in having Patricia address your organization or group, click here!
For every $1,000 we receive in donations, we are donating 50 sets of Patricia Smith's books to organizations across the nation that are in need of this vital first step toward authentic, sustainable self-care.
Join the Challenge here!
CFAP Founder Patricia Smith's newest book guides readers through 50 steps to Compassion Satisfaction.
Pick up a copy here!