ACA Foundation
Message from the Chair
By Jane Goodman
Spring 2007
Strategic priorities
Donate Today! In the dedication of his 1973 book, In One Era and Out the Other, Sam Levinson wrote to his new granddaughter, "We leave you a tradition with a future. The tender loving care of human beings will never become obsolete. People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed and redeemed and redeemed. Never throw out anybody. ... As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself and the other for helping others." This I believe aptly describes the role of the American Counseling Association Foundation.
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Growing Happy and Confident Kids
A 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. Read More...
ACA Foundation announces the winners of the 2007 Graduate Student Essay contest
More than 120 graduate students across the country submitted essays on topics designed to explore timely issues facing them as future counseling professionals. Choosing just five from so many quality essays was difficult but after weeks of deliberation, here are the winners of the 2007 Graduate Student Essay contest.
First place winner:
Victoria Casper
Runners up:
Pennie E. Bucilla
Pamela N. Stiles
Amy Freadling
Wendy Eckenrod-Green
The first place winner will receive a check for $500.00. All 5 winners also receive a one year complimentary Student/New Professional membership to ACA.
Congratulations to all our 2007 Graduate Student Essay contest winners.
You can read each of the winning essays in the July 2007 issue of Counseling Today, or view them online here.
The Counseling Corner -- a weekly column provided free to newspapers across the U.S. Currently almost 300 newspapers -- is provided as a public service by the American Counseling Association, and sponsored by the ACA Foundation. Read More...
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! Read More...