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Project
Compassion creates community and provides support
for people living with serious illness, caregiving, end of life and grief.
To
learn more about Project Compassion, Click here!
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Educational Opportunities:
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Advocacy
in Action:
Creating Strategies
for the Modern Medical Maze
Friday,
March 7, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Carol Woods Assembly Hall, 750 Weaver Dairy Road,
Chapel Hill, NC
Click
here for more information.
Click
here to go directly to online registration.
“Celebrate
the Sweet Things in Life” at the Sick Girl Speaks! Boutique Book Bash
Sunday,
February 17, 2008 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Moshi Moshi Hair Salon at 416 West Franklin Street,
Chapel Hill, NC
Click
here for more information.
A
Write Way to Wellness
with Author Ray McGinnis
Monday,
March 31, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
United Church in Chapel Hill
1321 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.,
Chapel Hill, NC
Click
here for more information.
Click
here to go directly to online registration.
What
Will Happen To Me?
A
Workshop on End-of-Life Issues for Persons with
Developmental Disabilities
Saturday,
April 12, 2008 from 9:00 a.m.
to 1:00 p.m.
The
Seymour Center, 2551 Homestead Road,
Chapel Hill, NC
Click
here for more information.
Click
here to go directly to online registration.
Support
Team Development Conference
Thursday,
April 17 and Friday, April 18, 9:00– 4:00
Carol Woods Assembly
Hall, 750 Weaver Dairy Road,
Chapel Hill, NC
Click
here for more information.
Click
here to go directly to online registration.
Support
Team Guidebook
The
Support Team Guidebook provides a how-to plan for training and organizing volunteers into
Support Teams, a proven method of equipping and sustaining volunteers for
intentional, ongoing caring for persons with health care concerns.
Developed by the Support Team Network is now distributed by Project
Compassion.
For
more information, click here.
To
order copies in print or download form, click
here.
Support Team Opportunities
Learn
about at team approach to volunteer caregiving
by clicking
here.
Read
stories about how Support Teams make a difference
by clicking here.
Volunteer
to join a Support Team by clicking here.
Read “Building Bridges”, a feature article in the Duke Divinity
School magazine that tells the story of one young woman’s Support Team and
features our intern Sonia Norris, by clicking
here.
Sonia Norris with Elizabeth
Project Compassion has partnered with Lotsa Helping Hands to offer a
free online calendar and online coordination for Support Teams!
To check out this new service, click
here
Learn
more about new Support Teams for Teens and Young Adults Helping People with
Cancer by clicking here.
Learn
more about the Support Team approach by clicking
here.
Volunteer to serve on a Support Team, click
here.
Advance Care Planning
Learn
more about advance care planning resources and support
Order
copies of Dr. Couch’s workbook: Getting
It Together, Planning Ahead or Passing On Thoughtfully
by clicking
here.
Access
free advance directives for all 50 states click
here.
Dr.
Trudy Couch (seated), author of Getting It Together
Learn about the Power of a Donation
Read
Sandy’s Story
Learn
more about the impact your donation makes
Click
here to make a donation now.
Sandy Hoke had a Support Team
for a year and a half
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