Today I will …
You’re never fully dressed without a smile! Put one on today, and everyday throughout the challenge and say, “hello” to those you encounter. Smiles are contagious and by injecting a little warmth into someone’s day, you can turn their day from ‘meh,’ to amazing!
Daily Devotional
— John 16:33 (NIV) —
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
HELPFUL TIP
When we are kind it affects our pleasure centers in the brain. Serotonin levels are boosted when we do nice things for others. Here are four ways kindness helps your emotional and physical health.
Whether it comes from demands at home, a slow commute or monthly bills, it’s hard to escape stress. But when time is in short supply, you can still do a five-minute de-stress to refresh and refocus.
Franciscan Health Foundation – Doing Good in Our Communities
Protect our most vulnerable communities by providing access to safe, nurturing environments. Gifts to Protect support projects that nurture newborns, help people suffering from depression or grief return to a healthy lifestyle, advocate for seniors, care for sexual assault victims and more.
PROGRAMS
Franciscan Health provides a full spectrum of behavioral health services that focus on treating the whole individual: mind, body and spirt. Many people dealing with behavioral health issues such as family difficulties, career pressures, anxiety, depression or a loss of self-worth, can get better with the help of Franciscan Health’s dedicated behavioral health team. Your support will go a long ways toward helping them take that first crucial step: finding the help they need to return to a normal life.
When a sexual assault victim arrives at the Center of Hope, they are arriving at a safe, secure, calm and compassionate place. Our specially trained nurses, certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE), help the victims relax and begin focusing on recovery. Your support for this center helps people heal emotionally, physically and spiritually.
This new fund assists the most vulnerable populations in the communities we serve by addressing economic stability, quality education and healthcare access.
The Grace Project assists families affected by the opiate crisis and has one purpose – deliberate acts of kindness. Your gift can provide formula and diapers, help with bills and enroll mom and dad in parenting classes. Extending grace motivates parents to stay employed, progress in their recovery and give their baby the best possible start in life.
Senior citizens or incapacitated adults without the support of nearby family, need an advocate to make sure they have access to the care they need. Volunteer Advocates for Seniors and Incapacitated Adults (VASIA) program in Northern Indiana trains volunteers to become temporary legal guardians for patients in these special circumstances who have no support structure of family or friends to speak for them.
Franciscan Health partners with women and children through every phase of their life. Your gift helps us provide free educational opportunities and health screenings in the community as well as special nursery equipment to provide a smoother and safer transition for babies born prematurely in our family birthing centers.
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