Tag: health
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Celebrating Global Day of Hope May 2
Thank you to everyone who helped celebrate all things #hope this past Saturday, May 2, 2015. We had so much fun planting sunflowers with all our iFred friends and supporters next to the Conservatory in Chicago. If you happen to be in the area this summer, stop by to watch HOPE bloom. Find us online, @ifredorg, and join…
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Inspiring HOPE: Around the World
Did you know that Schools for Hope is not just a program available in the U.S., but is internationally inspiring HOPE? This year the program will not only be taught around the continental U.S., but can also be found in South America and Nepal. Schools for Hope is available for translation and in cobranded partnerships…
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JOIN US And Plant HOPE Around The World
Join us for Global Day of Hope by planting sunflowers on Saturday May 2 in support of the 350 million people living with the treatable disease of depression. The sunflower is the international symbol of hope for depression and Global Day for Hope seeks to amplify our mission to shine a positive light on depression and eliminate the stigma associated…
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Sharing Hope with Others this Holiday Season
#GivingTuesday, a global event held each year, inspires us to give back to others and provides a day to show support for the causes that are dear to our hearts. To share our own appreciation, iFred decided to try something new and created a way to “crowd fund” our crowd funding campaign. We have included…
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Gratitude for Health
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, there will inevitably be a lot of talk about thankfulness and appreciation of life and all they have to offer. Aside from the goodness of gratitude on a personal, social, and at times economic level, rarely do we talk about the healing power of #gratitude. This Thanksgiving and each…
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Teaching Hope: A Powerful Lesson
iFred’s recent project, Schools for Hope, launched this fall with fifth graders in the Chicagoland area. The curriculum aims to teach hope to students as a result of the disheartening statistic suggesting that one out of nine students attempt suicide before graduating high school, with forty percent of those being in grade school (Journal of…
