Your gift enables us to provide spiritual and emotional comfort and support to patients and families facing life-changing and life-ending illness, bereavement, profound life transitions, and other big issues—whoever and wherever they are, and whatever they believe.
In the words of people who’ve come to us for help:
- I cannot imagine where I would be today if I had not been able to tell you my story. Just getting it out helped ease my emotional stress.
- As an only child with one distant relative, I felt so alone caring for my mother suffering from Alzheimer’s that my days ended in tears and frustration. Just being able to talk about it with you – and knowing you are there – has helped enormously.”
- You helped me understand that I should trust my instincts and speak from my heart. It has allowed me to face my family honestly during this health crisis. Thank you for the work that you do.
- Thank you very much for responding to my cry for help…It is so empowering to feel such support from somebody who doesn’t even know you…You made me believe in the world.
If you prefer to send your tax-deductible donation via mail, please send it to:Healthcare Chaplaincy Network
500 Seventh Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Here’s what your gift can accomplish:
- Provide training and ongoing support for our staff and affiliated chaplains who care for patients, their families, and medical personnel at hospitals across the country
- Offer spiritual and emotional counseling by phone or email to people who are in distress, isolated, or facing other difficulties
- Advance research related to spiritual care, to establish and share best practices with chaplains, nurses, doctors, and other health professionals
- Develop continuing education programs for all health care disciplines to ensure a pathway for spiritual care in all situations
- Strengthen the voice for spiritual care throughout the health care system – by raising awareness of its positive impact on patient satisfaction, quality of life, and outcomes – to increase its availability for people in urgent need