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The Dark Side of Inspiring Work & The Launch of our ReFresh Experience
The losses are a relentless and battering wind. Cold. Bristling. Surging without warning. It could be an email that pops into the middle of my work day or a status update that blindsides me on Faceboo...
If This Were Easy, What Would It Look Like?
This deceptively simple question has become a life raft when I am feeling tossed through the turbulent waves of growing an organization. It’s less about something being “easy” in th...
DeAngelo’s Full Circle Volunteer Experience
Costa Rica Odyssey tribe member DeAngelo Griggs knows all too well how life comes full circle. In 2011, he and his then girlfriend, Toy, travelled to Cape Town, South Africa, to volunteer with Cross-C...
On Practicing Gratitude When You Least Want To
My head screams with a headache and rage prickles under the surface of my skin. How dare the woman in the line-up take so long to count her change?! I look down at my phone and think – I donR...
Carrie Finds Inspiration Helping Women in Peru
“When you have cancer, you’re so consumed with your story and what might happen to you…It helped to volunteer. For me, it made me so grateful.”
Rolling Applications Are Open! Apply Now To Join AFC in South Africa, Peru, India, or Costa Rica
Have you been impacted by cancer and want a meaningful way to expand your story? A Fresh Chapter offers patients, survivors and caregivers an opportunity to heal the emotional scars of cancer through ...