Alexandria Therapist Seeks to Give Back to Newtown
Alexandrian Cathy Canfield plans to head to Newtown, Conn., to offer her services as a child behavioral therapist didn't reach fruition, but she will be able to offer more than $1,000 to Sandy Hook Elementary.
Child therapist Cathy Canfield casually mentioned on Facebook Saturday morning that she just wanted to pick up and drive to Newtown, Conn., to put her skill set to good use for the town reeling from a terrible tragedy. A few of her friends encouraged her to go, open an online fundraiser to help her secure funds for the trip and even said they would donate money to her cause. So she set up a page on online fundraising site YouCaring.com and suddenly found that she was about $2,100 richer. Canfield, whose Children’s Counseling of Alexandria practice is based in Old Town, had been calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School Board members, a local Connecticut chapter of the American Red Cross and private-practice therapists to try and establish …
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Christina
1:35 pm on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
This is so inspiring. I'm thankful there are people like Cathy in this world who are willing to lend a helping hand. She is also very brave to want to take on this task of dealing with a tragedy that is so difficult for most of us to face and we aren't even on the front lines. more ›