Events

September was Suicide Awareness month, a time when we come together to raise awareness, provide support, and promote conversation about mental health. Your well-being is important to us, and you are not alone. Let us stand together to foster a culture of care and understanding in the workplace, home, and throughout the community.

Celia Spacone, Ph.D., Coordinator, Suicide Prevention Coalition of Erie County. joined C+FS EAP for a live presentation. If you have questions or would be interested in hosting a training on this important topic, Celia Spacone can be reached at cspacone@crisisservices.org.

Supports Available:

Crisis Services – 24-Hour Hotline –716-834-3131

Text line: 716-300-2338

Chat online: www.crisisservices.org

Suicide & Crisis Lifeline 24/7: 988

Crisis Text Line: Text “GOT5” to 741-741

For C+FS EAP members call 24/7: 716-681-4300

In Case You Missed It – August 2023

Wellness Starts with You: Tools to support your Journey

Recording: Wellness Starts with You: Tools to Support Your Journey

Financial Wellness: Take control of your financial future

Recording: Digital Financial Planning & Financial Wellness – Savology

In Case You Missed it – July 2023

Empowering BIPOC Youth: Why is early intervention important?

Recording: Empowering BIPOC Youth

The Summer Wellness Series

Summer 2023 brings us an opportunity to renew and recharge. This summer C&FS EAP wants to share tools with you to support your wellness journey. We have joined together with Lidia Snyder, LMSW, RYT, TCTSY-F, a licensed social worker and a trauma informed yoga instructor, to develop a guided wellness journey, exclusively for C&FS EAP members. Journey through the 8 domains of health and wellness with C&FS EAP and Lidia Snyder, each Wednesday from July 12th through August 18th. Each week you will receive an email with activities, information, and a brief mindfulness exercise. See the attached printable pdf or download here: Summer Wellness Series.

Click here to learn more and join the Summer Wellness Series

In Case You Missed It – June 2023

Complimentary Webinar: Grief in the Workplace

Recording: Grief in the Workplace

In Case You Missed It – May 2023

Mental Health Awareness

May was Mental Health Awareness Month and a good time to reinforce our awareness of mental health issues, along with becoming more familiar with resources available for help. On our website you will find various self-inventory assessments, that can help bring more understanding to our own mental health. In addition, C&FS EAP hosted individual Mental Health Check In’s, where members were able to schedule a session to evaluate how they have been impacted by the experiences of the past year and identify strengths and areas of growth.

May was also the first anniversary of the May 14th racially motivated mass shooting at the Tops Market on Jefferson Avenue. During this month C&FS EAP will remember the ten lives lost and the adverse impact on members in this community. We would also like to reflect on the increased discussion and attention to advancing equity in the workplace and the community. And finally, we renew our commitment to advocating for inclusion, and challenging the hate that motivated this attack.

Creating a wellness focused workplace requires effort from all of us. Consider a small step you can take this month to:

Remember that this anniversary will impact us all in different ways and we will all need to take care of ourselves differently. It is impossible for us to know what other people have experienced or are experiencing.
Reflect on how this anniversary impacts us and how we can support ourselves and those around us.
Renew our commitment to creating space for the people around us, listening, and being aware that we may not know the full impact events in the past year have had on others.

We remember. We reflect. We renew our commitment to the work ahead.