J. Michael McGuire, CPNP Foundation President
The CPNP Foundation is celebrating its 10-year anniversary in 2021! Ninety founding donors funded the CPNP Foundation in 2011, and since then, the Foundation has grown and matured. The CPNP Foundation Board of Directors has just wrapped up a significant strategic planning process that is setting the table for the next 10 years and beyond. Already the Foundation is supporting more research, scholarship, and practitioner development than ever before. Be on the lookout for activities throughout the year that will celebrate our 10-year anniversary.
Traditions continue such as the CPNP Foundation's involvement in the CPNP Annual Meeting. We just launched our Shining Light on Mental Illness campaign where we will literally be shining a light on mental illness. With a $100 donation, donors receive a branded light box on which they can create and share their own messages. Share your messages on social media and tune into CPNP 2021 to see the creative and motivational messages. More details can be found on the Shining Light page.
The Foundation is also supporting student attendance at CPNP 2021 with 25 student registration grants, and new in 2021, financial support of resident registrations with $50 registration savings. New also in 2021 is the Foundation-supported facilitation training workshop. With 2 sessions completed, Foundation Board member and attendee, Elayne Ansara noted “This is FANTASTIC!” I think she is enjoying this pilot program! We can't wait to share the results and feedback with you as we look to expand our footprint in the area of leadership training. Lastly, the Foundation will be hosting trivia nights for fundraising and networking at CPNP 2021. Watch your email for more details and plan to sign up a team to participate in the fun.
Founding Circle donor, Joni Fowler, PharmD, BCPP recently provided another generous donation in support of grant awards to projects focused on improving the quality of or access to psychiatric pharmacy care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Congratulations to the three principle investigator's whose projects were awarded grants: Samantha Vogel, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Assistant Professor, Behavioral Health Pharmacist, UT Austin College of Pharmacy, Andrew Michael Williams, PharmD BCPP BCGP, Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Behavioral Health Pharmacies, Riverside University Health System, and P. Brittany Vickery, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, Associate Professor Wingate University School of Pharmacy, The Free Clinics. We look forward to seeing their results at the 2022 CPNP Annual Meeting. Thank you to Joni for her donation and to all the applicants for your work to enhance psychiatric pharmacy during the COVID-19 pandemic!
To close, the Foundation set a stretch goal of raising $50,000 in our 2020 year end campaign. While we did not quite meet our goal, we did exceed our past fundraising totals coming in at nearly $44,0000. Thank you to all the donors to the Foundation. We continue to be grateful for your support and we are excited about a very bright future for the CPNP Foundation.