COMMUNITY FOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Bringing life skills curricula and trade books to the world through Overcoming Obstacles and Saint Bernard Press—free now and forever.

Overcoming Obstacles is a free, award-winning, and research-based K-12 curriculum that provides educators with the tools to teach their students life skills. With hundreds of activity-based lessons covering more than 30 skills, students learn how to communicate effectively. They learn how to make informed decisions. They learn how to set and achieve goals, resolve conflicts, solve problems, respect one another, and more.

Since 1992, over 780,000 educators from around the world have used Overcoming Obstacles’ free lessons to improve the lives of more than 177 million young people.

For more information and to download the entire curriculum for free, visit overcomingobstacles.org.

Saint Bernard Press is the trade book publishing division of Community for Education Foundation. Founded in 2025, the imprint focuses on publishing stories that build empathy and inspire positive change.

The publisher’s first release is the powerful debut memoir Packets of Hope: A Journey of Healing and Rediscovery by Overcoming Obstacles founder Jill Siegal Chalsty. Go to packetsofhope.com to download the book for free.

To learn more about Saint Bernard Press, visit saintbernardpress.org.