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Our Newsletter Being updated Annual Awareness Mountain Bike Ride Being updated Can You Help Us? 1. We are collecting anything from P.S.N.E’s
past. 2. We need warm clothing for our Clothing Bank to
help members this winter. 3. We need supplies for our Food Bank to be able to
continue to help some of our members. To arrange to help: Mail, Call or Drop in. |
Psychiatric Survivors
Network of Elgin is a self-help, non-profit, peer-driven community
organization. We act as a resource, providing experience and understanding,
relative to the needs of our peers. We encourage independent living,
self-help and ongoing learning by participation in life skills and vocational
activities to promote self-esteem and fulfillment. We encourage individualism
while respecting other opinions and privacy. Acceptance of individualism is
important to build trust and respect amongst our peers. Vision Psychiatric Survivors
Network of Elgin envisions peers who are aware of each individual
member’s creative talents and positive abilities and will utilize them
to their maximum potential. We see a healthier community through mental
health awareness and education focused on the elimination of stigma. Membership Membership including all
programs is free to any Psychiatric Survivor individual. A Survivor has
experienced any or all of the following: a) Concerns around their own
personal mental and / or emotional health; b) Sought the support and / or
counseling of a psychiatrist, psychologist, self-help group, or even your
family doctor: c) Has had an admission to a psychiatric facility or received
care on an out patient basis. TWO NEW
ITEMS FOR US: Our Peers Helping Peers Telephone Warm Line Do you need someone to listen? Do you need someone
to care? Peers are people just like you and are willing to be
that voice to hear you and try to help in a time of need for any reason. For
more information please call the office. Hours are: 6pm to midnight on Fri., Sat. & Sun
and any Holiday We had a visitor to our
Organization and this visitor asked who our members were and where did they
come from. While staff does not request this kind of information or share it
when they do know they approach the membership and explained what happened
and asked if anyone was interested in sharing this kind of information and
create a special group to create a Members Newsletter. The response was good
and what follows is their Newsletter which is now included our Membership
Packages. Their feeling was “let’s make others more comfortable
joining us or know we are just like everyone else by sharing bits of who we
are and where we come from and what we did/or do for careers.” {this will be updated a couple of
times a year} Our Members Newsletter .....please feel free to
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Monday Breakfast@ 10:30a Tuesday Bingo @
10 am Wednesday Peers Helping Peers Group [lifeskills] @ 12 Clothing Bank [2
items per ] Food Bank [1
meal per ] Thursday Bingo @ 11a Friday Lunch @11:30a Everyday: One-on-One Computer Help @ request Monthly Full Card Bingo Video Lending Library Books for Borrow or Keep Dart Room Internet Access Resume Help + Resource Help Special
Events What’s
Coming UP! March
12thVolunteer
Appreciation April
9th Easter Party May
15th Victoria Day
Party May
31st Fundraising
Barbecue June
4-7th “We Can Do It” Mental Health Awareness Bike Ride June
30th Aug
4th Civic Sept
8th Labor Day Bingo Oct
30th Halloween Party Nov
11th Remembrance Day
Lunch Dec
? Christmas Dinner Our “We Can Do
It” Mountain Bike Awareness Ride for Mental Health has submitted &
accepted by Mountain
Bike World.Com |
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Hours of
Operation: Mon. to Thurs.: 9 am - 2 pm Fridays: 9 am - 1 pm Email: Staff Executive Director: Recreation & Resources
Facilitator: Staff Support: Shadoe Pelley Davina Teichroeb |
