Please Welcome Our New Architect Team

We would like to announce the selection of Studio Collaborative as our Capital Campaign Architects. We are very excited to work with them! They are professional, accomplished, a great team, experienced, dedicated, supportive, and fun and we have no doubt that they will make our new site and current buildings amazing!! Welcome Aboard Studio Collaborative! We feel lucky to have you!

Calling All Young Professionals!!

~ Save the Date ~

for The Mental Health Foundation’s

Young Professionals Informational Party

Are you a trendsetter?

Are you a future leader in our community?

Are you passionate about mental health?

Then this happy hour is for YOU!

Carelli’s

Thursday, March 18th

Open House between 5:30-7:30pm

Drinks and Hors D’oeuvres

RSVP by March 11th and

be entered to

win an iPod shuffle.

Must be present to win

To RSVP or for more information, please contact Sarah Noe at snoe@mhcbbc.org

Please Meet Our New Owners Rep.

We are very proud to announce that we have hired Chanie Wood of Pallavicini LLC as the Owners Rep for the Capital Campaign.

Chanie Wood, Owner of Pallavicini LLC

With Chanie's experience and contagious excitement over our campaign, she is sure to be a huge asset to our team! We are very excited to have her and are looking forward to her expertise to guide us through the construction process. Welcome, Chanie!

Adoptive Mother's Mental History Kept Her From Being Able to Adopt- Story on Good Morning America

A sad but harsh reality some people with mental illness go through... About to be adopted, twins are taken back by their surrogate mother when she learned of the adopted mother's history of mental distress.

Please click on the link below for the full story from Good Morning America. More coverage can be seen in the New York Times.

Twins Meant for Adoption, But Surrogate Mom Keeps Them - ABC News

*Please note: This story does not represent the beliefs or values of The Mental Health Center of Boulder. We are not affiliated with any party involved.

"Mental Illness and the Family: Recognizing Warning Signs and How to Cope"

Hey all-
Mental Health America has a great article on Signs of Mental Illness and Coping with it in a family. Check it out!
http://www.nmha.org/go/information/get-info/mi-and-the-family/recognizing-warning-signs-and-how-to-cope

Mental Health Center Job Opportunities

The Mental Health Center has both clinical and administrative positions open for hire.

Please visit our website or click on the link below for our current openings!
http://www.mhcbbc.org/index.php?id=current_openings

Happy Job Hunting!

Mental Health Center's Christmas Schedule

The Mental Health Center will be closed on Thursday, December 24th and Friday, December 25th for the Christmas holiday. Please make prior arrangements if you will need medication during that time. Thank you, and have a wonderful holiday!

Mental Health Center Closing today at 12p.m.

Hello all-
Due to the Mental Health Center's Annual Holiday party, we will be closing today at 12 p.m. The doors will be locked so please make arrangements if you have an appointment or will have to be at the Center after 12 p.m. If you need emergency psychiatric services, please contact them directly at 303.447.1665. They will have staff here in case of emergency's. Thank you, and Happy Holidays!

Pictures from the Ice Cream Social!

Some members of our Associate Board!

From left: back row - Emily, Audrey, Abby and Justin

From left: front row - Kelly and Sarah

Looking good! Thank you all for your help at the event!!

More members of our Associate Board!

From left: Jon, Sarah, Shannon, Megan, Dallas and Kelly.

Showing love for Glacier Homemade Ice Cream in Boulder, CO!

Some Mental Health Center staff showing their support for their Young Professionals! Thank you!!

Overall, our ice-cream social went extremely well. Everyone had a blast. The Glacier staff was fabulous and the ice cream was even better. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who volunteered. You all ROCK! :)

Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who came to our Ice Cream Social last night. It was a huge success and we couldn't have done it without you.

Thank you to the Associate Board for planning it.

Have an awesome weekend!!

ICE CREAM SOCIAL TONIGHT!!

Hey everyone-
Tonight is the big night!!!

We are very excited for our Ice Cream Social tonight.

Come meet our Associate Board's Co-Chairs, Kelly Cochran (right) and Sarah Noe, tonight at the social.

Glacier Ice Cream South (corner of Baseline and Foothills Pkwy) and twenty30 (The Mental Health Center's Young Professionals group) have come together to give you the opportunity of a lifetime.

They are having an ice cream social tonight from 5- 9 p.m. to support those with mental illness and try and eliminate the stigma. Come support these young professionals as they try and take on the world!!

At any given time, Glacier has 50+ flavors of ice cream in their freezers. They also serve gelato, coffee, frozen yogurt, gelato and smoothies!

Do not miss this opportunity to help out and stand up for people who dont have a voice. You wont be sorry!

Plus, who doesn't want to enjoy a cup or cone of arguably some of the worlds best ice cream?

See you tonight!!

Praying for Fort Hood

The Mental Health Center would like to extend our deepest thoughts, sympathies and prayers to those effected by the tragedy at Fort Hood. Here at The Mental Health Center, we have grief, loss and trauma resources. Please contact our Emergency Psychiatric Services team at 303.447.1665 if you or a loved one is suffering. We are here 24/7.

Mental Health Center in the news

The Mental Health Center was written about in a local paper on November 1st. The Daily Camera writes: "Mental Health Center serves more people with less resources."

http://tinyurl.com/yz4jpzv

SNOW!!

The snow outside The Mental Health Center today! It has been snowing for over 24 hours and is still snowing. We have nearly 2 ft!

GLACIER ICE CREAM NIGHT- COME SUPPORT THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS OF THE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER

GLACIER ICE CREAM EVENT!!!

The Mental Health Center's Young Professionals and Glacier Ice Cream invite you to an all you can eat ice cream event!

Thursday, November 12th

Glacier Ice Cream South -4760 Baseline Rd, South Boulder

5:00 PM - 9:00 PM

All You Can Eat Sundae Bar!

$6.95 Adults

$4.95 Kids

Or order off the menu

20% of the Proceeds Benefit twenty30

Choose from over 50 flavors and Join The Mental Health Center’s Young Professionals group, twenty30, as they raise money for awareness events and networking opportunities that are being used to fight the stigma and spread the word about mental illness.

Glacier Home Made Ice Cream is generally regarded as the best ice cream in the world, recently having been recognized by Forbes Traveler Magazine. Local flavor favorites include chai, birthday cake, three nut rocky road, caramel oreo, chocolate peanut butter, coffee caramel crunch and butter pecan.

**The money made will go directly to programs and clients of The Mental Health Center through grants.

Please contact Sarah at snoe@mhcbbc.org to reserve your “all you can eat” tickets or if you have questions!

BringChange2Mind.org

Help us fight the stigma against mental illness. Visit the website BringChange2Mind.org for ways you can help. There are many ways to stand up against the negativity, and most dont all include giving money.

SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) launched BringChange2Mind.org to make learning about mental illness and getting help easy. On this site, you can tell your story, get facts about mental illness, get help or get involved. **At the very least, watch the videos.** They are immensely powerful and provide wonderful stories about everyday people, like you and me, who are living with mental illness and those who support them.

"1 in 6 adults and almost 1 in 10 children suffer from a diagnosable mental illness. Yet, for many, the stigma associated with the illness, can be as great a challenge as the disease itself. This is where the misconceptions stop. This is where bias comes to an end. This is where we change lives. Because this is where we Bring Change 2 Mind." ~BringChange2Mind.org

http://www.bringchange2mind.org/

Article on Mental Health: Some 300,000 U.S. troops are suffering from major depression or post-traumatic stress...

Check out this article below from MSNBC about our troops who are struggling with mental disorders as a result of serving time in Iraq.

"Some 300,000 U.S. troops are suffering from major depression or post-traumatic stress from serving in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan..."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24183188/

Your support of people with mental disorders is more important now than ever.

If you would like to donate, please visit www.mhcbbc.org.

Happy Boss's Day!

Happy Bosses Day to all of the bosses and directors at Mental Health Center! Thank you to each and every one of you. You are amazing and do fabulous, meaningful work!
A special thank you to my director, Kitty, for all your understanding and hard work! You are fabulous with "cute purses and great shoes." :)

Have a great weekend everyone!

Mental Illness Awareness Week

Fact: people with mental illness live 25 years less than other people.

Mental Health Awareness Week

Mental Illness Awareness Week: Get educated! Fact #5 - 2008 American College Health Assn. Survey found that 30% of college students reported that at some point in the last 12 months, they felt so depressed it was hard to function. Ten percent of those surveyed had been diagnosed or treated for depression, and 6% reported they had seriously considered suicide...It is important that we are there for one another. Be kind, thoughtful and understanding. All someone may need is for you to listen.