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VOCAL's Mental Health Recovery
News for September 10, 2012
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Northwest Peer Connect Meets This Wednesday, September 12
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2-4 p.m.
Center for Wellness and Recovery, 618 Court Street, Lynchburg 24504.
434.947.2662
All peers in Region 1 are encouraged to attend!
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"Wellness: What it Takes to Have It and Keep It"
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September 17th, from 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
This webinar will focus on using WRAP to explore how amazing our lives are. Sometimes we are caught up in the doings of our lives and we miss the moment to be present to our wellness. Join Copeland Center Certified Master WRAP® Facilitator, BJ North as she draws upon her extensive life experience of how WRAP promotes wellness. When the key concepts of mental health recovery and WRAP: Hope, Personal Responsibility, Education, Self-Adocacy, and Support, thrive in our lives, wellness also thrives.
This webinar will help you understand how you can put in place in your life actions that will keep you on the wellness track. BJ will talk about what wellness is, acknowledge when we have it, and discuss how to keep it.
To register:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/728522945
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"Vital Signs: Recovering from Mental Illness" in Charlottesville Daily Progress
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http://www2.dailyprogress.com/lifestyles/2012/jul/22/vital-signs-recovering-mental-illness-ar-2072124
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Friends 4 Recovery Whole Health Center Seeks Wellness Coach (PT, Temporary)
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Friends 4 Recovery is a 100% peer-run, non-profit organization that provides an accepting and welcoming environment where individuals who have lived mental health experiences can take charge of their own recovery and wellness. Staff offers peer to peer one-on-one wellness coaching, educational classes, skill-building activities and mutual support groups for the greater Richmond area. The staff and board of directors are individuals living in mental health recovery. Visit www.friends4recovery.org. The successful candidate will have lived mental health recovery experience, be a power of example of working on their whole health, and recovery education (CELT, WRAP, Peer Support Specialist or Wellness Coach Training preferred). Other characteristics include strong computer skills, organization and time management skills. Fluency in Spanish a plus. Up to 16 hours per week, no benefits, $11 / hour.
Persons with disabilities encouraged to apply. Please forward your resume by 9/16/2012 to jobs@friends4recovery.org Individuals selected to interview will be notified. No telephone calls, please.
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Central Peer Connect Meets Tomorrow, September 11th
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12:30- 2 p.m.
Friends 4 Recovery Whole Health Center
Rockwood Office Park
9511 Hull Street Road Suite A
Richmond 23236
(804) 308-1366
All peers in central Virginia and invited and encouraged to attend - come join us!
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"Art of Recovery 2012" Call for Entries - An Annual Show in Richmond Since 2007
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For further information, please go to: www.artofrecovery.org
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Are You Interested in Serving on the VOCAL Board of Directors?
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Board members are needed from the following regions:
HPR 4 - Central
HPR 5 -Southeast
PPR3/HPR3 - Southwest
One "At-Large" member
For further information about the specific regions where there are openings for board members, please refer to your e-newsletter from last week.
To apply: http://vocal.groupsite.com/file_cabinet
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On Behalf of James W. Stewart, Commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and Mellie Randall, Director of the DBHDS Office of Substance Abuse Services
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DBHDS must prepare a report to the Governor that "identifies all public and private organizations that may raise and disburse funds for substance abuse recovery support services in Virginia." This request has been sent to many community providers of SA recovery support services and to the CSB/BHA executive directors and SA directors.
To prepare a comprehensive report, we need your help in distributing the Commissioner's the information. Please note that the "requested information" is only the name and contact information of the identified organizations. Please note, too, that the memo includes a link to the online tool to be used in supplying the requested information and requests replies by September 19th.
"DBHDS will need to receive your data no later than September 19th. Since turn-around time to prepare the report is very short, DBHDS has created an online tool to assist in the collection of this information, available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DBHDSHB271.
Please access this link directly (or copy it into your browser) to enter the name and contact information of each of the organizations you have identified." (Commissioner Stewart)
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What Does Wellness Mean to You?
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To celebrate National Wellness Week (Sept. 17-23, 2012), sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), you are invited to submit a poem, a piece of visual art, a song, or a digital video that expresses what wellness means in your life and for your community. "During National Wellness Week, we aim to inspire individuals to improve one's physical health behavior, while exploring their talents, skills, interests, social connections, and environment to incorporate other dimensions of wellness," according to the National Empowerment Center Technical Assistance Center, which, along with the other four consumer and consumer supporter national technical assistance centers, is supporting this effort. Submissions are due September 9th. Selected works will be showcased on the web. Please email your original submissions to wellnessworks@power2u.org.
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Region Ten's Consumer Advisory Council Recovery
Conference, "Once Upon a Sparkle: Remember What Makes You Shine!"
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October 26th
Holiday Inn University Emmet Street in Charlottesville
The keynote speaker will be trauma survivor and professional musician, Michael Skinner. Commissioner James Stewart from the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental services will also address the conference attendees.
The CAC is also showcasing the talents of people who are in recovery in the community, giving them a chance to shine and show their sparkle! Please contact Beth Gager for further information (see contact information below).
Space is limited. Registration is free and is required. No walk-ins admitted.
Special accommodations must be made by October 5th
Please register by October 19th
To register, or for more information, please contact:
Beth Gager at 434-970-1480 or email her at: beth.gager@regionten.org
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