Entries from Advocates' Art Exhibit, held each year in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. | |
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Photo Scavenger Hunt
March 25 - 29, 2013
Solve clues, win prizes, and help the people Advocates supports lead full and meaningful lives in the community.
Big Reveal Breakfast
April 4, 2013 7:30 a.m. Sheraton Framingham
A morning of inspiration to celebrate our Best Kept Secret - YOU! Order your tickets today!
BREAKFAST HOST KEYNOTE SPEAKER HONOREE
David O'Leary Dick Hoyt of Team Hoyt Jim O'Connell, MD, President of
Magic 106.7 Boston Health Care for the
Homeless Project
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The Spotlight is on YOU Advocates' Best Kept Secret
Each month we will feature one of you - the dedicated supporters, donors, employees, friends, partners, family members, and individuals served who work every day to make a positive impact in the lives of others. This Month: Krokidas & Bluestein
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Maria Krokidas, a founder of Krokidas & Bluestein, helped us kick off last year's Best Kept Secret Photo Scavenger Hunt at Advocates annual picnic. |
As a longtime major donor and two-time sponsor of Advocates Best Kept Secret Photo Scavenger Hunt, Krokidas & Bluestein has provided critical financial support, improving opportunities and resources for the individuals we serve.
As legal counsel for over 30 years, they have played a crucial role in Advocates' growth. They were a key player in helping Advocates purchase a long-anticipated home for individuals recovering from mental illness. Advocates renovated and converted the former Framingham nursing home into housing for eights residents. Krokidas & Bluestein's help has given residents the opportunity to live independently in their community with the appropriate support they need.
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Free Depression Screenings at Marlborough Hospital
Advocates in partnership with NAMI-MetroWest and Marlborough Hospital, will be conducting free depression screenings on Thursday, March 14 from 2-6 p.m. in the Leahy Conference room at Marlborough Hospital. |
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March is Brain Injury Awareness Month - Help Spread the Word!
Every 18.5 seconds, someone in America suffers a brain injury. Have you or someone you know had a brain injury? Support the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts' awareness campaign and share how brain injury has affected your life. Go to www.biama.org/braininjuryaffects to get involved!
Advocates Opens New Brain Injury Residential Program
Last August, Advocates opened the doors of its newest brain injury residential program - a home in the community for four brain injury survivors who previously had been living in nursing homes and institutions. In their new home, residents have the chance to pursue new goals and rebuild their lives in the community. The Framingham home was completely gutted and renovated to accommodate the residents' physical needs. Its location provides maximum opportunities to participate in community life and maintain health and wellness.
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Advocates' mission is to help people achieve their hopes and dreams within the fabric of their communities. We partner with people with disabilities, elders, and those with other challenges to overcome personal obstacles and societal barriers so that they can obtain and keep homes, engage in work and other meaningful activities, and sustain satisfying relationships. We work to inspire communities to create opportunities for contribution and participation by all. |
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Thank you!
Advocates was awarded $5,000 by the Nashoba Valley Healthcare Fund, to provide individual and group therapy to uninsured and underinsured individuals at Advocates' programs in Ayer.
Congratulations!
Eric Millen, clinical director for Advocates Developmental Disabilities Residential Services, is the winner of the 2013 Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers Direct Support Professional Award for the Metro region. Eric will be awarded at the ADDP Annual Conference & Expo on Friday, March 22, 2013 at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA.
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