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VOCAL's Mental Health Recovery
News for December 3, 2012
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Northwest Peer Connect Announces Holiday/Christmas Party
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Wednesday, December 12th from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Region Ten's Old Lynchburg Road offices.
502 Old Lynchburg Road, Charlottesville (22903)
Room 502 A
Join your peers for some holiday fun!
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Join Central Peer Connect for a Holiday Celebration!
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Tuesday, December 11th from 12:30-2 p.m.
Bring a small plate of cookies to decorate and share! All decorating supplies provided
Thomas Hale Center, 203 S. Taylor Street, Ashland (23005)
For further information, call Yolande at 804.343.1777
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******************************** Qigong at Friends 4 Recovery TODAY!
******************************** Will Gallik, Interim Executive Director at VOCAL, will be conducting a Qiqong workshop at the Center on Monday, December 3rd at 2:00 p.m. Come out and "Be" for the Holidays! Qigong is a practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, healing, and meditation. |
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Whole Health Action Management
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Whole Health Action Management (WHAM) is a training program and peer support group model developed by the SAMHSA / HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions to encourage increased resiliency, wellness, and self-management of health and behavioral health among people with mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
A powerful program intended to strengthen the peer workforce's role in healthcare delivery, WHAM provides peer support professionals and volunteers a format for peer support meetings in which consumers engage in 8-week WHAM groups to support one another as they work toward, achieve, and maintain whole health goals.
The skills learned in WHAM help participants engage in self-management and crystalize goals to achieve better whole health and wellness.
To learn more about WHAM, visit http://www.integration.samhsa.gov/health-wellness/wham.
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Paper Federal Benefit Checks To Stop In 2013
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By March 1, 2013, all federal benefit payments will be electronic only. If you receive Social Security, SSI, Veterans or other federal government benefits by check in the mail, you will have the option of having the money deposited directly in your savings or checking account, or onto a Direct Express debit Mastercard.
If you would like the debit card, do nothing. After March 1, you will automatically receive your payments on the card. If you prefer direct deposit, sign up at your local bank or credit union, or by calling (800) 333-1795. You can also sign up online at https://www.godirect.gov/gpw/index.gd
Learn more about this change in your benefits at http://www.godirect.org/ .
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W.R.A.P. Class at 84 Main in Warsaw
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Wednesdays, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
For further information, call 804.
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Saturday Coffee House: Karaoke and Open Mic at On Our Own of Roanoke Valley
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4:00 p.m.
429 Elm Avenue, SW, Roanoke (24016)
Call 540.362.0061 for details.
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804-343-1777
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