FEBRUARY SSWRC EVENTS

HAPPY VALENTINE'S 2011!!!!

TUE FEB 1: ACTION ANNAPOLIS offsite on TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8TH; Check with Miriam or Ben about confirmation. For registering for bus transportation, that will mean arriving here at the center no later than 6:50 am. Bus will be leaving for Annapolis, MD. at 7 am sharp. The link to register is: http://buses.mhamd.org You are welcome and encouraged to attend!
WED FEB 2: Open 3 - 7p ART WORK

THU FEB 3: Open 3 - 7p MEMBERS' CHOICE

SAT FEB 5: Open 3 - 7p WRAP 2 of 4, from 2 - 6P, with ELAINE CARROLL & MIRIAM

SAVE THIS IMPORTANT DATE: ACTION ANNAPOLIS IS TUESDAY MORNING FEB 8, IN ANNAPOLIS. CALL MIRIAM at 301.589.2303 X108 or BEN at 301.589.2303 X 111 WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.

MON FEB 7: Open 3 - 7:30p EAR ACUPUNCTURE with DEE BROWN, L.A.c. of KENSINGTON ACUPUNCTURE ASSOCIATES, from 4 to 5:30p. FREE! 45 minute ear acupuncture treatment in a group setting. Do plan to arrive no later than 4:30 - 4:45p in order to get the full treatment. ALSO, this evening: NAMI (NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS) CONNECTION PEER-SUPPORT GROUP FROM 6P TO 7:30P SPECIAL TIME

TUE FEB 8: 2011 ACTION ANNAPOLIS IS TODAY MEET AT 6:45 AM IN THE KENNETT STREET PARKING GARAGE (around the corner from SSWRC), a BUS WILL LEAVE AT 7:00AM; we will take the bus back from Annapolis around 1:30p and return here around 3 or so. CENTER WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE DAY; CONTACT MIRIAM AT 589.2303 x108 OR BEN AT 589.2303 x111 TO SIGN UP FOR TRANSPORTATION, though you can also do so at http://buses.mhamd.org/ Scroll down to Option 4, MOntgomery County/PG county bus. Our stop is at 7:00 AM, the next is at OOO PG County at 7:30AM.

WED FEB 9: Open 3 - 7p LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN TO GOV. O'MALLEY. ALSO, SIGN UP FOR FIELD TRIP TOMORROW. TOPIC IS SCHIZOPHRENIA ADVANCES IN TREATMENT AT NAMI MC. LEAVING AT 6:15P TO BE THERE FOR 7:30 MTG.

THUR FEB 10: Open 3 - 6:15p POETRY with JOANNE GROWNEY, poetess extraordinaire! 4:00 to 6:00p; FIELD TRIP, leave by 6:15p to Advances in Schizophrenia Treatment at NAMI MC 7:30p Rockville. Location: Parklawn Drive, Rockville. Visit http://www.namimc.org/ for more info.

FRI FEB 11: Open 3 - 7p BLACK ROCK CENTER for the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County. DEADLINE FOR ART SUBMISSIONS; Arts & Humanities Council, visit http://www.creativemoco.com/

TWO SHOWS in two new Galleries: the Terrace Gallery at Black Rock Center in Germantown and the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery and Music Room in the Silver Spring Civic Center at Veterans' Plaza in downtown Silver Spring

ARTISTS WHO RESPOND TO THIS CALL MAY REQUEST A SHOW IN ONE OR BOTH OF THE NEW GALLERIES. Come and visit the Silver Spring Wellness and Recovery Center for more information, become a member.

SAT FEB 12: Open 1 - 6p WRAP 3 0f 4, from 2 - 6p, with ELAINE CARROLL & MIRIAM

MON FEB 14: Open 3 - 7p HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!! Valentine's day treats!!! EAR ACUPUNCTURE with DEE BROWN, L.A.c. of KENSINGTON ACUPUNCTURE ASSOCIATES, from 4 to 5:30p. FREE! 45 minute ear acupuncture treatment in a group setting. Do plan to arrive no later than 4:30 - 4:45p in order to get the full treatment.

TUE FEB 15: Open 3 - 7p PIZZA & MEMBERSHIP MTG 4p $1 - 2 donation requested for pizza

WED FEB 16: Open 3 - 7p BINGO: SIGN UP FOR FIELD TRIP TOMORROW

THUR FEB 17: CLOSED FIELD TRIP, meet here at 11:45a, leave by no later than 12 noon~!; SELF EMPLOYMENT Workshop at DC Dept of MH, 1 - 4:00p. We will take metro; CENTER CLOSED FOR THE DAY. To register, look up DC Department of Mental Health (this website is not allowing me to clip and paste at the moment); then find Opportunities on your left, and click on sign up for Training Classes, and then Online Registration; you will end up on a survey monkey site where you agree to a few items, such as showing up for the FREE class you register for; from there, click NEXT and pick course # 599, SELF EMPLOYMENT and include your information.

FRI FEB 18: HOARDING TASK FORCE 10 - 12P OPS meeting, 10a - 12p, lunch offsite. LIFE WITH DIABETES AND MENTAL ILLNESS OOO PG, 1 - 4P www.onourownpg.org

SAT FEB 19: Open 1 - 6:30p WRAP 4 of 4 from 2 - 6p, with ELAINE CARROLL & MIRIAM YARMOLINSKY. Graduation!

SUN FEB 20: Family Telephone Support Network; Meeting at Walter Johnson High School, 2 - 5p RSVP to FSTN.family@gmail.com 3/384-8208. Bring a pot luck dish to share.

HAVE FUN AND PLAY GAMES, SHARE AN AFTERNOON OF MAKING NEW FRIENDS, CONVERSATION, AND MEMORIES. QUESTIONS? CALL MIRIAM 301.589.2303 X108, or BEN at 301.589.2303 X111

MON FEB 21: Open 3 - 7p President's Day; MINDFUL MOTIVATION: Employment workshop with DONNA LEWIS, Esq, a practicing attorney who debuts her syndicated cartoon strip, Reply All, this month. The workshop is on employment tactics for people with bipolar and other mental health and physical challenges. From 4 - 530p, RSVP to MIRIAM, 301. 589.2303 X 108 and/or myarmolinsky AT santegroup DOT org

TUE FEB 22: Open 3 - 7p JANUARY & FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS, 3:30p Film: HEALING NEEN, 4:30p, RSVP. It runs for 54 minutes, discussion afterwards.

WED FEB 23: Open 3 - 7p COMPUTER with CATHY, 4 - 5p; four people for the class or individuals can take turns w/computers. RSVP.

THUR FEB 24: Open 3 - 7p POETRY with JOANNE GROWNEY, poetess extraordinaire! 4:30 to 6:30p

FRI FEB 25: Strategic Planning Meeting, 10a - 12:30p PO

SAT FEB 26: Open 1 - 6p NAMI CONNECTION, 3 - 4:30p

MON FEB 28: Open 3 - 7p ACUPUNCTURE, 4-5:30 w/ DEE BROWN, L.A.c., M.A.c.