THUR SEP 1: Open 3 - 7p: ART WORK FOR WELLNESS WORKS INITIATIVE - National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery, National Empowerment Center, National Mental Health Consumers' Self Help Clearinghouse, Peerlink Technical Assistance Center, the Cafe TA Center, & NAMI STAR Center - invite you to submit a piece of original creative work expressing what wellness means in your lives and for your communities. Submissions are due by Monday September 12, 2011 - visit www.power2u.org for submission guidelines! (Basically, each person can enter 1 poem, 1 image, 1 song, & 1 video online to wellnessworks@gmail.com - including your name and contact info, and any peer support organizations, such as SILVER SPRING WELLNESS & RECOVERY CENTER, http://www.silverspringdropincenter.blogspot.com/ as a resource. Each applicant is encouraged to mention us and other organizations & programs that they use for peer support! :)
SAT SEP 3: Open 1 - 6p: BLOOD PRESSURE DAY, use our cuff; POWER WALKING
MON SEP 5: CLOSED FOR LABOR DAY. Visit On Our Own of Montgomery for their Labor Day Party! call 240 683.5555. Their address is 434 E. Diamond Ave., Gaithersburg, MD.
TUE SEP 6: Open 3 - 7p: Director out at CHESAPEAKE VOYAGERS; BRING YOUR PERSONAL PROJECTS TO CENTER DAY
WED SEP 7: Rosh Hashanah, Open 3 - 7p: NEW: EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT GROUP, 5:30 to 7p, a minimum of 3 people needed, RSVP to BEN, 301.589.2303 X 111
THUR SEP 8: Open 3 - 7p: Recovery Month Spring Grove, TRANSFORMATION MEETING afternoon, Director out POETRY W/ BEN, 4:30-6:00p
SAT SEP 10: Open 1 - 6p NAMI CONNECTION SUPPORT GROUP, 3 - 4:30p with guest co-facilitator SARAH O'BRIEN, Visit http://www.namimc.org/ for more information on this peer support group, as well as other consumer and family programs
MON SEP 12: Open 3 - 7p Collaboration Mtg. 1:30 - 3p BRING YOUR PERSONAL PROJECTS TO CENTER DAY
TUES SEP 13: Open 3 - 7p: PIZZA & MEMBERSHIP MTG, 4:30p, $1 - $2 donation requested for pizza
WED SEP 14: Open 3 - 3:30 and then when we return, near 5:30 to 7p: NEW: CROSSROADS FARMERS' MARKET FIELD TRIP, RSVP, leave here at 3:30p, drivers needed! We will CLOSE THE CENTER WHILE WE'RE GONE - we anticipate being back at 5:30p. If you have SNAP or Food Stamps, the Fresh Check program will pay for up to $5 of produce per week. Visit http://www.thecrossroadsfarmersmarket.org/ for details. We will travel to 7676 New Hampshire Ave., in Takoma Park, south of University Blvd.
THUR SEP 15: Open 3 - 7p ALWF Meeting, 10a at OOO MD POETRY with JOANNE GROWNEY, 4:30 to 6:30p; Visit http://joannegrowney.com/ for more information on our lovely poetesse
SAT SEP 17: Open 1 - 6p: MULTICULTURAL HEALTH FAIR in HYATTSVILLE, 10am - 4p; NEW: EMPLOYMENT GROUP 2:30 - 4P RSVP to BEN, 301.589.2303 X 111 A minimum of 3 participants are needed in order to have a successful group. This group is for people either currently working or considering rejoining the workforce, volunteers included.
MON SEP 19: Open 3 - 7p National Wellness Week Starts! NEW: JOINT ACTIVITY with ON OUR OWN OF MONTGOMERY, TRIP TO THE NATIONAL ZOO, meet here at 11a, take metro. RSVP by Sat 9/17 to MIRIAM, 301.589 2303 X 108.
TUES SEP 20: Open 3 - 7p: BRING YOUR PERSONAL PROJECTS TO CENTER DAY
WED SEP 21: Open 3 - 7p: ADAPT MEDICAID RALLY noon, DC (but first, meet in DC at 10am at the Hotel Harrington, at 436 11th St., NW DC for a networking gathering before the noon rally. Feel free to bring snacks and drinks to share. BRAND NEW: NAMI HEALTHY HEARTS pt 1 of 2, RSVP 5 - 7P, 301.589.2303 X 108 with full name. An interactive presentation by mental health peers for mental health peers, to help you learn about the USDA My Plate, how to maintain healthy barriers, healthy lifestyle, and emotional and physical wellness. This is Part One of Two - you're welcome to attend both sessions or just one (the next session is MON SEP 26, 5 - 7p). Light refreshments served.
THUR SEP 22: Open 3 - 7p: COMPUTER GRAPHICS CLASS 4:30 - 6p with CATHY PROVOST, 3 people at a time, RSVP to MIRIAM, 301.589.2303 X 108
FRI SEP 23: DANCE FOR WELLNESS 10:10 am & 10:10 pm, visit http://www.promoteacceptance.samhsa.gov/1Oby10/default.aspx This is not held onsite, there are many sites that have this activity, check out the website
SAT SEP 24: Open 1 - 6p NAMI CONNECTION SUPPORT GROUP, 3 to 4:30p Visit http://www.namimc.org/ for more information, as well as http://www.nami.org/ for the National Alliance on Mental Illness national organization
MON SEP 26: Open 3 - 7p: BRAND NEW: NAMI MD's HEALTHY HEARTS, Pt. 2 of 2, RSVP, 5 - 7p to MIRIAM 301.589.2303 X 108
TUES SEP 27: CLOSED DUE TO ON OUR OWN of MD SUMMIT ON MEDICAID & PEER SUPPORT - visit http://www.onourownmd.org/ for details -
WED SEP 28: Open 3 - 7p: BRAND NEW: TRAVEL TRAINING PRESENTATION, 5:00 - 6:30p with INDEPENDENCE NOW's DAMIAN GREGORY. Light refreshments provided. Learn about this fabulous program that trains individuals in 6 - 8 sessions to use public transportation (FREE). The cost of using public transportation during the training is covered by INDEPENDENCE NOW. At the end of a successful training, individuals will receive a $50 SMART Trip Card! Come hear more about this great service. RSVP to MIRIAM or BEN, 301.589.23903 x 108 or X 111, respectively. Please leave your full name and a phone number.
THUR SEP 29: Open 3 - 7p: W & R meeting, 11a, CSA SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS, 4p; POETRY w/ BEN, 4:30-6:30p
LITERACY TRAINING AVAILABLE BY APPOINTMENT. If interested in literacy training, please become a member of our program first (membership is free). Contact MIRIAM or BEN for membership application, 301.589.2303 X 108 & X 111, respectively. Then, be willing to go to a literacy evaluation by the LITERACY COUNCIL OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY , 301.610 0033, 3rd floor of the Rockville Library. The cost for the evaluation is $15; we may be able to pay for that. Then, you will meet with our fabulous new volunteer, WENDY, by appointment.
WRAP (WELLNESS & RECOVERY ACTION PLANNING) CLASSES WILL START UP IN LATE OCTOBER. PLEASE CONTACT MIRIAM FOR MORE DETAILS AND TO SIGN UP, 301.589.2303 x 108. Class times to be determined, but feel free to call or email with your preferences (given the limits of our hours of M - Th, 3 - 7p & Sat 1 - 6p); email myarmolinsky AT santegroup DOT org.
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