To Our Good Mental Health
For All Our Friends
With Warmest New Year's Wishes
January 2023/Issue XL
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Let's Ring in the New Year Together!
Are you making New Year's resolutions? Here are five realistic self-care strategies from our friends at the National Council on Mental Wellbeing which provides the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) curriculum we teach to community members. If your organization would like us to hold a free, one-day Youth MHFA training, please contact us at info@wcbh.org
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Images from 2022 (clockwise from top left): Jill Bemis with winter coats for kids in need; Youth CAN volunteers in the community; filming the Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid video; Claremont child & family clinicians with more new winter coats for kids (164 in all!); Doug Williamson, MD (our Board Chair on left) presenting the 2022 Lilla McLane Bradley Award to Chris Christopoulos, Jr.; Dave Celone at the AVA Gallery & Art Center art and poetry event for Mental Health Awareness Month in May.
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We Remain Mission Focused
We are always reminded of our charitable mission
as we work with clients each day:
To promote the health and quality of life of individuals, families and communities by providing treatment for mental illness and substance use disorders, while
helping to reduce the stigma associated with these challenging conditions.
This is what we do, for the betterment of our entire community. Our New Year's resolution is to keep our mission at the forefront of everything we do every day throughout 2023.
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Improved Mental Health
Ranks High for 2023
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This Forbes Health/One Poll survey conducted in November might signify a major shift in how people think about their health. Improved mental health comes out on top for people's New Year's resolutions. One bit of advice, be flexible when setting goals for yourself, “Do not hold these resolutions rigidly,” and “Accommodating change and new revisions to resolutions is adaptive.” We couldn't agree more.
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There's so much going on with Youth CAN we can't say it all, so here's a graphic to learn more about this Drug Free Communities program that's leading the way to mobilize our communities to prevent substance use among youth. The new Youth CAN webpage is up on our website at this link. Check it out and sign up to volunteer. We're part of a coalition of organizations helping to make substance-free activities available to youth in CAN (Claremont and Newport). Yes, we CAN!
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Sometimes, "doing the best you can" might mean reaching out to help yourself or someone you know.
A "crisis" doesn't have to rise to the level of a life-threatening event to call or text the NH Rapid Response hotline at 833-710-6477, or to chat online with a crisis clinician at NH988.com.
Sometimes, a relationship break-up, a job loss, a divorce, the death of a loved one, financial pressures, a car accident, a final exam, or simply not keeping up with work demands or holiday activities might trigger a moment when you need to talk with someone. That's why NH Rapid Response is here.
Our mobile crisis response clinicians can visit you in-person, 24/7 when needed. We say, "call early, call often" to avoid a life-threatening situation. Or when you just need to hear another person's voice who cares.
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January brings plenty to celebrate, including a month of donations from the West Lebanon Hannaford Supermarket from it's Community Bag Program. $1.00 from each purchase of a $2.50 reusable community shopping bag will be donated to us all month long. We're grateful to the Hannaford employees who voted for us to receive these wonderful New Year's gifts of support from their shoppers. |
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Our New Year's Thanks for Your Charitable Support!
Thank you! To everyone who supported our work throughout 2022. We feel your outpouring of generosity and now wish to extend our heartfelt gratitude. Your support energizes us and validates our charitable mission to serve our community! If you weren't able to make a gift in 2022, and would like to join our growing support network of donors, please consider making a gift to West Central in 2023. Online giving is easiest, where you can also choose to make smaller, more affordable monthly recurring gifts throughout the year.
We're grateful for each and every gift we receive. More than 400 of them (and still counting) in 2022. Gifts of any size make a difference! Our many generous donors understand the pressing need for the evidence-based, compassionate care we offer that helps our community members tap into their unrealized potential!
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Join our Team!
Would you like to help others? Maybe save some lives? There's no more gratifying work than in community behavioral health. We have positions for people from all walks of life, interests, and skills with flexible and remote/hybrid options for many positions.
Click Here to learn more about the positions available to you right now. Come serve our community with us!
West Central provides a generous benefits package including our own, newly-launched Student Loan Assistance Program (SLAP). Eligible employees can receive up to $10,000 over 3 years in loan assistance! West Central is also an approved STAR LRP facility for federal student loan repayment assistance up to $250,000. These two programs are separate from one another. Our staff can apply to one or both!
Visit our Careers page to find available positions and find your next professional step to make a world of difference.
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To learn more about our work, watch this 3-minute YouTube video of our staff talking about how they transform lives -- with more than 6,000 views and counting!
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Do you like what we're doing in our community? We're a tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) charitable organization serving clients in the Upper Valley and Sullivan County, NH with clinics in Lebanon, Claremont, and Newport. Each year, on average, we offer $600,000 in unreimbursed charitable services to clients who can't otherwise afford care. No gift is too small. Visit our Giving page or contact Dave Celone for gifts of stock or securities, real estate or other property, or to designate West Central as a beneficiary in your will or estate plans.
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Don't forget, when you shop online. AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to West Central. Visit smile.amazon.com and select West Central as your non-profit recipient!
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