Thank you to Jennifer Starr and her fellow Psychiatric Nurses at Yale New Haven Hospital for collecting toiletries, hats, gloves, and scarves for the Fellowship Inn Homeless Daytime Drop-in Center.
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Thank you Blue State Coffee!
Miranda Mast, Education & Employment Specialist at Fellowship Place, talks about her role as an Employment Specialist with the Connecticut Mental Health Center’s STEP Program (Specialized Treatment for Early Psychosis), for employment services.
Clients, staff, and Board members of Fellowship Place came together to celebrate the Christmas and Chanukah holidays on Wednesday, December 21. A festive lunch, caroling, and lots of good cheer made for a fun afternoon. Special thanks to Stop & Shop for donating the food and to Temple Emanuel, and Bombas for donating holiday gifts.
Commissioner Miriam Delphin-Rittmon of the CT Dept. of Mental Health & Addiction Services recently awarded Fellowship Place the Commissioner’s Recognition Award for Excellence in Supported Employment Services. From July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016, Fellowship Place helped 78 individuals with a serious mental illness find competitive employment, and 78% of them maintained employment for at least 90 days.
Congratulations to our Employment staff and to our employed clients.
On Tuesday, November 22, Fellowship Place hosted a Thanksgiving celebration for over 180 clients from across all agency programs. Volunteers from the agency’s Board of Directors and Stop & Shop provided raffle prizes and helped to set up, serve, and clean up after the event. Stop & Shop also donated all the turkeys and contributed many of the side dishes for the feast. Entertainment was provided by in-house band, The Ships, and in-house singing group, the Music Makers, all part of the agency’s Expressive Arts program. Members of the agency’s programs also led the group in a Thanksgiving prayer and shared with each other what they were thankful for this year. A wonderful time was had by all at this annual event, which builds community and hope for recovery among everyone served at the agency.
