Fellowship Place is participating in The Great Give® 2015, a 36-hour online giving event May 5-6 at www.giveGreater.org

Dear Friends,

With winter behind us, you are probably dreaming about your summer vacation – perhaps a trip to a sunny beach resort, a National park, or historic city. Most of the men & women we serve at Fellowship Place have never taken an overnight trip outside of the city, let alone an activity-filled vacation in the country fresh air, but you can change all that with a donation to Fellowship Place via The Great Give® event.

This year all donations made to Fellowship Place through The Great Give® 36-hour giving drive will be earmarked for the BirgittaTheGreatGive_FellowshipPlace Johnson Campership Fund, which awards annual camp scholarships for Fellowship Place members to experience four days in the country at an adult retreat and vacation center operated by the Salvation Army in eastern Connecticut, Camp CONNRI. Camp CONNRI is located on over 200 acres overlooking a lake surrounded by trees and open space. Activities include boating, swimming, arts & crafts, shuffleboard, archery, and dances.

Making a donation to Fellowship Place through The Great Give is easy. Visit http://www.giveGreater.org/ or http://www.TheGreatGive.org anytime between May 5, 2015, 8 a.m. and May 6, 8 p.m., and search for Fellowship Place and click “Donate Now.” Your gift will provide Fellowship members; low-income adults with mental illness from the inner city, a welcome break from city life.

Special thanks for your interest and support of Fellowship Place’s work with adults who have a mental illness.

Friends and Family Art Show at Fellowship Place, Hosted on March 26

On Thursday March 26, Friends and Family were invited to the Fellowship Clubhouse to view artwork created by the members of the Fellowship Place Expressive Arts Program. Fifteen artists participated in showing and selling their artwork. Music provided by Music Makers and the Music in the Moment Band. The Fellowship Place Natural Supports Committee, which includes parents of people served and staff representatives from all agency programs, planned and hosted this successful, well-attended event.

 

Fellowship Place’s Career Development Department hosted its annual Education Fair

Fellowship Place’s Career Development Department hosted its annual Education Fair on Thursday, March 19. Local colleges and training programs attending included Gateway Community College, Associates for Training and Development, CONNTAC, CT WORKS, Southern CT State University, Albertus Magnus, Eli Whitney Technical School, Stone Academy, and Continuum of Care Peer Training Program.

 

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Fellowship Place announces our 2015 Birgitta Johnson Campership Fund contest winners!

The Birgitta Johnson Campership Fund awards camp scholarships annually to Fellowship members who wish to attend Camp CONNRI, an adult retreat and vacation center operated by the Salvation Army located on over 250 acres overlooking a lake in eastern Connecticut.

The 2015 awards were announced on March 10. The three winning entries included an essay, a piece of artwork and a decoupage project. Congratulations to Cindy N., Gilberto M., and Mark G. To enter the contest, Fellowship members were asked to submit an application along with a 1-page essay or a piece of artwork expressing why they would like to go to Camp CONNRI. A panel made up of Fellowship Place Board members judged the entries. The three winning individuals and their entries are shown below. Pictured below from left to right are Fellowship Place Executive Director, Mary A. Guerrera, Gilberto M., Mark G., Cindy N., Fellowship Place Board member Andrew McLaren, and Fellowship Place Member Board President, Do Walker.

The Birgitta Johnson Campership fund was established in 2015 in memory of longtime supporter and former President of Fellowship Place’s Board of Directors, Birgitta Johnson.

 

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The Fellowship Place Career Development Dept. is hosting its annual Education Fair on Thursday, March 19th

Fellowship Place’s Career Development Dept. is pleased to present its annual Education Fair on Thursday, March 19 from 9:30-11:30am in the McDowell Center. Local colleges and training programs such as Gateway Community College, CONNCAT, CT WORKS, and many more agencies will be on hand to offer information and answer questions about their programs.

 

The Fellowship Place Clubhouse was treated to a live performance of traditional West African Dance & drumming by The Kouffin Kanecke Company

On Monday, February 23, The Fellowship Place Clubhouse was treated to a live performance of traditional West African Dance and drumming by The Kouffin Kanecke Company. Owner Mr. Aly Tatchol Camara, who teaches African drumming at Yale University, also provided information about his homeland, Guinea, West Africa.

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