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Fellowship Place receives 2024 grant award from the Petit Family Foundation
Fellowship Place is grateful to be the recipient of a 2024 grant award from the Petit Family Foundation in support of the agency’s Expressive Arts program, which inspires and promotes artistic expression as a therapeutic tool for adults living with chronic mental illness. The program offers a safe haven where clients participate in a variety of artistic forms of expression, including visual art, writing, and music.
Photo: Dr. Bill Petit, President Petit Family Foundation, Melissa Holroyd, Development Director of Fellowship Place.
Fellowship Place Halloween Monster Mash!
Happy Halloween! The “Monster Mash” at Fellowship Place was a fun extravaganza and just another way that Fellowship promotes social connections for our clients. A recent advisory by the US Surgeon General noted that loneliness and isolation may affect our mental, physical, and societal health. Fellowship Place promotes peer support and healthy relationships as core components of all programming at the agency.
Fellowship Place’s Dir. of Career Development Services joining forces with Yale New Haven Hiring Initiative
Sandi Sibilio, Director of Career Development Services at Fellowship Place, is joining forces with the Yale New Haven Hiring Initiative to bring information about career services for adults living with mental illness, to the community. An information session will be held 6-7 pm, Monday, Oct 2, at the Dixwell Q House, 197 Dixwell Avenue.
Fellowship Place’s Expressive Arts Program Extraordinary Exhibit at Creative Arts Workshop
Congratulations to members of Fellowship Place’s Expressive Arts Program for an extraordinary exhibit at Creative Arts Workshop. The exhibit “Arts in Action” celebrates the healing power of art for individuals living with a mental illness and other disabilities.
Fellowship Place receives 2023 ConnexCares grant award from Connex Credit Union
Fellowship Place is the recipient of a 2023 ConnexCares grant award from Connex Credit Union, in support of the Fellowship Inn Meal program serving sheltered & unsheltered homeless adults living with mental illness or a substance use disorder. By removing the socio-economic barriers to daily meals, the program addresses hunger and food insecurity for the homeless who come to the Inn for services during the day when local shelters are closed.
Photo: Louise Nestor, Assistant Vice President Marketing, Connex Credit Union
Mary Guerrera, Executive Director Fellowship Place
