FACES
11601 Lucks Lane
Midlothian, VA 23114
(804) 378-0035 phone
(804) 378-0052 fax
Special thanks to Jennifer Marinacci for designing our website.
FACES is a non-profit corporation founded by families of loved ones with brain disorders such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression and schizoaffective disorder. The mission of FACES is to serve and support families by helping to dissolve the stigma surrounding mental illness. Our goals are to educate the public, provide educational resources, advocate for access to services, and create a model residential center.
FACES Turns 6!
FACES is launching its’ 6th year of services with a renewed vigor. The Membership fees and donations that we have received in the past have provided the opportunity for us to offer support to many families who needed vital information and services.
- The support group meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month.
- The Advocacy meetings are held each month, with the exception of August (vacation) and December. These months off provide a much needed break for our hard working volunteers and the opportunity to prepare for the fall fundraiser and the Holiday treats for Central State hospital and other deserving groups.
- The Newsletter, which is published every other month, and the website are a major connection to those families who are unable to attend local activities.
- The Family Educational Classes have been an opportunity for many people to learn and share information that is helpful to family wellness.
- The Center which is housed in the space so generously provided by St. Marks United Methodist Church is maintained by the FACES organization.
- Books and resource materials are provide at the Center.
- Brochures and information are distributed in the community.
Why are we reminding you of these things? Because we need your help to continue and to expand our programs. Your Member ship and donations make all of these things possible.
- A general member donation will pay for the paper to print 2 months newsletters.
- Or to print two take home work/resource books for the educational classes.
- Or to pay 1/2 of the light bill.
- Or to pay the monthly website maintenance fee.
The list goes on, but the point is that your donations added to the donations of others make it possible for the services to continue and to grow.
Larger donations will make it possible to move forward more quickly on our ultimate goal of providing a residential center.
Thank you for your interest and support as we sail into our 6th year of service to the community and the families who want the best for their loved ones.
An invitation from Friends 4 Recovery
Please join us as we celebrate our first anniversary with fun and games! Bring a dish to share, a chair, up to two guests and be prepared to play! There will be a two legged race, a relay race, a cake walk, water balloon toss, crafts and baked items for sale, a hoop dance demonstration, and a tribute to the center.
Date: Friday, July 6
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Where:
Friends 4 Recovery Whole Health Center
Rockwood Office Park
9511 Hull Street Road
Richmond, VA 23236RSVP by: July 12th at (804) 308-1366
SAVE THE DATE!
FACES 6th Annual Fundraising Event
October 2, 2010
Swift Creek Mill TheatreSupport FACES and Have a Fun-filled Evening. Laugh Outrageously! Eat Indulgently! Shop Competitively!
Join us at historic Swift Creek Mill Theatre for the production of The Foreigner, an inspired comic romp that won two Outer Critics Circle Awards during its Off-Broadway run. Feast on a delicious Southern buffet dinner and bid to win a fantastic array of items in the exciting Silent Auction. We count on your support of this event to enable FACES to continue our work with families living daily with the challenge of mental illness. See you at the theatre!
Family Education Class
Family Advocacy Creating Education and Services (FACES) at 11601 Lucks Lane, Midlothian, is offering a free education course on mental illness beginning March 24th. It is designed to teach families who have a member with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder about these illnesses. Topics include medications, definitions of brain disorders, stigma, suicide prevention, communication skills to use with family and physicians, and recovery.
This course is taught over 6 weeks, on Wednesday evenings, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm, March 24th through April 28th. Classes are free and open to all family members and friends. You must register to participate. Call the FACES Family Center at (804) 378-0035 for more information and to register.
FACES is a 501c3 nonprofit organization.
FACES Board News
FACES welcomes our newest board members, Gary and Jeannie Wendt.
The Wendts have been long time members and advocates for FACES. Gary will serve as treasurer, replacing Steve Watt who served for 5 years in that position. We thank Steve or all that he has done for our organization and are pleased that he will continue to serve as a board member. Many thanks also to J.C. Sadler, who retired from the board this year after serving so passionately for 2 years. J.C. will continue to assist FACES in an advisory capacity.
FACES 2010 Board of Directors
- Pam Weiseman (Chairperson)
- Pat Myers (Co-chair)
- Candy Watt (Secretary)
- Gary Wendt (Treasurer)
- Steve Watt
- Jeannie Wendt
- Bonnie Reid
- Ruby Fitzgerald
You may contact any of the board members at the FACES Center — (804) 378-0035. We welcome your suggestions, questions and volunteer abilities.
Firewalkers: Radically Rethinking Mental Health
FACES was proud to serve as host for the Friends 4 Recovery Support Group for several years prior to Carla receiving a grant to create the Whole Health Center.
This is an opportunity to see and hear the story of recovery in action.
Reading, book signing, and grand celebration to be held at Gallery 5 in Richmond on February 18th from 2:00pm - 4:00pm.
“When I was 32 years old and starting a children’s theme party business, I started believing my dentist was following me. I thought my teeth were bugged and there were cameras installed everywhere,” says Carla Beck. This year Carla received a $200,000 grant to create the Friends 4 Recovery Whole Health Center in Chesterfield County. What happened in between is one of seven stories we set out to tell.
The book’s title is “Firewalkers: Mystery, Beauty and Madness.” Firewalkers is a new project at VOCAL that includes a book of interviews, community arts workshops, a photo series, and outreach and storytelling events. Our goal is to offer a different way of viewing mental health, a deeper understanding of what it means and what is possible.
Editor Cassandra Nudel says, “When we set out to create Firewalkers, we wanted people to know a mental health diagnosis is not a death sentence. It is not the end of the line or the last thing that will ever happen in your life. It is a strange and unexpected journey that most of us never asked for or ever wanted. But after walking through the fire, it has brought us somewhere. And for some of us, we would not go back. Even if we could.”
This project was made possible with funding from: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services as part of the national Campaign for Mental Health Recovery, National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center, a program of Mental Health America, Virginia DMHMRSAS, Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation & Substance Abuse Services.
VOCAL, Inc is a non-profit organization of people in recovery from mental illness. We are a community, support network, social change movement and self-help education program. Our organization was created by and for people who have experienced emotional and mental health crisis. VOCAL was founded in 2000.
Contact:
Malaina Poore
malaina@vocalvirginia.org
PO Box 1248
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902Ph: (434) 243-7878
www.thefirebook.org