Brain Disorders Demystified for Families
EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING ARE KEY ELEMENTS IN RECOVERY. Become educated about your family member’s brain disorder and medications. Ask questions of appropriate people. Read books and anything you can get your hands on. Get on the internet.
The FACES Educational Course is available now on a regular basis. This course includes among other topics, an entire class on the current medications and other treatments for brain disorders. This course is named Brain Disorders Demystified for Families. The classes consist of six, two hour sessions held on a weekly basis. It is a concise guide to the nature (etiology) of brain disorders which includes current methods of treatment, recovery, services available and improved family dynamics. To register for future classes, call Jim Ficklin at (804) 378-0035. All classes are FREE.
Deadline to order FACES Annual Benefit Ticket is Oct. 31st
Don't miss a fun-filled evening a Swift Creek Mill Theatre on Nov. 15th.
- Join us for a delicious Southern style buffet dinner
- Enjoy a hilariously funny holiday show A Tuna Christmas
- Shop for unique Christmas gifts at the Silent auction
What else could you purchase?
- A week at the beach in the Outer Banks
- A handmade Quilt
- A family membership for the Science Museum of Virginia
- Authentic Redskins Mini helmet signed by Chris Cooley
- And much, much more — all at one place and all to benefit the work of FACES
We are counting on your Support!
Return your ticket requests to the FACES Center or call 378-0035 before Oct. 31st.
Holiday Party at Central State Hospital
Preparations for the Holiday Party at Central State Hospital are under way.
Each year FACES hosts a Party for 2 units and staff at the Hospital in Petersburg. The activities include refreshments, music, gifts, addressing holiday cards to mail and time to spend talking and enjoying the company of people who care. Those of us who prepare and attend are always renewed by the appreciation and the feeling of warmth that comes from sharing.
The Holiday Party will be held on December 14, 2008. We welcome anyone who would like to join us in preparing and hosting this event to call the FACES Center (378-0035) and leave your name for Debbie Tucker, who is the coordinator for these activities.
United Way
Please do not forget FACES this year as a United Way approved organization. Look for FACES in the list of approved organizations. We would appreciate it if you will designate your United Way contribution to FACES. Our United Way Number is 7192. Remember every dollar designated to FACES thru United Way goes towards serving and supporting the families whose loved ones go through each day with mental illnesses.