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NOVEMBER 2014 LINC WELLNESS CENTER
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LINC ADVOCATE
LINK WELLNESS CENTER WILL HOST A 1 PM MEAL
LINC & WSC JOIN AUGUSTA ART WALK
COME VISIT OUR
How does my Story direct my life? See page 7 & 8
A new Pathways For - U group will be starting Dec. 2nd. Post the flyer on page 9.
The recovery process is filled with hope, expectation, and real fulfillment, as well as courage, commitment, and dedicated effort. As service planners and administrators, we must respect that we do not undertake the hard work of recovery but we can uphold this vision and create the environment that supports these personal journeys.
~ Guy R. Cousins, Maine DHHS September 2011 by John Painter MS, CPRP
See page 4&5
Recovering Recovery
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Table of contents:
Recovering Recovery and MAPSRC’s Letter to the Commissioner of DHHS, by John Painter and Troy Henderson - Pages 1, 4, and 5
Funding Allies and Table of Contents - Page 2
Goodbye to Our Friend - Page 3
Being Heard by Alicia Hafford Hallowell - Page 6
Pathways - Pages 7 & 8
Pathways For - U Invitation - Page 9
Friends Poem by Priscilla Brown - Page 10
14 Exercise Tips - by Dan Lau - Page 11
Community Connections Program - Page 12
Holiday Card Contest Page - 13
Recipes From BQ’s Kitchen - Page 14
Healthy Choices Corner, by Brian Q. - Page 15
Homeless Voices for Justice Page- 16
Art Walk - Page 17
Community Resource - Page 18
Putting the Neighbor Back in the Hood Page - 19
Community Meeting and Invite - Page 19
Membership & Volunteer Forms - Pages 20 and 21
Poems and Art by Josie Page - 22
Thanksgiving Invitation- Page 23
Activity Calendar - Page 24
LINC WELLNESS CENTER is located on 38 Memorial Dr. at the top of Gage St. RIGHT before Memorial Bridge.
White building with four white pillars.
HOURS OF OPERATIONMonday - Friday 9 am-7 pm
Saturdays 12 - 5 pm Starting in Dec. & Holidays (TBA)
Contact Center at 207-622-5736
Guest Editor: Brian Q.
Newsletter Contributors: Brian Q, Val Porter, Priscilla Brown, Dan Lau, Alicia Hafford and John
Painter.
Layout: Troy Henderson
LINC is Funded in Part by the Following
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David Hillman I lived at the same apartment building as David for over 3 years. In that time, I, as well as peers and staff got to know him quite well. The first thing I discovered about David was how very kind he was. He was very inviting and generous, welcoming people over for supper and sharing food was common for him. He was very selfless. When the weather was harsh he would let people stay with him so they would not be cold, even though this would inconvenience him. He was very social and had a good sense of humor. He often made me chuckle when he shared stories with me. He was a gifted musician. His specialty was harmonica and guitar. He would often play them at the same time. It was common for a few of us to hang out and listen to him play. David loved people and his family fiercely, as was evident by his excitement when he would see his family. He loved to cook and was good at it. He prepared special meals for his family when they would visit. Over the years David had been a staple at Commercial Street. He left a very positive impact on all of us and we will all miss him.
Fellow peer.
We don’t always notice when something has changed. When we lose a member of our community we will be posting a notice in this newsletter. If someone from the community that you knew passes, and you have some kind words that you want to share please send them to the newsletter committee. Below you will find how one peer experienced our friend David.
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Nearly forty years ago Maine was a leader in introducing what was then called “Social Clubs” which were community based psychosocial rehabilitation centers offering anyone with a psychiatric (and/or substance use issue) regardless of ability to pay; skills training, educational classes, leisure time activities, low cost meals, information and referral, and supportive discussion with trained staff and peers. Peers and staff endeavored to understand each other and how each other sees the world. The role of the clubs was to provide a warm and supportive atmosphere in which each person can do some self-exploration, no direct “advice” was given to anyone, just understanding. A truly public face of recovery. Again, that was nearly forty years ago.
What has happened in the forty years since? One might reasonably expect the Social Clubs/Peer Centers to now be the backbone of Maine’s mental health system, or even have evolved into places devoid of any labels where any community member expressing emotional distress can receive the support they need, on the spot, to work through what-ever life challenge they are facing.
Sadly, over the past 20 years funding for that very public face of recovery has stagnated and stalled, despite the expectations from the state for the same state of the art, low cost, high impact community based Social Club services. That means that LINC Center as well as the other Clubs and Centers around the state receive the same amount of support from the state they did in 1994.
My colleague Troy Henderson has commented “We can be thankful for the experience of all the wonderful emotional support we have gotten from people who know about the meaningful, nontraditional parallel support the centers provide, at a fraction of the cost for traditional mental health services.” Our Clubs and Centers have been documented as delivering supports that cost an average of $10/day per person, and are as effective as MaineCare services that cost $40/hr per person. That is a difference of $400 per day for MaineCare versus $10 day for Clubs and Centers.
How can we, as a community of Clubs and Centers continue to uphold this vision and create an environment that truly supports the personal journeys of all people who visit our Centers and Clubs without adequate resources do so?
I don’t have an answer for that, that is a question that must be asked and reminded of our elected officials and Maine DHHS staff. With their commitment of support, and our demonstrated supports, together, we can accomplish anything.
VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE
“Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.”
― Abraham Lincoln
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Dear Commissioner Mayhew.
I am writing today as the President of MAPSRC – the Maine Association of Peer Support and Recovery Centers. The association represents 12 Peer Centers sprinkled around the state which provide an extraordinary opportunity for individuals living with mental illness, substance abuse and other life challenges. A place where they are welcomed without regard to diagnosis or insurance; where they are accepted, valued and given an opportunity to become an integral part of a movement that supports people in the journey of self-discovery. I know that you have visited some peer centers, and have a general idea about the services they offer. I want to take the opportunity to impress upon you the outcomes that are produced by the peer centers.
Our members tell us on a regular basis that coming to a peer center means that they have more friends, that they participate in more activities, that they go to the hospital less often and that they utilize crisis services less often. We believe these are measurable aspects of recovery. Many individuals who live with mental illness, are recovering from addiction or experiencing emotional distress live isolated and sometimes desperately lonely lives. Traditional mental health services like case management or crisis services have no solutions for loneliness – but that is the strength of peer centers.
Peer Centers have been flat funded for 20 years. I can’t think of another service that could have survived these circumstances. Most of the peer centers are barely hanging on – one almost closed last year – and none are able to provide the range of support or
hours of operation that were possible in the past.
Ironically Peer Centers may be the most cost effective service funded by the Department. The typical cost for a visit to a peer center (which may last all day) is about $10. Compare that to the cost of visiting with a case manager, intervention by crisis services, or a trip to the ED and you can begin to imagine the tremendous cost savings that are produced by peer centers.
Members of MAPSRC are determined that this is the year that we will get an increase in funding to support the work of the peer centers.
For this reason we are writing to you directly asking that the budget that you are creating for the next fiscal year include a 30% increase for the Peer Centers. Even this increase will hardly compensate for the cost of living increases that we have all experienced in the past 20 years.
Individual Peer Centers have begun to reach out to local legislators to garner support from the legislative branch for increased funding – and the support has been very strong. They have also advised us to reach out to you first and ask you directly– to increase the funding for peer services in the bi-annual budget that you are creating.
We look forward to your response, and hope that you will support our effort to increase financial support for a service that is unique, effective and that reduces use of far more expensive services and resources.
Troy W. Henderson President of MAPSRC
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Being Heardby Alicia Hallowell Hafford
I was asked to write an article for the LINC Newsletter on my thoughts of the Gubernatorial Forum on October 10 at the Calumet Club in Augusta. Now, not having voted in the last 20 years and not having kept myself informed on past elections, I was a little nervous to say the least, but here it goes. Disability Rights and other notable advocacy groups hosted a Gubernatorial Forum. First of all, I was so amazed at the turn out and so proud of the community that I now belong to. It was good to see so many of us eager to express to the candidates the fact that all voices matter and that we all share a purpose in bettering our great State of Maine by building strong and healthy communities. It was a two part event. Twelve Centers across the state attended brainstorming sessions focusing on questions that we would ask the Gubernatorial Candidates. Mike Michaud and Eliot Cutler attended the second portion of the event. They were so kind and seemed eager to answer our questions and seemed genuinely happy to be there. I thought both candidates were well informed and eager to answer our questions.Candidates took the time to shake hands and answer more independent questions. I got to shake both candidates hands and had a photo taken with each of them. It was an uplifting experience for myself and I found it encouraging to find that they were listening. So, I encourage each of us to share our voices and visions because every single one of us matters and serves a purpose in building strong healthy connections.
Excerpt from Pathways to Recovery
Through Telling Our Recovery Story We Re-Make History!
Telling our recovery story is a great way to claim our experience. Stories help us take stock and understand what we have lived through. When we tell our Stories we bring memories and meaning together and gain a greater sense of coherence and control over our experiences. We put our past into perspective and more fully integrate our life experience.!
By telling our recovery story we realize how our life experiences have made us who we are. We see that we wouldn’t have learned as much as we have if we had missed out on any of our experiences. We finally see ourselves as people who are imperfect, who have suffered and have had many losses, but also as individuals who have successfully changed the course of our lives, who have strengths, who are survivors!!!
By telling our stories we are overturning the stories many of us were told that said recovery was not possible. Together we are writing a new story about what it means to live through psychiatric disability and move beyond it. We are telling those
who come after us that it is possible to claim our resilience and triumph over psychiatric disability.!
We are showing that psychiatric history is only one part of our personal history, that we are much, much more than just our psychiatric labels or diagnoses. We see that we
don’t need to live in a way that justifies other’s prejudices - that we are much more than our “disorder“ our “mental illness“ or our “disability“. By telling our story, we reclaim our dignity and our strengths and gain
much stronger and fuller sense of who we are as unique individuals.!
As we tell our stories we are building a living history of recovery for others to learn from. Students, Providers, Family Members and Other Supporters will understand who we are, and what we have been through, much better when they know our stories.!
How did another person’s story of recovery inspire you on your journey?!
Excerpt from Pathways to Recovery
By Telling Our Story and Hearing the Stories of Others, We Gain Perspective and Make Our Lives More Meaningful!
Each time we tell our story, or hear another persons recovery story, we deepen our understanding. Each story of recovery reveals important things about a single persons life experience and the pathways he or she has taken to recovery. ! Sharing our stories help us learn as peers: we find that we share many lessons. When we tell our stories we see that our “brothers and sisters“ on the road to recovery have been through many of the situations and emotional spaces that we have passed through, others have “been there and done that” as the saying goes. We can find a lot of good pointers by sharing our stories of our explorations, side trips, detours and successes. We understand our own feelings and action better when we find that others feel and act in similar ways.! Hearing stories from those who are further along the road to recovery motivates us to keep going. We learn powerful messages from the lives of those who come before us. The tales we hear of others recovery journeys renew us and instill or rebuild our hopes we gain
and give feed back to one another and share our insight as we help others and they help us, we inspire one another. Through our stories we are mapping our collective wisdom.! Our lives gain deeper meaning as we explore and reflect on stories of recovery. We make sense out of things that don’t seem to have any meaning. We come to see that we are really strong and heroic - what we have faced and endured required real courage! !
We may even come to find some of our under-appreciated qualities like “stubbornness” were really strengths that allowed us to persist and go on until we could get to a broader understanding and a better place. We may realize what we thought of as “failure”
actually lead to better things and helped us build even more strengths; our stumbling blocks become stepping stones on the recovery journey. We see how many of the side roads or detours of the recovery journey seem to join up again and actually add to do progress. There really no wrong turns that keep us from making progress...!
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Pathways For-U Starts Tuesday
This opportunity is brought to you by the collaborative effort of the
KV United Way, MOCO, LINC and DHHS
Dec. 2nd through Feb. 24th 3 - 5pm
Join us as we journey with others and explore where our lives will go from here.
FREE Twelve Week Workshop
Connect to the many strengths and resources you already have.
Explore:
Living Situations/HousingHealth and Wellness
EducationRecreation/LeisureAssets and Careers
Workbooks $18, contact LINC for more info.207-622-5736
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14 Exercise Tips Gathered by Dan Lau
Try these ideas for fitting more activity into your day—and for getting more out of your daily activities. See all twenty tips at the website below.
1. Choose activities you like. A lot of different things count as exercise: dancing, walking, gardening, yoga, cycling, playing basketball. To make it easier to get moving, choose whatever gets you moving. Also, choose an activity that fits your self-identity. Do you see yourself wearing attractive clothes and bicycling comfortably to work, or wearing workout gear at the gym?
2. Piece your workout together. You don’t need to get all your exercise at one time. Ten minutes morning, noon, and night can give much of the same benefit as 30 minutes all at once.
3. Exercise with a friend. Finding a workout partner can help keep you on track and motivate you to get out the door.
4. Keep it brisk. When you walk, make it brisk, since this may help control weight better than walking at a leisurely pace. What is brisk enough? Walk as though you are meeting someone for lunch and you are a little late. You can also time your steps for one minute: 120 to 135 steps per minute corresponds to a walking pace of 3 to 4 miles per hour, a good goal for many people. If your steps are not quite that quick, trying picking up the pace for short bursts during your usual walk, on different days of the week. Over time, you’ll stride your way to a faster walking pace.
5. Take lunch on the move. Don’t spend all of your lunch time sitting. Hit the gym or go for a 20-minute walk with coworkers, and then have a meal when you are done.
6. Try a pedometer. Step-counters (pedometers) are cheap and easy to use. Best of all, they help you keep track of how active
you are. Build up to 7,000 steps a day—or more.
7. Take the stairs. Use the stairs instead of elevators and escalators whenever possible.
8. Turn off the TV, computer, and smart phone. Cutting back on screen time is a great way to curb your “sit time.” Trade screen time for active time—visit the gym, or even just straighten up around the house.
9. Hunt for the farthest parking space. If you drive to work or to run errands, purposefully park your car a little farther from your office or the store. It may not seem like much, but over weeks and months, these minutes of exercise add up.
10. Make it fun. Try a new sport like tennis or
rollerblading. The more that you enjoy
exercise, the more likely you are to stick to it.
11. Sign up for a class. Check out the fitness course schedule at
your local gym or community center, or the dance or yoga class schedule at a nearby studio. You may find that having the structure of a class helps you learn a new activity and keeps you on track.
12. Keep an exercise log. Monitoring the amount of activity
you get each day will help to make you more accountable.
13. Plan exercise into your day. Set aside a specific time in your schedule to exercise and put it in your planner.
14. Reward yourself. Set short-term goals—and reward yourself for achieving them. Try targeting a specific event, such as a road race or a walk-for-charity, to participate in—this can help keep you motivated. Choose fitness-focused rewards for reaching your goals, such as new workout gear or a heart rate monitor.
www.hsph.harvard.edu
WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT COMMUNITY
CONNECTIONS?
Community Connections supports individuals in gaining independence and improving quality of life through recreational opportunities in the community. Community Connections is a program of Maine Mental Health Connections, funded by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and community donations. You must be over 18 years of age, and have a mental health diagnosis to become a member.
HOW DO I BECOME A MEMBER?
Complete the application form via the link provided on MMHC home page. Have the application signed by a medical mental health service provider and send it to;
Community Connections c/o MMHC 150 Union St.
Bangor, Maine 04401.
WHAT FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE
PROGRAM?
MOVIE TICKETS* BOWLING**THEATER OR CONCERTS.*YMCA** GYM** ADULT ED** PERSONAL ENRICHMENT CLASSES**STATE PARK PASSESTAI CHI**YOGA**
*CC WILL REIMBURSE UP TO $10.00 **GET A HIGHER RATE OF REIMBURSEMENT
HOW OFTEN CAN I DO AN ACTIVITY?
Every two months an activity can be funded and repeated.
WHO SUPPORTS THIS PROGRAM IN MY AREA?
Waterville Social Club:32 Ticonic StreetWaterville, ME 04901Contact: Gary Stevens MgrPhone: 207-873-1027Fax: 207 861-7099
LINC Wellness Center:38 Memorial DriveAugusta, ME 04332Contact: Troy Henderson Mgr & John Painter DirPhone: 207-622-5736 or 207-430-4002
Forms for this program can be found at;http://www.mmhc.us/page/935-701/community-connections
Contact Mary Sharkus at 207-941-2935, 150 Union Street. Bangor. ME. 04401
Is sponsoring a Christmas card
contest. This 8”x5” card will be sent to
members and supporters.
Deadline is November 13th.
Send via [email protected] or drop off submissions to Dan Lau at:
LINC Wellness Center
38 Memorial Dr. Augusta, Maine
04330
The contest consists of two parts: A work of art will be
selected for the front cover, and a poem or season greeting will be chosen for the back. Please limit poetry or text submissions
to 10 - 15 words or less.
Submissions Will Become the Property of LINC
Art by: Josie Coogan
From BQ’s Kitchen Homemade Jellied Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients1 cup sugar1 cup water1 12-ounce package Ocean Spray® Fresh or Frozen Cranberries
Directions Combine sugar and water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil; add cranberries, return to a boil. Reduce heat and boil gently for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Place a wire mesh strainer over a medium mixing bowl. Pour contents of saucepan into strainer. Mash cranberries with the back of a spoon, frequently scraping the outside of the strainer, until no pulp is left.
Stir contents of bowl. Pour into serving container. Cover and cool completely at room temperature. After which refrigerate until serving time.
Makes 1 cup.
Get “Bogged Down”Cranberries: A Year-Round Superfood (excerpts from WebMD.com)
You Can Get the Antioxidant Benefits of Cranberries Long After the Holidays We know cranberry sauce as a staple at the holidays, but cranberries are a superfood that you should enjoy all year round.
Cranberries have vitamin C and fiber, and are only 45 calories per cup. In disease-fighting antioxidants, cranberries outrank nearly every fruit and vegetable--including strawberries, spinach, broccoli, red grapes, apples, raspberries, and cherries.
One cup of whole cranberries has 8,983 total antioxidant capacity. Only blueberries can top that: Wild varieties have 13,427; cultivated blueberries have 9,019.
While they are available frozen year-round, in fall and winter you can buy
cranberries fresh. Fresh cranberries stored in a tightly-sealed plastic bag in the refrigerator will last up to two months. But be careful: If one starts to get soft and decay, the others will, too--so remove soft ones before you store them. Cooked cranberries can last up to a month in a covered container in the fridge.
HEALTHY CHOICES CORNER
with BQ
Happy Turkey Day!!! For those of you who’ve been following this column, you’ve probably noticed a trend. I’ve been collecting and sharing nutritional information on seasonal produce and locally grown foods. Because of the impending holiday season I’m going to focus this month on a few Maine grown items that you may be planning to include in your Thanksgiving menu planning.First, lets talk turkey! Most people believe that eating lots of turkey will result in the need for a post meal nap-fest. It’s most likely that the turkey you’ve consumed is not the culprit. Here’s what I learned from WEB MD and some of their contributors.
The Truth About Tryptophan Does tryptophan really make you sleepy -- and is turkey to blame? Experts set the record straight.
Every year at Thanksgiving, most of us engage in an annual rite of passage: stuffing ourselves mercilessly with turkey, cranberry sauce, and pie. Not a bad way to spend a Thursday. But inevitably, in that hour between feeling so full you think you'll explode and gearing up for round two with the leftovers, your relatives can find you conked out on the couch. Along comes Aunt Mildred with her armchair scientific explanation. You're tired, she tells you, because the turkey you just ate is laden with L-tryptophan. Tryptophan, she says, makes you tired. So is your aunt right? Is the turkey really what's to blame for Thanksgiving sleepiness? The experts helped WebMD sort out the facts.
What is L-Tryptophan?
L-tryptophan is an essential amino acid. The body can't make it, so diet must supply
tryptophan. Amino acids are building blocks of proteins. Foods rich in tryptophan include, you guessed it, turkey. Tryptophan is also found in other poultry, meat, cheese, yogurt, fish, and eggs. Tryptophan is used by the body to make niacin, a B vitamin that is important for digestion, skin and nerves, and serotonin. Serotonin is a brain chemical that plays a large role in mood and can help to create a feeling of well-being and relaxation. "When levels of serotonin are high, you're in a better mood, sleep better, and have a higher pain tolerance," says Elizabeth Somer, MA, RD, author of numerous nutrition books, including her latest, Eat Your Way to Happiness. Tryptophan is needed for the body to produce serotonin. Serotonin is used to make melatonin, a hormone that helps to control your sleep and wake cycles.Turkey the Sleep Inducer? As it turns out, turkey contains no more of the amino acid tryptophan than other kinds of poultry. In fact, turkey actually has slightly less tryptophan than chicken, says Dawn Jackson Blatner, RD, LDN, an American Dietetic Association spokeswoman and author of The Flexitarian Diet. Jackson Blatner says that if we're sleepy on Thanksgiving as a direct result of eating turkey, then eating other foods rich in tryptophan should have the same effect. "When is the last time someone ate a chicken breast at a summertime barbecue and thought they felt sluggish [because of it]?" she asks. Turkey is, indeed, a good source of tryptophan. Still, it's a myth that eating foods high in tryptophan boosts brain levels of tryptophan and therefore brain levels of serotonin. Proteins like turkey, chicken and fish, which are high in tryptophan, require assistance from foods high in carbohydrates to affect serotonin levels. So there you have it, straight from the mouths of the experts. The turkey is innocent and in moderate portions, like many foods is indeed a Healthy Choice.
Candidates fielded some tough questions around homelessness, Augusta’s drug infestations and welfare.
LINC to be Involved in Augusta Art Walk
The LINC Wellness Center and Waterville Social Club are supported by Motivational Services, Inc., a non-profit mental health organization funded by DHHS and United Way, offering self-directed programs to meet the needs of adults with a mental health/substance abuse diagnosis. Natasha Mayers has been conducting art workshops at the Center’s in Augusta and Waterville since 1981.
AUGUSTA DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE PRESENTS
“Light on Water” Art Walk
Thursday, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
November 6th, 2014Water Street,
Augusta, MaineThis art walk is appropriately named "Light on Water" as our goal is to shed "light" on both the revitalization of Water Street in downtown Augusta and to celebrate the important role that art plays in our community.
Many businesses on Water Street are hosting various artists, musicians, and performers for this event.
The Augusta Downtown Alliance's Design Committee and key community partners, including The University of Maine at Augusta, host the third annual Light on Water.
LINC will feature an exhibit of the work of center members. Some people call it “outsider art”. It is artwork that is often captivating and compelling, candid and original. The drawings and paintings
reflect joy, pain, bemusement, despair, hope, passion, curiosity—the full range of human vision and responses. The work speaks from the heart, with graphic eloquence, intensity, and immediacy; it moves us to a deeper appreciation of both the uniqueness and the commonality of human experience. More than 300 drawings and paintings will be
exhibited Proceeds will benefit the artists and the two centers. We have always found that this highly affordable art work interests casual viewers, artists, new collectors, and art connoisseurs.
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KVCAP
Kennebec Vally Community Action Program
Manages the fuel assistance program.
219 Cony St, Augusta, ME 04330
Addie's Attic FREE Shoes and Clothing
9 Summer StreetTuesdays and Thursdays
12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.Soup Kitchen
157 Water Street in Augusta.Hours: Monday thru Saturday -
Faith Works Food PantryFirst Church of Nazarene30 Nazarene DrAugusta, Maine 04330(207) 622-7529
St.Mark’s9 Summer St, Augusta, ME 04330
Community Resource Page
Augusta Community Warming Center
will be open every day, Dec. 16, 2012- March 31, 2013, from 9am
to 4pm
Operated by, Kennebec Vally United Way
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"Putting the Neighbor Back in the Hood"
Hello members of the LINC Wellness Center and to those who wish to become a member. If you haven't been to the LINC Center recently you will find a big change in how the center runs these days. The center is run by peers. Many of our members are finding their voice and making changes not only to the center but to themselves and their communities. Please take a look at the calendar on the back of the news letter to find out how you can become an integral part of our community; whether you want to cook, contribute to the news letter, be an active participant in the committee meetings, need a peer to talk to, or just
plain come to visit... We welcome all. If you are a current member, please let us know if any of your contact information has changed. There is a membership form on the next to the last page of the news letter. So please visit the LINC Wellness Center and make a difference in your community, and yourself. If you want, come in and get to know us. We look forward to seeing you. At the LINC Wellness Center we like to say... "We are putting the Neighbor back in the Hood". We hope you have a great day, and thank you for taking the time to read our news letter.
Proud to be a LINC member,
Val PorterOctober 15, 2014
Belong to a community
Opportunities for empowerment await you.
Contribute in a way that matters to you.
We need you
Your opinion matters
LINC is a Member directed Center
ATTEND YOUR COMMUNITY MEETING - MONDAY
NOV. 3RD, NOV. 17TH AND DEC. 1ST AT 1:15 PM
Call 207-622-5736 or e-mail us [email protected]
LINC Recovery and Wellness CenterMembership Form
Name:__________________________________________ Date:_______________________________________
Address:________________________________________ Phone:______________________________________
________________________________________ Email:______________________________________
________________________________________ Birthday:____________________________________
(year is optional)
LINC is a Recovery and Wellness Center that focuses on personal wholeness. It's for people with
a Mental Health Diagnosis who want to be creative, make connections, contribute, and a
willingness to learn about improving, enhancing, and directing their lives...to get from where they
are, to where they want to go.
Have you ever visited a peer, recovery, or wellness center before? _________________________________
EMERGENCY INFORMATION
Who would you like us to contact in case of an emergency?
Name Address Phone # Relationship
Would you like to join us? If so, what groups or activities would you be interested in?
___Volunteering at LINC ___ Exercise ___ Cooking Matters ___ NAMI Peer to Peer support group
___ Gardening ___ Writing ___Art ___AA ___NA ___Intentional Peer Support___Mindfulness group or a
Self Help group like: ___Pathways to Recovery or ___Living Well with Chronic Conditions
We are also open to suggestions___________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
Signature:____________________________________________________ Date:_______________________
By signing, I acknowledge that a peer or staff has shown me around, and has gone over the guidelines.
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LINC Volunteer Interest Form
Name_______________________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Phone________________________________
Do you volunteer now, and if so where?
___________________________________________________________________________________
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What are your interests and hobbies?
___________________________________________________________________________________
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What are the strengths/skills you have? (Example: Cooking, Editing, Gardening, Organizing, Cleaning)
___________________________________________________________________________________
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How would you like to volunteer here at the Center? (Example: I want to write for the LINC
Newsletter; make lunch for the center; teach people how to use Facebook; or help clean the Center)
___________________________________________________________________________________
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LINC Wellness and Recovery, 38 Memorial Dr. Augusta, Maine 207-622-5736 or 430-4001 [email protected] or [email protected]
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A Happy November by Josie Coogan
Such beauty that November brings,the barren trees stand tall;my heart is full of love, and singsa happy tune to all. Thanksgiving day is coming soon,for feast and and visits rare;perhaps there'll be a harvest moon,and bounty left, to share. I love the smell of attic eaves,so musty, yet so nice;to me this fine aroma leavesa smell like apple spice. And not to mention scenery of Autumn country side;there's not much left of greenery,although pines still preside. So blessings this Thanksgiving day,to you and all your kin;May luck pursue you all the way,let happiness begin.
November Gantry
by Josie Coogan
November is a time of yearfor blessings such as fooda sumptuous feast with loved ones dearcreates a splendid mood. the leaves are gold and yellowwith a hind of red and brownand I'm really feeling mellow,as they spiral to the ground. the fields now are barrenlivestock has not much to eat-but at least there is stored hay and oats,molasses makes it sweet. the birds are flying south againto regions warm and bright-it's fun to watch them form a vwhile calling and in flight. Enjoy the nice fall weatherand your feast upon the daythat marks a time for gratitudein each and every way.
PLEASE COME AND SHARE IN A CELEBRATION OF GRATITUDE WITH FRIENDS AT LINC WELLNESS.
MAIN MENU:
TURKEY POTATOESCORN YEAST ROLLSSTUFFINGGREEN BEAN CASSEROLESWEET POTATOES
We will be open from 7 -7pm Thursday, November 27th and
Serving the Meal at 2pm
HORS D’OURVES:
CELERY + CREAM CHEESE W/ GREEN OLIVES MIXED NUTS BANANA MUFFINS POPCORNPICKLE TRAYDEVILED EGGSVEGGIE TRAY
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