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News & UpdatesFall ’24 Newsletter- Kindness Abounds at Annual Benefit Dinner, More than Gifts- How our Food and Toy Drives Create Hope
YOU ARE NOT ALONE My copy of child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Ken Duckworth’s book, You Are Not Alone: The NAMI Guide to Navigating Mental Health, is filled with underlining and notes. I'd like to share with you a selection I highlighted that gives a snapshot of...
Spring ’24 Newsletter- Halo Designs Builds Community with Heartwarming Holiday Benefit, New Podcast Aims to Break the Stigma
"DO WHAT YOU CAN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE" In my last letter to you I quoted a passage from our friend John Moe's book, The Hilarious World of Depression, that highlights the power that talking about mental health has to bring about positive change. In reference to his own...
Fall ’23 Newsletter – Staff Speak on Trauma Informed Care, Annual Benefit Luncheon with Keynote John Moe
"IF WE TALK, THINGS GET BETTER" On a visit to Powell’s bookshop last summer, my wife picked up John Moe’s book, The Hilarious World of Depression. Within a few moments of looking at it, she (and I must say shockingly with a great deal of confidence given that she had...
Spring ’23 Newsletter – The Power of Play, M.J. Murdock Trust Inspires Generosity, New Program Aims to Address Staff Shortages (So we can serve more kids!)
Do What You Can With What You Have I have recently been enjoying some of the work of the poet Nikita Gil. The final stanza of her poem "Your Soft Heart" struck me in particular. She writes: "Kindness is the greatest endangered thing. And here you are, existing, your...
Summer ’22 Newsletter- King’s Way Volleyball Benefit Tournament, Virtual Benefit Concert 2.0, Living Our Values- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
DO WHAT YOU CAN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE While chatting with a couple of our therapists recently I lamented that I’d like to be back to how things were before the pandemic — fully staffed so we can meet the high demand for our services! My skilled colleagues gave me some...
Fall ’21 Newsletter- Legacy Giving, Break Room Refresh, It Takes a Village
Hope is the Antidote to Fear This month our twins, Callie and Connor, turn 18. As I reflect, amid the memories of sleepless nights and lots (and lots) of diapers, one experience on the day of their birth repeatedly comes to mind. My wife, Michelle, went into labor at...
Replay of the 2022 Children’s Center Virtual Benefit Concert
In case you missed it, you can catch the replay of our 2022 Children's Center Virtual Benefit Concert, which premiered on June 25, 2022. During the concert, rock violinist Aaron Meyer is accompanied by the enchanting vocal harmonies of The Brown Sisters. Their...
A Fall/Winter 2021 Video Update from Executive Director Matthew Butte
The Children's Center Executive Director Matthew Butte discusses how the children's mental health organization has adapted to challenges from COVID-19.
Summer ’21 Newsletter- Benefit Concert, Relief by the Pound, Body over Mind
Your generosity is felt, your faces are missed. Therapy is defined as a “treatment intended to relieve or heal.” Since March 2020 Children’s Center has been helping to heal those with wide range of mental health challenges via telehealth, but on May 10, 2021 we began...
Fall ’20 Newsletter: Donation Drives, Remembering Dr. Rapp, Thank You to Dutch Bros., Care During COVID
The Strength and Wisdom of Giving The nineteenth-century English critic and philosopher John Ruskin once wrote, “A strong and wise person uses their gifts to support other people.” I'm reminded of this sentiment when time and time again, you, our Children's Center...
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