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Updates from the Fundraising Front
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$71,000! That's how much we have raised in donations and pledges towards our $200,000 goal.
Here's who has joined the 2016 New Day Campaign Founders' Circle so far:
- 87 individuals ($23,000)
- 12 Founding Partner organizations ($21,000)
- 5 private foundations ($27,000)
Haven't donated yet? NOW is the perfect time!
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Peer-to-Peer Fundraising - Happening Now!
Our peer-to-peer fundraising drive is underway. We already have 9 individuals fundraising for the New Day Campaign. To view and donate to any of these personal fundraising pages, click on the names listed below.
It’s not too late to add your name to that list! Just contact us at connect@newdaycampaign.org and we’ll give you all the help you need to set up your page and start fundraising.
Learn More about our fundraising campaign HERE
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Thank you to our Newest "Founding Partners"
Founding Partners are organizations and institutions that have made financial contributions to support the New Day Campaign. We are proud to announce these three organizations as our most recent Founding Partners!
- Evergreen Health Care - Evergreen Health Care is a local nonprofit health services organization that was founded to better address health and disease through the delivery of robust primary medical care, care coordination, and behavioral health services. They take the time to understand the hurdles that patients face in managing their health, whether mental health diagnoses, grief, financial management, or other life stressors. The organization is affiliated with Evergreen Health, an Affordable Care Act-sponsored health plan that is bringing health insurance competition to the Maryland insurance market.
- IBR REACH Health Services - The REACH (Recovery Enhanced by Access to Comprehensive Healthcare) Health Services program is a comprehensive, patient-centered and trauma informed outpatient substance use disorders treatment facility offering outpatient, intensive outpatient and medication assisted treatment services to those with substance use disorders. REACH is part of the Institute for Behavioral Resources (IBR) an independent nonprofit research, services, and educational organization founded in 1960 by prominent behavioral scientist Dr. Joseph V. Brady and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.
- NAMI Metro Baltimore – The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Metropolitan Baltimore is an affiliate of the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization, serving Baltimore City and Baltimore County. NAMI Metro Baltimore and dedicated volunteers work together to raise awareness and provide essential education, advocacy, and support programs to individuals living with mental illness, their families, and communities. (NAMI Metro Baltimore is also the 501c3 fiscal agent for the New Day Campaign).
For information on how your organization can become a New Day Campaign Founding Partner, email us or call 443-952-1459.
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In this section we feature upcoming community events related to mental illness and substance use prevention, education, treatment, and support.
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October and November - Various Dates
Trainings in Mental Health First Aid® by the Mental Health Association of Maryland (MHAMD)
Mental Health Association of Maryland
1301 York Road, Suite 505
Lutherville, MD 21093
MORE INFO
Expressions Support Group -Tuesdays 5:00-6:30 pm
Expressions is a new, arts-based support group for adults living with mental illness. The group meets Tuesdays from 5:00-6:30 pm at the Kid Safe Zone in the Penn North Community Center (1622 North Carey Street, Baltimore, MD 21217). Expressions is a project directed by Alyse Ruriani, a 2015 New Day Campaign artist! For more information, visit the website expressionsgroup.online.
Save the Date: December 10
The Baltimore Solutions Summit – Jobs, Justice, Behavioral Health
Help Shape the City’s Future!
Presented by Open Society Institute-Baltimore.
Learn More & Register (free)
October 22 – "Survivors Speak Out" event
Impact Hub Baltimore
10 E North Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Gather Together, a project of FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, presents this release party of the 7th edition of "Purple Poetry Book," edited by TurnAround Inc, in collaboration with Gather Together. Witness a performance created by Wombwork Productions, Inc., and survivors sharing poetry and performances during this celebration of survival. For more details, see the Facebook event.
October trainings at the Center for Child and Family Traumatic Stress at Kennedy Krieger Institute
Continuing education for social workers, therapists, counselors, and psychologists
October 12: Using the Body To Heal Trauma: Integrating Self- Regulation and Somatic Experiencing Interventions
Registration
October 27: Engagement Strategies for Building Partnerships with Families Affected by Intergenerational Trauma
Registration
Saturday Oct 29 - Wednesday Nov 2
2016 Conference of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD)
Marriott Waterfront Hotel - Baltimore, Maryland
All are invited to the 2016 AATOD Conference in Baltimore “Saving Lives: Access to Improved Health and Recovery." Speakers will include Michael Botticelli, the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and Peter Bruun, Founder of the New Day Campaign.
MORE INFO
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Here we share information about new resources and recent developments related to mental illness and substance use, to help the New Day Campaign community get informed and stay connected.
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#YouGoodMan
Rapper Kid Cudi's public statement about checking himself into treatment for depression and suicidal thoughts has inspired a call to action on the issue of mental health among black men. At the core of the issue is shattering the stigma that keeps black men from being honest and seeking help. That's where a new hashtag #YouGoodMan comes in.
Opiate overdose deaths in Maryland continue to climb In September, Maryland public health officials released the updated data on Drug and Alcohol-Related Intoxication Deaths in Maryland. In the first six months of 2016, 920 people in Maryland died of opiate overdoses, compared to 601 in the same period for 2015. The dramatic spike surprised state officials and researchers and has been attributed largely to the highly-potent ingredient fentanyl that is increasingly mixed into heroin and cocaine. Read more (including the report) in coverage by The Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun.
Bruce Springsteen - Life with Depression
Bruce Springsteen's autobiography Born to Run was released on September 27. The book covers many aspects of Springsteen's life, including his lifelong struggle with depression. See the article in Vanity Fair or listen to this interview with The Boss on Fresh Air.
Want to know what it's like inside the mind of someone with depression?
This recent video from World Suicide Prevention is a good place to start.
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