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July 2015
An Evening of Recovery
A Recovery Month Event
Keynote Speaker Announced!
IT'S OFFICIAL!!!!! Our Keynote Speaker for this year's Recovery Month event, "An
Evening of Recovery" will be Marti MacGibbon, with her presentation "Resilience,
Recovery and the Power of Gratitude"! This years event will take place on September
10th, 2015 from 5:30pm-8pm at 112 S. 17th Street Parsons. (See flyer for more details)
Marti MacGibbon, ACRPS, CADC-II, is a certified addiction treatment professional, standup comic, inspirational
speaker, and member of the National Speakers Association. Investor's Business Daily and Entrepreneur have interviewed her, and articles she wrote have appeared in over
100 magazines. She resides in Indianapolis and the San
Francisco area, alternately.
She has recovered from and triumphed over nightmare experiences such as being trafficked to Tokyo and held prisoner by Japanese organized crime, homelessness, and hardcore drug addiction. Today, shes a member of the National
Speakers Association, an inspirational speaker, standup
comic, and certified addiction treatment professional.
Marti has performed at the world-famous Hollywood Improv and at the Comedy Store
in Hollywood, and has shared the stage with Gary Shandling and Alonzo Bodden of
Last Comic Standing. She is producer/founder and host of Laff-aholics, an annual
standup comedy benefit for recovery in Indianapolis that features nationally headlining
comedians.
Marti emerged from her downward spiral with her sense of humor intact, and she draws
from a deep inner wellspring of joy and enthusiasm which is contagious to audiences as
she shares simple, effective ways to get anyone back on track. Martis inspirational, humorous memoir, Never Give in to Fear: Laughing All the Way Up from Rock Bottom,
earned recognition from the National Indie Excellence Awards and critical acclaim.
For more information on Marti MacGibbon visit: http://martimacgibbon.com/meetmarti/
*Labette Center is proud to provide "An Evening of Recovery", a Recovery Month
event, to the community each year in September. This event is provided through the
use of donations and sponsorships. If you would like to donate to, or help sponsor this
event, please visit: http://www.lcmhs.com/foundation.html or call 620-421-3770.
For more information about Labette Center for Mental Health Services call 620-421-3770, check out
our website at www.lcmhs.com, or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and Twitter!
Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the
growth and development of the spirit. M. Scott Peck
Leadership Labette is an eight-month (September-April) community leadership development program. The program is open to all adult residents of the greater Labette County area. Program activities include:
Leadership Labette is managed by a volunteer board of local community members and supported by Labette Center
for Mental Health Services, Kansas Leadership Center, and Kansas Health Foundation.
To find out more about Leadership Labette or to sign up for the 2015-2016 sessions, please contact: Monica Simpson at 620-421-3770 or 800-303-3770. Interested applicant may also email: leadershiplabette@lcmhs.com or
download the application online at www.lcmhs.com/leadership-labette.html.
The Labette Center for Mental Health Service, Inc. Foundation for Help and Hope is
an entity governed by a Board of Trustees, which is jointly shared with Labette Center for Mental Health Services. The foundation creates opportunity for individuals in
the community and surrounding areas to be able to give to a local non-profit organization whose mission is to create hope and opportunity for life change by providing
education, support, consultation, and therapeutic behavioral health services to the
people and communities of Labette County.
The foundation enables us to grow and expand the hope and help we are able to
provide. The Foundation for Help and Hope provides a tax deductible entity for individuals or organizations to be able to donate to.
To give to the Foundation, donations can be mailed to or dropped off at:
Labette Center for Mental Health Service, Inc. Foundation for Help and Hope
c/o Labette Center for Mental Health Services
PO Box 258
Parsons, KS 67357
To make a donation by Credit/Debit card by phone, individuals may call:
620-421-3770 or 800-303-3770
Labette Center for Mental Health Service, Inc Foundation for Help and Hope is a 501 (c) 3.
Any donations are considered tax deductible.
Labette Center for Mental Health Services will be holding an Adult Mental Health
First Aid course on Tuesday July 14th, 2015 from 8:00 am to 5:30 pm. The course
will be held at Labette Centers main facility located at 1730 Belmont Parsons KS
in the multi-purpose room. Participants must register prior to the course. Cost of
registration is $50.00 which includes materials, lunch and snacks.
This program covers information about how to help a youth who may be expierencing a mental health crisis or at the onset of a mental illness. The program is
excellent for anyone, and specifically for those who work with youth. This includes teachers, paraprofessionals, principals, youth leaders, afterschool program
coordiantors, parents, and those who actively work with youth in the community.
Through this course individuals will learn skills and information to help a youth
in need.
For more information contact Monica Simpson or Nikkii Rosenstiel at 620-421-3770 or 800-303-3770 or
visit www.lcmhs.com.
Also, please check into our Youth Mental Health First Aid Course!!!! Next class is on July 14th, 2015.
For more information about the Mental Health First Aid program, visit: http://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org
Check out our new website! Same website address but with a new and improved look! Now pay your bill online!!!