Page 10 - Martin Downs Bulletin - December '20

Page 10, Martin Downs

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New Horizons Offers Hope, 211 helpline, law enforcement, hospitals, schools and courts

Help And Healing to de-escalate critical situations, develop an immediate plan of
action, and ensure that people needing assistance have access to
services that could improve their quality of life.
By Lisa Rymer “These people care about me like I was family,” said a client
Everybody needs to talk to someone sometime. participating in a New Horizons addiction recovery program.
Whether it’s simply to hear an encouraging voice during this “I was dying out there. I don’t know where I’d be if they didn’t
period of social distancing or to ask for help, New Horizons is help me.”
there for you and your community. Since the onset of the opioid epidemic, New Horizons has
The local mental health agency has a 24-hour phone line run helped save countless lives through the medication assistance
by compassionate and educated professionals, and a dynamic program. The intensive outpatient approach to addiction
mobile response team that will deliver mental health and combines counseling and groups with medication and peer
addiction recovery services directly to a person in need. New Horizons Martin County Board Directors: Mary support to reduce the likelihood of harm and to increase the
At no cost. Anytime of day or night. All ages. Baysinger, Phil Grosdider, Pat Austin and Judy Overdorf opportunity for successful outcomes.
New Horizons, a nonprofit organization, is the largest For the past year, New Horizons has been collaborating
behavioral health provider on the Treasure Coast, with eight The Learning Center offers classes to adults transitioning with the Martin County Sheriff’s Office implementing a crisis
outpatient offices across the region, and inpatient programs at back into society, teaching (or reteaching) basic living skills such prevention strategy of reaching out to past 911 callers with mental
the main campus in Fort Pierce. as budgeting, job readiness, nutrition, anger management and health issues, making sure they are all right.
Two of the outpatient offices are centrally located in Stuart. volunteering. Participation is either by referral or self-enrollment. “It means so much to know someone cares,” said Pat Austin,
The clinic at 1111 S.E. Federal Highway offers a wide range of Inpatient programs consist of a 28-day drug and alcohol chairman of the Board. “Help is available. It’s just a phone call
services to about 2,000 children and adults in Martin County, rehabilitation, drug and alcohol detox, adult crisis stabilization, away.”
including therapy, counseling, psychiatry, medical treatment, children’s crisis stabilization, and a group home. To learn more, please visit the New Horizons website at www.
and case management. Established in 1958, New Horizons works closely with the nhtcinc.org or call (772) 672-8333.

Honoring

United Way Of Martin County

Honors Senior Volunteers At A
Drive-Through Event

The sun shone brightly as
United Way of Martin County
honored over 120 senior
volunteers during a drive-
through recognition event – the
first of its kind for Retired
and Senior Volunteer Program
(RSVP) volunteers in Martin
County. This unique event,
sponsored by Amicus and
Humana of Stuart, celebrated
the impact of volunteers age Doris Magnuson, Kathleen Stacey, Ron Medeiros and Jane United Way staff Ellen East, Carol Houwaart-Diez and Tara
55 and older who contributed Volunteers Doris Cebelak celebrated the efforts of senior volunteers at United Zweben greeted senior volunteers with masked smiles.
63,880 hours of donated time Magnuson and Ron Way of Martin County’s RSVP volunteer recognition event.
in 2019, saving local nonprofit Medeiros passed out gifts
agencies $1,624,468. to senior volunteers at “It isn’t often we have ice cream in the middle of the day,”
“Now more than ever, we United Way of Martin said volunteer Charlie Beagan. “We appreciated the recognition.”
want to thank our volunteers County’s RSVP volunteer RSVP is a program of the Corporation for National and
for their time, commitment and recognition event. Community Service, the federal agency for volunteering and is
compassion and for making administered locally by United Way of Martin County. For more
service to their community a priority despite obstacles,” said information, visit www.UnitedWayMartin.org.
United Way of Martin County RSVP Director Kathleen Stacey. About United Way Of Martin County
Music filled the air as volunteers drove slowly through United Way of Martin County’s mission is to lift the community
the event path and were greeted from a distance by and change lives together through the collective power of
representatives from the Stuart Police Department, Florida advancing the common good. Since 1972, the United Way has
Oceanographic Society, Molly’s House, Humana, Amicus, been working to create long-term social change and provide
and United Way of Martin County. Volunteers were showered support to Martin County residents by investing in programs
with gifts, including buffs, masks, sanitizer, wipes, chocolate, that strive to enhance healthy living, improve education, and
free passes, volunteer opportunities, shirts, and prepackaged support financial stability. For more information about United The City of Stuart Police Department were on hand to help
ice cream from Culver’s. Way of Martin County, visit www.unitedwaymartin.org. seniors dispose of unwanted prescription medication.

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