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Waterloo Wellington signs on to Roots of Hope National Suicide Prevention Project
23 August 2019Waterloo Wellington is the seventh community to sign on to the national Roots of Hope suicide prevention project. The five-year partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada, which will…
Stories of Support: Youer Than You Benefit Raises Over $6,000 for CMHA WW
16 August 2019“Today you are YOU, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.” With this Dr. Seuss quote the Youer Than You fundraiser was…
Faces of CMHA: Amber Hussey, Child and Adolescent Crisis Worker
15 August 2019Children and youth are supported through a compassionate, non-judgmental lens, where they are provided with supportive listening, validation, and somebody to bear witness for them in their experiences. We work…
May Mental Health Check-up with Mike Farwell 570 News
14 August 2019In the latest edition of our Mental Health Checkup segment with 570 News Mike Farwell our Senior Director of Services Helen Fishburn and Barb McPhee talk about clients having their…
June Mental Health Check-up with Mike Farwell
14 August 2019In the latest edition of our Mental Health Checkup segment with 570 News Mike Farwell our Executive Director Helen Fishburn and Manager of Seniors’ Services Cathy Sturdy-Smith highlighted mental health…
Faces of CMHA: Eileen Angeles, Financial Accountant
24 July 2019I am proud of working with a group of people who are interested in making a difference in other people’s lives. The staff here, are so invested in helping others…
Faces of CMHA: Angela Kelly
11 July 2019When I first started out as a mental health nurse someone told me “you need to meet the client where they are at in order to help them”. This advice…
Here4Hope: Continuing the Conversation about Suicide
10 July 2019Please join us for an update on the new Wellington Framework
for Promoting Life and Preventing Suicide.
The framework has been developed with Input from
local community members that have attempted suicide,
that are bereaved by suicide as well as service providers
combined with the best available research on suicide prevention.
Kim Hewitt-McVicker, Manager of Eating Disorders and First Step Receives National Award for Leadership in Occupational Therapy
3 July 2019Congratulations to Kim Hewitt-McVicker, Manager of Eating Disorders and First Step at CMHA WW on receiving the National Award for Leadership in Occupational Therapy. The award recognizes and honours the…