TTYL Fundraiser! Minds Matter: A Social Circus Show on Mental Health

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Please join us Sunday May 15 at 918 Bathurst Street for the youth presentation of their new show: Minds Matter. This show begins at 1pm and will also include professional circus performers.

All proceeds from ticket sales, the fundraiser and silent auction support the TTYL program. Tickets cost 10 dollars for students, and 15 dollars regular price if you purchase tickets through one of the staff in advance.

If you by tickets at the door they are 15 dollars for students, and 20 dollars for others.




Download a PDF of the flier here to spread the word.

Gaining Autonomy with Medication Workshop

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Work with Celine Cyr on a one day Train the Trainer Workshop!

Date: Monday, December 13, 2010
Time: 9:30am to 4:00pm
Location: 65 Wellesley Street East, Ste.300 (Wellesley & Church)
Cost: $75.00

Self-Management of Psychiatric Medication is something survivors have been doing with very little support for a long time. A mental health coalition in Quebec has created a resource guide and a training program (GAM) that offers essential support to those who are seeking to navigate the medication maze.

GAM Is About:

* Learning and understanding medications and its effects on all aspects of a persons life.
* Questioning ones needs and preferences with respect to medication.
* Making decisions, self-advocacy, engaging external supports, taking risks and taking charge.

The ultimate goal of this process is to achieve a more satisfying quality of life.

Quebecoise GAM facilitator and psychiatric survivor, Celine Cyr, will share an approach that can be used to help others to create their own plan for their use of psychiatric medication. She will also outline the ways that one can be helpful to someone who is reducing or coming off medication. A Self Management Guide to Psychiatric Medications is included in this training.

This workshop is for people who are actively working in the field and who have opportunities to apply this learning within their own communities. This information/training program is also useful for people in recovery and families. Space is limited to 20 people. Make the registration cheque payable to Family Outreach & Response. 901 King Street West. Suite 500a. Toronto, ON M5V 3H5.

To register call Karyn Baker at 416-535-8501 ext 2011

Hearing Voices

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As a follow-up to the July Hearing Voices community Forum the Leadership hosted a workshop on Friday November 12th aimed for people who hear voices, their supporters, mental health workers and managers. We were joined by Intervoice members Paul Baker and Ron Coleman. The day was a great success and thanks to all who came.

For anyone who is interested in starting, attending, and or generally being involved in starting hearing voices groups here in Toronto, please join the follow up meeting.

Meeting for those interested in being involved in hearing voices groups in Toronto: Wednesday November 24th from 1-3pm at 336 Adelaide Street East Suite 241


Hearing Voices Movement Resource List

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Intervoice: An informative website with information on the voice hearing experience. A great resource for those who hear voices and those who work/support voice hearers.

CAMH Article: Voice hearers’ groups inspire new ways to listen.

The Icarus Project. An informative and alternative website that sees so called “mental illness” as Mad Gifts.

The Hearing Voices Network. An up to date and comprehensive website that discusses the voice hearing experience

Working To Recovery: A website dedicated to the normalization and understanding of the voice hearing experience.
Mental Health Forum and Forum on Hearing Voices. A Place to network, share and gain insight into the voice hearing experience.

Rufus May: A recovery based website on the voice hearing experience.

A great radio program on the voice hearing experience.
http://www.hearingvoices.org.uk/about_hearingvoices.htm Information on the voice hearing experience, voice hearing groups and recovery.

Will Hall A mental diversity counselor, consultant, and writer based in Portland Oregon, who hears voices and works with several organizations doing recovery based work.

Publications

    A Personal Essay on the voice hearing experience.
    Babylon, B. Hearing Voices.

    (For purchase) The power and omnipotence of voices: subordination and entrapment by voices and significant others. Psychological Medicine. Vol 30 (2), 337-344 Birchwood, M. Meaden, A. Trower, P. Gilbert, P. Plaistow, G (2000):

    (For purchase) Choices for voices: A voice hearer’s perspective on hearing voices, Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Volume 9, (Issue 1 & 2 February). Cockshutt, G. (2004), pages 9 – 11

    May, Rufus. Accepting Alternative Realities.

    Mad Medicine
    A New Group for People Who Hear Voices Celebrates Mental Illness Diversity by Marjorie Skinner.

    Voices Options: Coping with intrusive thoughts, impulses, voices etc, Ron Unger

    Publications

    Publications/articles by Professor Marius Romme and Sandra Escher et al:

    Romme, M.A.J. & Escher, A.D.M.A.C.: Hearing Voices (1989) Schizophrenia Bulletin 15 (2): 209 – 216

    Romme, M.A.J. & Escher, A.D.M.A.C. (1989). Effects of mutual contacts from people with auditory hallucinations. Perspectief no 3, 37-43, July 1989

    Romme, M.A.J. & Escher, A.D.M.A.C. (1990). Heard but not seen. Open Mind No 49, 16-18,

    Romme, M.A.J. & Escher, A.D.M.A.C. (1991). Sense in voices. Open Mind 53, The mental health magazine, 9 November

    Romme, M.A.J. & Escher, A.D.M.A.C. (1991).Undire le Voci. Spazi della Menten nr. 8, December 1991 p 3-9

    Romme, M.A.J., Honig, A., Noorthoorn, O., Escher, A.D.M.A.C. (1991) Coping with voices: an emancipatory approach. British Journal of psychiatry 161, 99-103

    M. Romme, A. Honig, E. O. Noorthorn & S. Escher: Coping with hearing voices: an emanciapatory approach (1992) British Journal of Psychiatry

    Marius Romme and Sandra Escher: (Eds.), Accepting Voices (1993, second edition 1998), 258 pages, MIND Publications, London.

    Marius Romme and Sandra Escher: (Eds) Understanding voices: coping with auditory hallucinations and confusing realities (1996) First published by Rijksuniversitiet Maastricht, Limburg, Holland and also new English edition, Handsell Publications

    Marius Romme and Sandra Escher: Making Sense of Voices – A guide for professionals who work with voice hearers: (2000) MIND Publications

    Articles/publications: General

    Christine Assiz, Heard but not seen, Independent on Sunday, 6th January 1991

    Baker P.K (1990): I hear voices and I’m glad to!, Critical Public Health, No. 4, 1990, pp 21-27

    Baker P.K (1995) Accepting the Inner Voices, Nursing Times, Vol. 91, No 31, 1995, pp 59-61

    Baker P.K (1996) The Voice Inside: a practical guide to coping: Mind Publications

    Baker PK (1996) Can you hear me, a research and practice summary, Handsell UK

    Barret T.R and Etheridge J.B (1992) Verbal hallucinations in Normals I: People who hear voices Applied Cognitive Psychology, Vol. 6, pp. 379-387

    Benthall R.P (1990) The illusion of Reality: a review and integration of psychological research into psychotic hallucinations, Psychological Bulletin, no. 107, pp. 82-95

    Bentall R.P., Claridge G.S. & Slade P.D (1988), Abandoning the Concept of “Schizophrenia”: Some Implications of Validity Arguments for Psychological Research into Psychotic Phenomena British Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol.27, pp. 303-324

    Bentall R.P., Claridge G.S. & Slade P.D (1989), The Multidimensional Nature of Schizotypal traits: A factor analytic study with normal subjects British Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol.?

    Benthall R.P., Haddock G. and Slade P.D (1994), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for persistent auditory hallucinations: from theory to therapy, Behavioral Psychotherapy No. 25, pp. 51-56

    Bentall R.P., Jackson H.J & Pilgrim D. (1988), Abandoning the concept of “schizophrenia: Some implications of validity arguments for psychological research into psychotic phenomena, British Journal of Clinical Psychology, No. 27, pp. 303 – 324

    Bentall R.P., Kaney S & Dewey. M (1991), Paranoia and Social Reasoning: An Attribution Theory Analysis, British Journal of Clinical Psychology, No. 30, pp.13-23

    Benthall R.P and Slade P.D. (1995) Reliability of a scale for measuring disposition towards hallucinations: a brief report, Person. Individ. Diff. Vol 6, No. 4, pp. 527-529

    Lisa Blackman: Hearing Voices, Embodiment and Experience (2001), Free Association Books, London

    Richard Bentall & Gillian Haddock: Cognitive behaviour therapy for persistent auditory hallucinations, (1990) Behaviour Therapy 25: 51 – 66;

    Chadwick P.D.J. and Birchwood M.J, (1994), Challenging the omnipotence of voices: A cognitive approach to auditory hallucinations, British Journal of Psychiatry, No. 164, pp. 190-201

    Coleman R and M. Smith: Victim to Victor: working with voices (1997) Handsell, Gloucester, UK

    Cullberg J., (1991) Recovered versus non-recovered schizophrenic patients among those who have had intensive psychotherapy, Acta Psychiatr Scand. Vol. 84, pp.242-245

    Julie Downs, (Ed), (2001) Starting and Supporting Voices Groups: A Guide to setting up and running support groups for people who hear voices, see visions or experience tactile or other sensations. Hearing Voices Network, Manchester, England

    Julie Downs, (Ed), (2001), Coping with Voices And Visions, A guide to helping people who Experience hearing voices, seeing visions, tactile or other Sensations, Hearing Voices Network, Manchester, England

    B. Ensink: Confusing Realities: A study of child sexual abuse and psychiatric symptoms Amsterdam, VU University Press (1992) and also Trauma: A study of child abuse and hallucinations, in Accepting Voices Eds M. Romme and S. Escher (1993)

    Eaton W.W., Romanoski A., Anthony J.C., Nestadt G. (1991) Screening for psychosis in the general population with a self report interview, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, No. 179, pp 689-693

    Falloon I.R.H. and Talbot R.E. (1981) Persistent auditory hallucinations: coping mechanisms and implications for management, Psychological Medicine, No.11, pp. 329-339

    John Freedland (1995), Hearing is believing, The Guardian (UK Newspaper), April 22

    Mike Grierson (1991), A Report on the Manchester Hearing Voices Conference November 1990 Hearing Voices Network

    Haddock G., Benthall R.P and Slade P. (1996), Psychological treatments for auditory hallucinations, focussing or distraction? pp. 45-71 in Cognitive, Behavioural Interventions with Psychotic Disorders Routledge, London Therapy, Eds. Haddock G. and Slade P

    Haddock G., Bentall R.P and Slade, P.D: Psychological treatmment of chronic auditory hallucinations: two case studies (1993) Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy 21: 335 – 46;

    G. Haddock, P. Slade: Empowering people who hear voices in cognitive behavioral interventions with psychotic disorders, Routledge, London (1996)

    Heery M. W. (1989), Inner Voice Experiences: an exploratory study of 30 cases Journal of Transpersonal Psychiatry, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 73-82

    Doug Holmes Ph.D, Hearing Voices: Hillary, Angels, and O.J. to the Voice-Producing Brain Shenandoah Psychology Press, shenpsy@rica.net , 15 February, 1999

    Adam James (2001), Raising our Voices: History of the Voice hearing movement, Handsell UK

    J. Jaynes: The origin of consciousness and the breakdown of the bicameral mind: (1976) Houghton Mifflin, Boston

    Leudar and P. Thomas: Guidelines for Establishing Pragmatic Aspects of Voices – Voice Hearer Talk (1994) Manchester: Department of Psychology, University of Manchester

    I Leudar, P Thomas and M. Johnston: Self Repair for in dialogues of schizophrenics: effects of hallucinations and negative symptoms, (1992) Brain and Language 43: 487 – 511

    I Leudar, P. Thomas and M. Johnston: Self monitoring in speech production: effects of verbal hallucinations and negative symptoms (1994) Psychological Medicine

    I Leudar, P. Thomas, D. McNally and A. Glinsky: What can voices do with words? Pragmatics of verbal hallucinations (1997)Psychological Medicine

    Ivan Leudar and Philip Thomas: ‘Voices of Reason, Voices of Insanity – Studies of Verbal Hallucinations’ (2000) published by Routledge/Psychological Press.

    Lineham T., (1993), Hearing is Believing, New Satatesman and Society, 26.3.93, pp.18-19 Lockhart A. R. (1975)

    Mary’s Dog is an Ear Mother: Listening to the Voices of Psychosis, Psychological Perspectives Vol. 6, No 2, pp.144-160

    Miller L.J., O’Connor R.N & DiPasquale T., (1993), Patients’ Attitudes Toward Hallucinations American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 150, no.4, pp. 584-588

    Posey T.B. and Losch M.E. (1984), Auditory hallucinations of hearing voices in 375 normal subjects Imagination, Cognition and Personality, vol 3, no.2, pp. 99-113

    Rector and Seeman (1992) Auditory Hallucinations in Women and Men, Schizophrenia Research, vol 7, pp. 233- 236

    T.R. Sarbin (1990), Towards the Obsolescence of the Schizophrenia Hypothesis, The Journal of Mind and Behaviour, vol. 11. No.3/4, pp. 259-283

    Siegel, Ronald: Fire in the Brain: Clinical Tales of Hallucination Dutton Books New York 1992 Sidgewick H.A. (1894)Report on the census of hallucinations, Proceedings of the Society of Psychical Research, No. 26, pp. 25-394

    Slade P.D. (1993) Models of Hallucination: from theory to practice in David, A..S and Cutting, J. (Eds.) The Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia; Earlbaum, London

    Slade P.D and Bentall R.P. (1988) Sensory Deception; towards a scientific analysis of hallucinations Croom Helm, London

    G. Lynn Stephens, George Graham , When Self-Consciousness Breaks: Alien Voices and Inserted Thoughts (Philosophical Pychopathology Series) by Hardcover – 200 pages (May 2000) Bradford Books; ISBN 0-262-19437-6 Tarrier N., Harwood S., Yusupoff L., Beckett R. & Baker A. (1990), Coping Strategy Enhancement (CSE): Method of Treating Residual Schizophrenic Symptoms Behavioural Psychotherapy, No.18, pp. 283-293

    Tien A.Y. (1991) Distributions of hallucinations in the population Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, No.26, pp. 287-292

    Tiihonen, Hari, Naukkarinen, Rimon, Jousimaki and Kajola (1992) Modified Activity of Human Auditory Cortex during Auditory Hallucinations, American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 149, No.2, pp. 225-257

    John Watkins: Hearing voices – A Common Human Experience: published in 1998 by Hill of Content Publishing, Melbourne, Australia, ISBN 0-85572-288-6

    Yusopoff and Tarrier N. (1996) Coping strategy enhancement for persistent hallucinations and delusions, pp. 86-103, in Cognitive, Behavioural Interventions with Psychotic Disorders, Routledge, London Therapy, Eds. Haddock G. and Slade

YOU ARE NOT ALONE…….Other famous voice hearers:

Anthony Hopkins
Winston Churchill
Brian Wilson
Robert Schuman
John Forbes Nash
William Blake
Saint Joan of Arc
Socrates
Sigmund Freud
Mahatma Gandhi
Phillip K Dick
Zoe Mannamaker

Annual General Meeting 2010 Reports

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Executive Director’s Report

FOR is exhausting in the best possible way. After 12 years of being with this amazing program, I keep waiting for the day of rest but thanks to an awesome board, and a fantastic group of staff, volunteers, community partners and of course the people that we support, there is never a dull moment at FOR.

FOR is either busy developing new creative programs for the families and young people, establishing new partnerships and research projects, supporting more families, organizing recovery and family conferences, raising more funds, advocating for improvements to the mental health system or managing better administrative practices.

Our last fiscal year began with a Strategic Planning process which not only reaffirmed our existing directions but also identified a couple of priority items. One of those areas was that FOR should take on more advocacy initiatives. In light of this, we have created a group of families and people with the lived experience to address changes that are required in the mental health system. This group calls itself Families for Mental Health Recovery.

The Strategic Plan also identified that FOR must continue to grow its resources.
We are attempting to increase our fundraising efforts and this year we held a new fundraising initiative organized by the youth from TTYL at Second City. It was a great success and something that we hope we can build upon. Our TTYL Director, Emily Collette continues to be enthusiastic about growing the TTYL program and looking for money in the most creative ways.

FOR continues to recognize the importance of programming for everyone in the family including those with the lived experience. We will continue to pilot programs that involve the whole family as well as expanding our peer support services. This year we were excited to have our first peer support worker. FOR is also excited by new groups that have started such as The NEW RESPECT program for people with the lived experience.

Our programming for the families also expanded this year with CBT and solution-focused groups. I am appreciative to both Maria Haarmans and Krista MacKinnon for their roles in developing these innovative programs. We are hoping that our work with CBT and families will be published this year.

I want to acknowledge all the staff and their work which ensures that every day is a new and fruitful day at FOR. Calista Rajakariar and Marian Dalal continue to work under difficult circumstances in Scarborough. The needs of diverse families are complex and the resources few. They do their work with grace and dignity and determination. I am inspired by their example.

Emily Collette is our leader in youth work. Emily’s commitment to the youth voice is admirable. Emily has spearheaded our TTYL program and the related partnerships. I thank Emily and her talented group of young people for their commitment and for ensuring that we all stay young at heart.

Last year we have expanded our administrative team. Linda continues to keep us in order and we now have Jan Harper giving graciously of her time to assist us with financial and administrative tasks. Shirley Lam continues to ensure that every penny is accounted for. I sincerely thank them for what they do as it gives me great comfort knowing that FOR is well run. Of course, we will always miss Dennis but we have found the strength and courage to carry on to ensure that FOR is sound.

Last year we were also very lucky to have two amazing students Gill and Chloe. They were always there with a clever idea and a helping hand. We look forward to working with our new students Nadeen, Jenessa and Alyssa.

I feel honoured to be surrounded by a group of individuals who want to be innovative, effective and responsible all with the same goal of ensuring everyone has an opportunity to recover from serious mental health issues. The FOR board has recognized the delicate balance between good governance and the freedom required for creative programming. I want to give special thanks to Eric and Taketo for their time, encouragement and patience in helping us to develop FOR. I will miss them both. I want to thank the rest of the board members and our chair Rebekah for their leadership and support.

And lastly, thank you to our families and young people who every day shows us what it is means to be family. They teach us about courage, risk-taking and how to recognize our strengths and move forward. Together I feel that the dreams for FOR are endless!

Respectfully submitted,

Karyn Baker
Executive Director

Chairperson’s Report

FOR has made a developmental leap from adolescence into adulthood. This year we took a brave step away from our parental home of our sponsor Community Resources Connections of Toronto and became financially accountable for our own bookkeeping and other administrative matters. While our continued sponsorship with CRCT is extremely beneficial we have become more responsible for our own operation. During this new developmental stage, the board will also ensure that our policies and procedures reflect our mission and values. The board is now undertaking a process to develop and review policies as necessary. This process will be informed by both the recovery and diversity training that board members participated in this year.

We also continue to be grateful to CAMH for their continued support. Our relationship continues to be beneficial as we work with hundreds of families making contact with CAMH and in return we can call CAMH space – home.

Our youth programming is becoming more of a reality. The Talk to Youth Lately program also known as TTYL finished its second year. The primary focus this year was to expand our high school programming in partnership with the Toronto District School Board. This year, we provided over 24 classroom presentations as well as creating a grade 12 week long curriculum for the Challenge and Challenge course at Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute.

This coming year, the TTYL will have a research component attached to it which will determine the benefits that this type of programming has on youth and discrimination about mental health issues. This research will be part of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s work on addressing mental health discrimination across our country. Our work in youth programming continues to be solely funded by fundraising. We are incredibly grateful to all those who contribute both individuals and corporations.
The AGM is a time for me to honour my other board members. I appreciate the commitment that each board member makes in their own unique ways. Deanna, Stella, Steve, Nisa, Mike and Sue bring their family or personal expertise and other talents to the board. Thanks to all of you! This year we are very pleased to welcome one new board member, Ganga Muralidhar. We look forward to both her personal and professional expertise that you can share with us. It is also with mixed feelings of sadness and gratefulness that we say good bye to Taketo Murata and Eric McKnight.

Eric has been on the board for over 10 years. He has been instrumental in helping the organization to become the vibrant place that we are today. When he joined the board, we had a budget of $52,000 and one part-time staff person. With his business savvy, FOR was able to recruit other board members who helped us with our fundraising and led to the development of our annual golf tournament. Thank you Eric for all your hard work over the years.
Taketo has also served on our board for three terms. He has also witnessed FOR during our years of transition. He has provided our board with strong yet reaffirming guidance over these years. He helped us stay true to our original values of providing the best possible support to families using the recovery approach. We will miss you Taketo.

To Karyn, Marian, Krista, Emily, Calista, Linda, Shirley and Conor, thank you for your hard work and commitment to our families, our youth and for making recovery a possibility for many.

To those of you who have given of your money or volunteered your time to FOR, we also thank you. In the past, I too needed FOR as a family member and I know how difficult it can be. I am especially grateful to our families who trust us to support you in your recovery. Thank you.

Respectfully submitted,

Rebekah Tsingos
Chairperson
Family Outreach and Response Program

Annual General Meeting

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An AGM is held every year at the FOR program to elect the Board of Directors and inform people who have been connected with our program of previous and future successes. It is an opportunity for the stakeholders and partners to receive copies of the our accounts as well as reviewing fiscal information for the past year and asking any questions regarding the directions the actions and directions we will take in the future.

Notice of 2010 Annual General Meeting of Board Members

NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Members of the Family Outreach and Response Program will he held on Monday September 20th, 2010 at 6:30pm at Scarborough Civic Centre, Committee Room. Invitation is open to anyone interested in attending.

1. Below is a copy of the agenda.
Dated at Toronto this 20th day of August 2010.

Members:

Rebekah Tsingos
Eric McKnight
Deanna McNeil
Stella Emmanuel
Taketo Murata
Sue LeMesurier
Steve McIntyre
Mike Huges
Nisa Mullaittilaga

Invitee(s):
Karyn Baker
Lyne Arseneau
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Deanna McNeil
Secretary

Family Outreach and Response Program

ANNUAL General MEETING 2010

AGENDA

1. Introductions and Greetings
Rebekah Tsingos

2. Approval of Previous AGM 2009
Minutes
Motion Required

3. Chairperson and Executive Director’s Report
Rebekah Tsingos
Karyn Baker

4. Auditor’s Report
Lyne Arseneau
a) Motion to accept the Financial Statements for 2009-2010
Steve McIntyre
b) Motion to appoint Lyne Arseneau as auditor of the
Corporation for 2009-2010 with enumeration to be fixed by the Board of Directors Steve McIntyre

5. Nominating Committee Report
Resignation of Directors
Presentation of the Slate of Directors
Deanna McNeil

7. Adjournment of AGM
Rebekah Tsingos

8. Presentation of Amato Art Award
Karyn Baker

9. Adjournment & Refreshments
Rebekah Tsingos

10. Convening of Board Meeting
Rebekah Tsingos

Golf For Good: September 30th, 2010

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Golf for Good is a fundraising initiative of the Family Outreach and Response Program (FOR). FOR supports and educates families and friends during the mental health recovery process. Last year, over 200 families used our services. Now in its 6th year, this charity golf event continues to build in popularity and is a key platform to the charity, providing essential services not covered by base funding.

One Spectacular Club

The Royal Ontario Golf Club’s property was originally a stable and equestrian center, with large meadows and dense woods covering the acreage. Placing the holes within these spaces allowed for the woods to frame the fairways and greens. After experiencing Royal Ontario, the enticing shape of many holes will easily become ingrained in the golfer’s memory.

The course has five sets of tee blocks to provide a different experience with each visit. Visitors playing Royal Ontario will be reminded of the Masters course at Lionhead.

Despite its hazards of fescue and water, it is the variety of tee blocks that allow for golfers of all calibers to find the desired amount of challenge to suit their game. The tees stretch from 5225 back to 7074 yards making a different course possible with each visit. When you add the scenery and vistas visible around the links, enjoyment is easy to find.

Agenda

Registration 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Lunch 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Golf Shotgun 12:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Cocktails 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Dinner and Auction 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Player Fees:

$350.00 Per Player
$100.00 Dinner and Auction only
$1,400.00 Four Players
$1,700.00 Corporate Foursome plus Hole Sponsor

Royal Ontario is conveniently located on Trafalgar Road, just minutes south of the 401. The entrance to the facility is on the west side of Trafalgar, between Derry Road and Britannia Road. Pearson International Airport is only 20 minutes away, and we are 45 minutes from Downtown Toronto.

For your $ 350.00 registration fee you will receive the following:

1. Round of golf with cart at a challenging and scenic golf course
2. BBQ Lunch
3. On Course events with prizes to be won
4. Cocktail Reception
5. Silent Auction
6. Gourmet Dinner
7. FREE pair of Nike Sandals
8. A warm fuzzy feeling that you have supported a very worthy charity!

NIKE AIR MAX SLIDE SANDALS

- Phylon midsole with heel Max Air unit – for ultra cushioning
- Rubber outsole with forefoot flex grooves
- Velcro top flap for adjustability
- Mesh, syntehtic and TPU combination for easy wear and care

PREMIER SPONSORSHIP ($ 10,000.00)

- Company Logo and listing as title sponsor in all promotional material
- Logo, acknowledgement and link to corporate website on the FOR website
- Corporate recognition at dinner
- Full page ad (back cover) in Tournament Program
- Banner at display at the event
- Signage at the registration table
- Distribution of promotional materials in gift bags
- One foursome for Golf, cocktails and dinner

DINNER SPONSORSHIP ($ 5,000.00)

- Official designation as the Dinner Sponsor in all promotional material
- Signage at the dinner
- Logo and acknowledgements on printed materials
- Corporate recognition at dinner
- Half page ad in Tournament Program
- Two players for Golf, cocktails and dinner

PUTTING CONTEST SPONSORSHIP ($ 2,000.00)

- Official designation as the Putting Contest Sponsor in all promotional material
- Signage at the Putting Green (halfway point on the course)
- Logo and acknowledgement on printed materials
- Corporate recognition at the dinner
- Half page ad in Tournament Program
- One Player for Golf, cocktails and dinner

18 HOLE SPONSORSHIP ($ 300.00 per hole)

- Signage at each hole sponsored
- Official designation as a Hole Sponsor in all promotional material
- Acknowledgement in the Tournament Program
- Corporate recognition at dinner

Charitable receipts will be issued for the full amount of sponsorships. Charitable receipts for the registration fee will be issued for the net proceeds of the golf tournament.

We look forward to seeing you there …Family Outreach and Response Program
6th Annual Charity Golf Tournament

Thursday, September 30th 2010

Royal Ontario Golf Club
6378 Trafalgar Rd.
Hornby, (Milton) Ontario

Online registration will soon be available, but in the meantime, if you’d like to register now, please print out the following documents and email of fax them to:

Karyn Baker
Tournament Coordinator
(416) 535-8501 Ext. 2011
Fax # 416-583-4335
karyn_baker@camh.net
www.familymentalhealthrecovery.org

Sponsor Form
Donation Form
Registration Form

Meeting of The Minds

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The Meeting of The Minds Fundraiser for the TTYL Program was a big success!

The circus acts were amazing, the clown hilarious, the dancers phenomenal, the silent auction exciting, the music composed by Rochelle and Jeremy moving and catchy, and of course the TTYL Youth Troupe Play was a big hit!

If you weren’t able to make it out to the show, get a peep at the fun through this short video!

Thanks to everyone who came out to support the event! Also if you missed it but want to support the growing TTYL program, don’t forget you can donate by clicking here!

Event!

WORDS ON THE WALL: GEOFFREY REAUME IN CONVERSATION WITH RUTH RUTH
To celebrate the re-issue of his groundbreaking study, Remembrance Of Patients Past (University of Toronto Press), scholar and activist Geoffrey Reaume will conduct a walking tour of the wall surrounding the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH ) grounds at 1001 Queen St. West. He will then guide the group to the Gladstone Hotel, where he will have an on-stage conversation Ruth Ruth Stackhouse of Friendly Spike Theatre Band. Three of the installation pieces from The Story Behind The Wall, an exhibition by Workman Arts (WA) inspired by Reaume’s text, will be featured on-stage. There will be a silent auction of bricks painted by local artists. Proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Psychiatric Survivors Archives of Toronto (PSAT) for the purpose of purchasing commemorative plaques detailing the history of the 19th century patient-built wall and other aspects of unpaid patient labour. Marc Glassman, Executive Director of This Is Not A Reading Series, will host the evening event. – A TINARS event presented by University of Toronto Press, Gladstone Hotel, NOW Magazine, Torontoist.com, Take Five On CIUT, Psychiatric Survivor Archives of Toronto and Workman Arts.
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St West, Toronto
Wed Apr 21: 8:00pm (Doors 7:30pm) $5 (Free With Book Purchase)

EVENT ITINERARY
Silent Auction Viewing Begins 4pm, Gladstone Hotel Ballroom,
Wall Walking Tour 6pm, Main Entrance, CAMH, 1001 Queen St West
Interview / Auction 8 pm (Doors 7:30pm), Gladstone Ballroom, Gladston Hotel, 1214 Queen St. West

REMEMBRANCE OF PATIENTS PAST Historian Geoffrey Reaume remembers previously forgotten psychiatric patients in his groundbreaking study, Remembrance Of Patients Past, by examining in rich detail their daily life at the Toronto Hospital for the Insane (now called the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health – CAMH) from 1870-1940. Psychiatric patients endured abuse and could lead monotonous lives inside the asylum’s walls, yet these same women and men worked hard at unpaid institutional jobs for years and decades on end, created their own entertainment, even in some cases made their own clothes, while forming meaningful relationships with other patients and some staff.

Using first person accounts by and about patients – including letters written by inmates which were confiscated by hospital staff – Reaume weaves together a tapestry of stories about the daily lives of people confined behind brick walls that patients themselves built.

GEOFFREY REAUME is an associate professor in the Critical Disability Studies Graduate Program at York University.

RUTH RUTH STACKHOUSE is a proud member of the psychiatric survivor community. She studied theater in New York City and is currently Theatre Director of the Friendly Spike Theatre Band. A long-standing activist, she has protested against institutional confinement and the exploitation of patient labour. www.friendlyspike.ca

THE PSYCHIATRIC SURVIVOR ARCHIVES OF TORONTO (PSAT) is dedicated to ensuring that the rich history of people who have experienced the psychiatric system is preserved for our community and the wider community as a resource from which everyone can share and learn. PSAT is a grass roots organization that is run for and by psychiatric survivors and seeks to reflect the broad diversity of views that are expressed by all people with a psychiatric history however they choose to self-identify. www.psychiatricsurvivorarchives.com

THE STORY BEHIND THE WALL is a mixed-media and cross-disciplinary project created by artists of the Workman Arts Project for Scotiabank Nuitblanche 2009. Six artists chose six former patients from the Toronto Hospital for the Insane as depicted in Geoffrey Reaume’s book Remembrance of Patients Past – Patient life at the Toronto Hospital for the Insane, 1870-1940. Their goal was to create figurative sculptures to creatively and expressively tell the stories of these individual patients from the past who have mostly been confined to a history of silence.

WORKMAN ARTS (WA) facilitates aspiring, emerging and established artists with mental illness and addiction issues to develop and refine their art form through its arts training programs, public performance/exhibit opportunities and partnering with other art organizations. As well, WA promotes a greater public understanding of mental illness and addiction through the creation, presentation and discussion of the artistic media.
www.workmanarts.com

For Media / Info
Geoffrey Reaume: Andrea Wilson, awilson@utpress.utoronto.ca
PSAT Silent Auction: Andrea White, psychsurvivorarchives@gmail.com
TINARS: Chris Reed, coordinator@tinars.ca

Meeting of the Minds

circus

Please join us for our first-ever Circus Fundraiser, called Meeting of the Minds on Sunday, May 2nd from 2-4pm at Second City, featuring professional and emerging performers, including aerial trapeze and silks, dance, live music, clowns and our very own Talk To Youth Lately (TTYL) youth theatre troupe performing 2 brand new original skits! Meeting of the Minds also features an amazing silent auction with generous donations from many local stores, including: Simon Carter, Ritual2 spa, Helmutt’s Pet Store, Crumpler, Plastic Wrap, SPAW Boutique, Fairies Pyjamas, John Steinberg & Associates and much more! All support will go directly to funding our youth engagement program where TTYL youth educate other youth and the broader community about recovery and mental health. Tickets are only $20 for adults and $10 for students! Please click here to download the flyer or call 416-535-8501 ext. 1927 for more information and to purchase tickets!

$250 Bobbi Nahwegahbow Award Looking for Nominations

Bobbi Nahwegahbow was an active member of Psychiatric Survivor, Mad Pride, Women’s and Native rights communities in the city of Toronto. Psychiatric Survivor Archives Toronto, The Lakeshore Asylum Cemetery Project, Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre, The Native Centre, The Friendly Spike Theatre Band, St. Francis Table, Toronto Rape Crisis Center, are but a few of the organizations which benefited from this energetic, passionate and righteous human being who was dedicated to equality rights for everyone.
Although Bobbi Nahwegahbow passed on November 4th, 2007 her tenacious example will always be remembered by the people she worked with.
In memory of Bobbi Nahwegahbow, The Mad Pride Organizing Committee has established a $250.00 award in her name, to be presented during Mad Pride Toronto celebrations in July 2010.

The committee requests suggestions from the community in the spirit of who best exemplifies the work which Bobbi so actively nourished. These nominations should be made in the form of a simple statement not more than one page in length, which highlights the person or group’s contributions to our community. Please send to either friendlyspike@primus.ca or Friendly Spike Theatre Band, #210, 2466 Dundas Street West, Toronto M6P 1W9
Suggestions will be reviewed and decided on by the Mad Pride Organizing Committee.

Deadline April 30th 2010