Wellness Newsletter - Tri

Volume 1, Issue 2
June 2011
Wellness Newsletter
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Check out the
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with the construction of the Wellness Center
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Learn about our
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Join us for our
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Wellness Update
Recent& Upcoming
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Living Well
Job Specialist Info
Letter from the Editor
Wellness Center Photos
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Hello Everybody! We are so excited, the new Wellness Center is just taking off so fast! The Wellness
Center is going to be a drop-in center for anyone who would like to come and participate! It is still
under construction down on Orange Grove and Garey Avenue. Our aim is to offer a place where
people can come and socialize with each other, and learn how to implement a life of wellness for
themselves or a loved one. We are already under way with our groups at our temporary site at 2008
N. Garey Avenue. Our groups are filling up everyday with people who are looking for support on their
road to recovery through sharing and hands-on learning. We emphasize welcoming you to come and
take this journey with us! I know through my own experience that I have learned so much about me,
and I have made a lot of progress. Noelle M.,CSW
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I N S I D E TH I S
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Hello, my name is Patricia, and I am a Community Support Worker (CSW) for Tri-City Mental
Health. I have worked here since November
2010. It is very nice place. I was born in Riverside at what was then March Field Air Force
Base. My father was on the fire squad and when
he heard , rushed down the mountain, picked up
his paycheck and hugged my mom, gave her a
big smooch, and I hope his paycheck. I graduated from high school from Covina and still meet
with those friends. Then I graduated at Mount
San Antonio College in biology, the best thing I
ever did. I married Henry who went to graduate
school at Claremont acquiring a Master’s Degree
in History. We then had to part. I stayed and
raised the two boys we had, but Henry and I
bonded after I sought therapy for family and personal matters. Frankly, we did a pretty good job
raising those boys. The oldest graduated at Cal
Poly Pomona in Political Science with a commission from U.S. Marine Corps and retired last year
as a colonel. He has been working in corporate
tax auditing. My other son graduated from Harbor
City College then went on to do coursework at
Dominguez Hills for teacher training. He now
S T O R Y
works in managed care as an out-patient caregiver with disabled individuals with a heavy client
base. They are married, and I have one grandchild, Nate, who goes to Palomar College and
works, surfs, and snowboards. After the boys
grew up, I went back to school while working fulltime at Kaiser Permanente getting my certificate
in medical records management, accredited records technician license. I worked full-time as a
medical transcriber at that time and for over 26
years altogether. These were doctor dictations,
all services, all reports. Then, I attended USC's
Cancer registry training course, and it was an
intense four month course, graduating in 1997. I
have done volunteer work at a registry, a very
interesting program. I have also started an online business, www.just4youquilts.com. Tri-City
Wellness Center, where I now work has done
wonderful things for me, helping me get centered
again, and I do appreciate all the fine people and
programs that are offered here as well as all the
help I have received from the clinicians. I now
especially like the Depression, Anxiety, Art Group
and the fun Music Group.
Patricia M.,CSW
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The Music Group has
been a favorite meeting of
ours as it is entertaining
and fun, and all are welcome to participate in the
singing, dancing and instrumentation. We have a
piano artist, John, who
plays music of interest;
both contemporary and
standards. I was able to
present the Irish program
with John Shields who was
born in Ireland, gave his
rendition of St. Patrick’s
history and that of the
Green Isle, Ireland, and an
Irish tenor, Bob, sang the
old favorites. This group
meets on the 4th Monday
of the month at 11:00 in
2C6.
The Walking group is at
the end of the week gathering for the benefit of
those interested in having
an end of the week stress
releaser, and refreshing
walk before the weekend
Hello my name is John Newton and this is my story. I
came from L A. I was one of
sixteen children. My father
was a alcoholic. I came from
a dysfunctional family, and
then had become an alco-
G r o u p s
starts We have some warmup exercises, then a nearby
walk, back in time for some
cool downs. Sonny is the
leader and is the one we enjoy
and look forward to. This
group meets on Friday at
11:00 in 2C6.
The money management
group is presented by Sonny,
and is an informative presentation of facts to help all manage their money, be it shopping, banking, saving, or tips
on living on a tight budget.
The group meets from 3:00 to
4:00 on Wednesdays in B1.
The new Spanish group Direccion Positiva, is facilitated by
Michelle Thomas, born in
Costa Rica and a pleasant,
comfortable presentation with
the ideal to help those people
learn to connect with their
spiritual energy, so they can
change
Their way of feeling, and then they can enrich
their inner thoughts and be-
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haviors towards a more positive direction in
their lives. This group meets at 1890 North
Garey at the temporary Wellness Center in the
meeting room. This group meets at 11:00 am
to 12:00 p.m. on the 3rd Monday of the month.
The Comadres group is a group for mothers
who will be getting together having coffee, tea
and snacks for socializing; and it is a bilingual
group. There will be guest visits by specialists
to train group members in parenting and linking
to resources, and is for social support. It will
begin on May 12 from 9:00 to 10:00 at the
Royalty site, which is a children's site.
The Anger Management group has a goal to
discuss the definition and aspects of anger. It
is to identify triggers that identify anger, and
increase coping skills, and integrates assertiveness training by using the conflict resolution
modality. It begins on May 26 and meets every
other Thursday from 11:00 to 12:00 at 2C6.
Healing Kids group provides a supportive environment for children who have experienced
traumatic events such as losses of family members to circumstances such as divorce or any
type of loss in their lives. This group meets
every Monday at 4:30 to 5:30 at 2C3.
Patricia M, CSW
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holic, addict. And so I had
grave emotional and mental
disorders. I am presently
receiving coping skills at Tri –
City so I can manage my life
for the better. I am also enrolled in a twelve step pro-
S t o r y
gram. Someone had given me their two year sobriety coin.
This gift gave me unconditional love, hope, and faith. This
has opened many doors for me, which I only used to
dream about. So now I live one day at a time.
Lorin L.,CSW
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Hola mi nombre es John Newton y
esta es mi historia. Yo vengo de Los
Angeles y soy el numero 13 de una
familia de 16 hijos. Creci en una familia disfuncional con un padre alcolico. Mi disfuncion me convirtio en
un alcolico y un addicto. Empeze a
tener desordenes mentales y emocionales agudos. Actualmente estoy
recibiendo clases de apoyo en Tri-City.
Ahora yo puedo controlar mi vida para
mejorarla y tambien estoy inscrito en
un programa de 12 pasos.
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Un dia alguien me dio una moneda
que representa dos anos de sobriedad. Este regalo a representado
para mi a mor incondi c ional,
esperanza y fe.
Este programa ha abierto muchas
puertas para mi, lo que en el pasado
era solo un sueno. Ahora vivo un dia a
la vez.
Lorin L.,CSW
N e w t o n
“The only thing
to fear is fear
itself.”
Franklin D.
Roosevelt
M e s s a g e F r o m R i m m i H u n d a l
M H S A M a n a g e r
I am honored to write in the second edition of the Wellness Center Newsletter. The Wellness Center
is celebrating its first Anniversary and we have come a long way. We started with three activities per
month a year ago to providing up to three groups and activities per day at present. The credit completely goes to our hard working staff who continue to provide excellent programming and customer
service to our clients. Even though we have limited spacing, the Wellness Center continues to provide
support groups to our clients in creative ways.
With the addition of the Employment Outreach Coordinator at the beginning of 2011, we have added
an incredible dimension to the Wellness Center Team. Staff continues to focus on their professional
development as well as providing much needed employment and vocational services to our clients.
As we continue to move on and assess the needs of our community, groups continue to grow and new
groups are constantly being added to the calendar. With the summer approaching, the Wellness Center is looking to build on existing groups.
We are looking forward to seeing you all at the opening of the Wellness Center home, located at
1403 N. Garey Avenue in Pomona coming in the fall of 2011.
U P C O M I N G E V E N T S
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Upcoming for TAY Day are summer programs for teens. Look
out for lots of summer fun.
Soon to be a part of Tri-City
Wellness Center will be a Positive Directions group in English
to complement the Spanish
Positive Directions group.
Learn useful skills to keep your
life going in the direction you
want.
Also coming to Tri-City Wellness Center will be an Anger
Management group. Let go of
your angry self, and find better
ways of coping with life’s demands.
The second annual Talent
show was a tremendous success enjoyed by everyone with
many wonderful contestants
and a large audience.
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For all those who enjoyed the
Wellness Spring Festival, yes,
your wish is coming true! The
Summer Festival is coming to
refresh your hot days. Look for
it in your Tri-City Wellness Center calendar.
Marcella A., CSW
Chris S., CSW
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Tri-City Wellness Center
esta ofreciendo a las
comunidades de Pomona,
Claremont, y La Verne un
boletin noticiero para informarles los servicios
disponibles a su alcance.
En este boletin encontrara
historias de clientes que
con la ayuda de sus
terapueta y grupos de
apoyo ofrecido por el
centro de bienestar se
han mejorado. Por ejemplo; les oferecemos un
grupo de deprecion en
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Ingles y en Espanol. En
esos grupos pueden hablar y expresarse libremente en un ambiente
sano y seguro.
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grupos nuevos, “COMADRES’ y “DIRECCION POSITIVA.” Son grupos disenados para proveer apoyo a
nuestra comunidad de habla Espanola.
Tambien les ofrecemos los servicios de Sonny Alino.
Este servicio es para ayudar a todos los que necesitan crear su hoja de vida/curriculum o si ya tienen
uno hecho, ayudarles a actualizarlo. Aqui estamos
para servirles. Ya que tengan sus hojas listas le ayudamos a crear una direccion de correo electronico, y
les ayudamos a mandar sus documentos a compananias con posiciones abiertas de empleo.
Nosotros esperamos poder ayudarles a salir adelante.
Tambien tenemos grupos
paras adolecentes y padres. Hablamos de tecnicas de comunicacion entre padre e hijo. Otro
grupo es el grupo de DRA.
Este grupo se desarrolla
como uno de Alcoholicos
Sam M., CSW
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LIVING WELL
The road to wellness continues as we grow here at the Wellness Center. Our new building is under construction and is expected to be up and running soon. Meanwhile, we are continuing to offer the communities of Tri-City (Pomona, Claremont and La Verne) support groups that are held
daily. Our calendar is enclosed where you’ll find dates and times for these groups.
The staff and community support workers (CSW) have put together this newsletter to reach out to
the community to let you know what the Wellness Center is all about. We are all living well because of the support we have and give through our groups. We also try to link people to different
resources such as shelters and food banks. Our goal here at the Wellness Center is to assist and
support everybody who comes through our doors. We look forward to greeting you with a smile
and a warm welcome.
Sam M.,CSW & Mary H.,CSW
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S P E C I A L I S T
Summer is coming very soon, also the LA
County Fair (September 3– October 2,
2011) is hiring people to work at the
event. Same as in the past, they might
possibly hire people as: Directing Traffic/
Parking Lot Attendant, Grandstand Host,
Ticket Booth Seller, Picture Taker, Custodian, Selling Souvenirs, Cashiering, Sales,
Customer Service, Kitchen Help and many
others. So if you are interested and needing assistance with developing/updating
your resume and applying for the job,
please schedule an appointment with
Sonny (909) 480-4973.
Lorin L.,CSW
Clarice N., CSW