Tag: Julie Foster
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EDITORIAL: Julie Foster’s giant stride for mental health
The greater Pikes Peak region lost a true leader with a heart and a vision last week, with the passing of Julie Foster at age 89. Foster was decades ahead of her time with her mission to address mental health, years before phrases like “mental health awareness” became part of our culture and the community’s…
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Co-founder of NAMI Colorado Springs leaves large community legacy, remembrance scheduled Monday
A “gem of a woman,” as some describe Julie Foster, had the foresight decades ago to realize the importance of mental health and in her passing leaves behind gratitude and praise for her prescient work in several facets of the community. Foster, co-founder of the Colorado Springs affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, died April 29 at age…