Tag: nami colorado springs
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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…
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Discovery Canyon Campus High School class of 2014 uses reunion to honor those lost to suicide
If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or chat live at 988lifeline.org. Kelley Van Valkenburg’s life went from an all-out hustle of being class president, cheer squad leader and varsity track star to leaving after the first semester of her senior year…
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Discovery Canyon alumni raise funds for mental health to honor those lost to suicide
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or chat live at 988lifeline.org. Kelley Van Valkenburg’s life went from an all-out hustle of being class president, cheer squad leader and varsity track star…
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Discovery Canyon alumni raise funds for mental health to honor those lost to suicide
Between 2011 and 2017, the school lost 11 students to suicide.
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Contentious back-and-forth follows miscommunication, grant denial for NAMI Colorado Springs
After what El Paso County Sheriff Joe Roybal described as a miscommunication, the National Alliance on Mental Illness Colorado Springs will not receive funding for a school-based addiction prevention program. The Region 16 Opioid Abatement Council granted and then revoked almost $40,000 in grant funding during its April meeting that NAMI Colorado Springs had expected…
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Contentious back-and-forth follows miscommunication, grant denial for NAMI Colorado Springs
After what El Paso County Sheriff Joe Roybal described as a miscommunication, the National Alliance on Mental Illness Colorado Springs will not receive funding for a school-based addiction prevention program. The Region 16 Opioid Abatement Council granted and then revoked almost $40,000 in grant funding during its April meeting that NAMI Colorado Springs had expected…