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Overcoming Mental Health Stigma & Celebrating Potential
By Kelsey Turnbull-Pedrazzini, Community Connection Program Coordinator When asking one of our participants about the challenges they face with a mental health diagnosis, stigma is often one of the first answers. Stigma is the negative or discriminatory ideas others have about someone with a mental health diagnosis. Self-stigma is the negative feelings or shame an ...
Summertime Outside Volunteering – Two VC Staff Pick Highlights
Highlighting the Homeless Garden Project: Where Everyone is Included -- Written by Jeanée Ryan, Monterey Bay RSVP Program Specialist at the Volunteer Center It wasn’t a chilly Thursday morning, but the falling fog was consistent out on the farm and I felt relaxed and calm. I was happy to be outdoors. Volunteers, interns, and trainees ...
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Our Impact Last Year....
Volunteers engaged
14,000 +
People helped from our impact programs
7,700
People reached with Covid & disaster preparedness information
21,000
Covid shots in people's arms with the help of our volunteers
50,000
Value of hours contributed
$11.3 million in time