Thoughts on Retirement and Lessons Learned

After 44 years at Interim, I am retiring. There is no perfect time to retire, but I’ve chosen to leave my job as the Executive Director in order to bring in new leadership. I wanted to retire at a time where I am still healthy and can spend considerable time and effort to train a […]

Thoughts on a Memorial Service

I recently attended a memorial service for a woman who had been an Interim client for more than 20 years. C had struggled with mental illness and substance use since her teens. She had been homeless, living on the streets of Monterey County several times over the years. C received treatment in many Interim programs […]

Interim, Inc. Volunteers Serve Thanksgiving Holiday Meals at OMNI

Interim clients and other community members attended Interim’s annual holiday lunch on Thanksgiving Day. Volunteers helped transport and serve 250 meals and provided musical entertainment during the November 24th lunch. Interim returned to in-person meals this year. For the past two years, due to the pandemic, meals were served in to-go boxes. Idalia Matthews, SEES […]

Interim Inc. Commemorates September 2022 as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

There are an average of 123 suicides each day in this country. It is the 10th leading cause of death in America, which makes September 2022 an important month for Interim Inc. September is not only Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Sept. 4-10 is National Suicide Prevention Week, and Sept. 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. […]

August is National Wellness Month – Elevating All Things Wellness!

Why not get the jump on your New Year’s resolutions and start the month of August off with a little health and wellbeing? As a matter of fact, August happens to be National Wellness Month. National Wellness Month focuses on self-care, managing stress and promoting healthy routines. Interim has loads of programming that promotes health […]

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. This month of observance is meant to bring awareness to the unique struggles that racial and ethnic minorities face regarding mental illness in the United States. Racial/ethnic minority groups are much less likely than their non-Hispanic white peers to receive treatment: Non-Hispanic white: 51.8% Non-Hispanic Asian: 20.8% Non-Hispanic […]

Interim Celebrates Mental Health Awareness Month

May 2022 is Mental Health Month with the Theme ‘Back to Basics’ The past year has been challenging, to say the least. From the ongoing pandemic to the continuing injustices of racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and other forms of systemic oppression, it can be hard to get through the day without something in the news […]