All You Need is Love
One thing Sarah Chandler projects is strength. This strength comes from the challenge of facing mental illness and learning to love oneself, a crucial aspect of mental health recovery. Many people with bipolar disorder struggle with self-esteem, battling mood swings ranging from deep depression to elated highs. Since coming to Interim, Sarah has been diagnosed […]
Interim Bridge House Capital Campaign Nearing Goal!
Interim is nearing the fundraising goal for the new Bridge House facility. Construction began March 27th. The Bridge House program, currently operating in Monterey, will begin serving adults with a mental illness and a substance use disorder (dual-diagnosis) at the new and expanded home in Marina in the spring of 2018. The new facility will […]
Are You a Federal Employee? Show Some Love!
Interim will be listed in the 2017 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) this fall. The CFC is the official workplace giving campaign of the Federal government. The mission of the CFC is to promote and support philanthropy through a program that is employee focused, cost-efficient and effective in providing Federal employees the opportunity to improve the […]
The 9th Annual Wellness and Recovery Conference is October 3rd, 2017!
Gabriella Grant, director of the California Center of Excellence for Trauma Informed Care (left) and Louise Godbold Interim Executive Director for ECHO Center for Parenting This FREE one day mental health conference is open to the community and designed to introduce useful tools to implement the innovative concepts of wellness and recovery. This year’s conference […]
Interim Breaks Ground for New Bridge House!
Over 150 staff, consumers and supporters attended a groundbreaking ceremony on May 12th in Marina for the new Bridge House facility. The expanded facility will become the new home of the Bridge House program in the spring of 2018. Bridge House provides residential treatment for co-occurring disorders, including both mental illness and substance use disorders […]
Interim Hosts City of Salinas CDBG Celebration and Inaugural David G. Swanson Award Ceremony
Alan Stumpf, Interim Board Member, (left) and Barbara Mitchell, Executive Director (right) Wellness Center. A national program, community development block grants (CDBG) fund community services and capital projects that serve moderate and low income residents of jurisdictions like Salinas, Monterey, unincorporated Monterey County, and many other communities across the country. This year, to begin acknowledging […]
Barbara Monning Holds Art Exhibition
Interim residents and staff were treated to an art exhibition by award-winning local artist Barbara Monning on March 29th at the Our Voices community room. The exhibit showcased her vivid watercolor paintings. Marie Woodruff helped organize the affair, which was attended by over 50 people. The watercolors included abstract images of colors floating and mixing, […]
Annual Mental Health Awareness Banquet Honors Interim Volunteers and Features Monterey County’s Fiesta of Hope Awards
On May 5th, Interim held its annual Mental Health Awareness Banquet. The event, organized by the OMNI program, drew over 200 agency supporters to the Embassy Suites in Seaside. This year’s theme was “Celebrating Our Differences,” in recognition that our differences do not divide us but make us stronger and richer as human beings. The […]
Interim’s Treatment Programs Provide Collateral Healing for Family Members
Margo Lopez found the support and healing both she and her son needed from Interim, and is now a proud Board member. The importance of mental health family support cannot be understated. When a person is living with a serious mental illness, the whole family is affected. It can sometimes take years for someone to […]
Meet Juno, One of Interim’s Most Huggable Therapists
At Bridge House, there is a special employee who works the night shift, and is known for her calm and gentle character, regardless of the situation. Her name is Juno, and she is a therapy dog. The homelike setting of Bridge House in Monterey provides a structured, non-institutional therapeutic community where residents with co-occurring substance […]