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I Made It Through
April 29, 2019

I Made It Through

This month’s blog comes to us from our good friend Janet. We are grateful that she is willing to share it with us. I watch CBS Sunday Morning whenever I am home on the weekends. Last Sunday, they featured a story that is just all too common. 17-year old high school student Alexandra Valoras was…

Sometimes All It Takes is a Smile
March 27, 2019

Sometimes All It Takes is a Smile

This story was submitted by one of our Board Members and we thought it very appropriate to share with you. Good Will When You Least Expect It This morning I stopped for gas on the way to work. It’s a small station but always has the best prices. There are only 4 pumps, two on…

The Opioid Epidemic is a Mental Health Crisis
February 22, 2019

The Opioid Epidemic is a Mental Health Crisis

There is a lot of media attention being paid to the opioid addiction crisis we’re currently facing in this country. And with good reason. In 2017, more than 130 people died each day from opioid-related drug overdoses. That’s more than 47,000 people. That’s more than the number of people who died from breast cancer. That’s…

Working to Make Positive Re-Entry a Reality: CORE
January 19, 2019

Working to Make Positive Re-Entry a Reality: CORE

What is Core? In 2017, Westchester County Jail received an award from the National Commission on Correctional Health Care for implementing a progressive mental health program known as CORE, or the Community Oriented Re-Entry Program. The jail partnered with the Department of Community Mental Health who contributed staff and also invited several community providers to…

Stigma Begins at Home
December 4, 2018

Stigma Begins at Home

In this blog post, we welcome a member of our Board of Directors who has chosen to share her thoughts and observations on the subject of mental health stigma. The Battle Against Stigma Starts with Us All I am proud to be a member of the Board of Directors for CHOICE of NY. I believe…

Pay It Forward
November 16, 2018

Pay It Forward

A Smile & A Good Deed Go A Long Way In our latest post, we offer up a guest blog from Elizabeth Pedley, aka Sylvia Forrest, author of A View From My Window, a book of wonderfully enlightening short stories. She recently had an interaction with an Uber driver who reminded her just how impactful…

A Call for Action on World Mental Health Day
October 10, 2018

A Call for Action on World Mental Health Day

Cyber-bullying… technological overload… high-tech isolation… violent and realistic video games. And these are only some of the challenges facing our youth today. Add to that, the fact that globally, depression is one of the leading causes of illness and disability among adolescents, and you can see why the theme for this year’s World Mental Health…

Angels Where We Least Expect Them
September 6, 2018

Angels Where We Least Expect Them

In our latest post, we offer up a guest blog from Elizabeth Pedley, aka Sylvia Forrest, author of A View From My Window, a book of wonderfully enlightening short stories. Elizabeth will occasionally be blogging for us in the future so stay tuned for more of her inspirational stories. She recently had an exchange with…

Visit our New Food Pantry
August 8, 2018

Visit our New Food Pantry

In our opinion, the first step in helping someone…  anyone, actually… is to recognize their value as a human being. At CHOICE, we operate under the premise that everyone who walks through our doors deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. And in that vein, we don’t pigeon-hole ourselves with regard to what types…

If You See Something… Say Something
June 18, 2018

If You See Something… Say Something

Two celebrity suicides made news recently. It’s a tragedy. Even more of a tragedy is that the rate of suicide is growing in this country. And whenever a well known celebrity suffers from this fate, the news media brings the issue into our collective consciousness for a brief moment and gives us the opportunity to…

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  • I Made It Through

    I Made It Through

    April 29, 2019
  • Sometimes All It Takes is a Smile

    Sometimes All It Takes is a Smile

    March 27, 2019
  • The Opioid Epidemic is a Mental Health Crisis

    The Opioid Epidemic is a Mental Health Crisis

    February 22, 2019
  • Working to Make Positive Re-Entry a Reality: CORE

    Working to Make Positive Re-Entry a Reality: CORE

    January 19, 2019
  • Stigma Begins at Home

    Stigma Begins at Home

    December 4, 2018

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