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Event Series Community Volunteer Workday

Community Volunteer Workday

We meet as a community to tend the farm. The focus is on garden projects with all community members invited. Volunteers assist with planting, watering, weeding, mulching, harvesting and special projects. Date: Every Friday Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm Location: In-person, Farm at Penny Lane Sign up at http://signup.com/go/LoRwSa For questions please contact Matt Ballard, Farm … Read more

Event Series PAWS

PAWS

This group promotes healing and well-being through human-dog interaction. We teach skills, habits and methods of communication that all species can carry with them. Participants don’t need to be dog-owners to participate. Date: Fridays* Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm Location: In-person, Farm at Penny Lane A shuttle is available from Carr Mill STEP but please reach … Read more

Event Series Brushes with Life

Brushes with Life

This group provides visual and expressive arts activities where participants can select from a wide range of mediums to express their thoughts and feelings. All skill levels are encouraged. Date: Every Friday Time: 1:00 – 2:30pm Location: In-person, Farm at Penny Lane A shuttle is available from Carr Mill STEP but please reach out to … Read more

Event Series Creative Writing

Creative Writing

This group aims to deepen personal vocabularies of presence, observation, and joy to become both more comfortable and more intentional in the ways we communicate with ourselves and others in the process of recovery. Date: Every Friday Time: 2:30 – 4:00pm Location: In-person, Farm at Penny Lane A shuttle is available from Carr Mill STEP … Read more

Event Series Therapeutic Horticulture

Therapeutic Horticulture

UNC Farm at Penny Lane

This group provides weekly plant-based activities in and around the garden to help lower anxiety, boost your mood and encourage physical activity and regular outdoor time. Participants often go home with produce for the week. No green thumb is required! Date: Every Monday Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm Location: In-person, Farm at Penny Lane* A shuttle … Read more

Event Series Emotional Resiliency Skills

Emotional Resiliency Skills (Virtual)

This group provides a way to check in weekly with others and focuses on supporting each other through symptom management skills and recovery strategies. Time is also offered each week for brief group processing or problem-solving. Date: Every Monday Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm Location: Virtual Please let us know if you’d like to try out … Read more

Event Series Community Volunteer Workday

Community Volunteer Workday

We meet as a community to tend the farm. The focus is on garden projects with all community members invited. Volunteers assist with planting, watering, weeding, mulching, harvesting and special projects. Date: Every Monday Time: 3:00 – 5:00pm Location: In-person, Farm at Penny Lane Sign up at http://signup.com/go/LoRwSa For questions please contact Matt Ballard, Farm … Read more

Event Series Brushes with Life

Brushes with Life (Virtual)

This group provides visual and expressive arts activities where participants can select from a wide range of mediums to express their thoughts and feelings. All skill levels are encouraged. All skill levels are encouraged. Date: Every Tuesday Time: 10:30am – 12:00pm Location: Virtual Please let us know if you’d like to try out or sign … Read more

Event Series Equine Therapy

Equine Therapy

Learn healthy connection and communication from horses, the ultimate teachers. They have a unique ability to physiologically reduce symptoms, foster honesty and increase overall resilience. Date: Every Tuesday Time: 11:00am – 12:30pm Location: Off-Site in Chapel Hill (Contact Matt Ballard for location details) Please let us know if you’d like to try out or sign … Read more

Event Series Communal Lunch with Food/Mood

Communal Lunch with Food/Mood

This group explores how food can influence how we feel about ourselves and help our symptoms. Topics include: healthy menus & budgeting strategies, food journaling, body image and the brain-gut axis. A free farm lunch is offered during the group. Date: Every Tuesday Time: 12:30-1:30pm Location: In-person, Farm at Penny Lane A shuttle is available … Read more

Event Series Moving through Life Social Skills

Moving through Life Social Skills

Learn and practice social skills in an encouraging and low-pressure environment with the help of light movement. We’ll work alongside each other through negative symptoms around relationships and social situations and the emotions or thoughts that come up. Date: Every Tuesday Time: 1:45-3:00pm Location: In-person, Farm at Penny Lane A shuttle is available from Carr … Read more

Yoga & Breathing, Healthy Cooking, Communal Lunch, and Music Over Mind

This fall we will offer two options during the same time and you are welcome to switch groups from week-to-week. Date: Every Wednesday Class Offerings (A)* *Check the events page for Offerings (B): Bridging Body & Nature, Brushes with Life, Communal Lunch, and Creative Writing 11:00am – 12:00pm | Yoga & Breathing This group focuses … Read more