{"id":2916,"date":"2017-12-11T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/news-briefs-from-the-center\/"},"modified":"2018-10-26T12:27:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T16:27:28","slug":"news-briefs-from-the-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/news-briefs-from-the-center\/","title":{"rendered":"News Briefs from the Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image-section\">\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/880\/2018\/10\/news-briefs-from-the-center-image2.jpeg\" alt=\"image2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Christopher Jamrog poses on the deck that he and volunteers built<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Local Boy Scout builds deck at the Farm at Penny Lane as part of his Eagle project<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\" \">Christopher Jamrog, a member of Boy Scout Troop 244 in Cary, N.C. and now a freshman at UNC Chapel Hill, completed in August, a freestanding deck with benches at the Farm at Penny Lane, as part of his Eagle Scout project.<\/p>\n<p class=\" \">Jamrog with assistance from other volunteers constructed the 14&#215;14 ft. deck under a large tree, which will provide a shady space for clients and volunteers to gather during horticulture therapy group, volunteer workdays, and other activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\" \">\u201cIt provides a lovely space for people to socialize or to seek shelter from the hot sun,\u2019 says Beth Rossi, director, quality management at the Center<\/p>\n<p class=\" \">He also raised $750 to purchase building supplies and renting tools to build the deck through the online fundraiser \u201cgofundme\u201d and recruited volunteers to assist with the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\" \">Jamrog received his Eagle Award in September.<\/p>\n<p class=\" \">\u201cThe Farm at Penny Lane is grateful to have such a beautiful addition to the property and looks forward to using it for many years,\u201d continues Rossi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanksgiving celebration for patients\/clients in the community continues for the 19<sup>th<\/sup> year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health continued a Thanksgiving lunch tradition started 19 years ago by Thava Mahadevan, MS, the current director of operations at the Center, on Nov. 23, 2017 at the Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church. Mahadevan started the annual celebration when he was executive director of the nonprofit XDS Inc., which merged with the Center in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The Thanksgiving event provided a meal for clients\/patients from the Center, the Department of Psychiatry, and others in the community. Thanks to volunteers from the Center, Chapel in the Pines, UNC School of Social Work, and Briar Chapel who served lunch to nearly 100 individuals.<\/p>\n<p>The Center, XDS Inc. and private donors funded this annual event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Mark your calendar<\/h3>\n<p class=\" \"><strong>Twenty-fifth Annual STEP Symposium<\/strong><br \/>\nUNC Friday Center<br \/>\nApril 14, 2018<br \/>\nContact Janice Linn at janice_linn@unc.edu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eighth Annual N.C. Community Psychiatrists&#8217; Leadership Network Symposium (formerly Medical Directors)<\/strong><br \/>\nUNC Friday Center<br \/>\nMay 19, 2018<br \/>\nContact: Alice Lockhart at alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Jamrog poses on the deck that he and volunteers built Local Boy Scout builds deck at the Farm at Penny Lane as part of his Eagle project Christopher Jamrog, a member of Boy Scout Troop 244 in Cary, N.C. and now a freshman at UNC Chapel Hill, completed in August, a freestanding deck with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/cecmh\/news-briefs-from-the-center\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Briefs from the Center\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20017,"featured_media":2917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,33],"class_list":["post-2916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-26","tag-fall-2017-newletter-reality-check","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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