Reach Out Niagara Family Support Services
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Mission Statement
Engage, Educate and Empower. Our Mission Statement reads: “To provide services that engage, educate and empower members of the community for better mental health and substance abuse services for all, creating a safer and stronger community. .”
About This Cause
In this campaign, Reach Out Niagara Family Support Services is pursuing a target goal collectively of $230K in corporate philanthropy and or sponsorship through various corporate citizens locally, regionally and nationally. These funds will be directed to the funding of our support services in respect to Mental Health and Substance abuse, keeping the doors open in these troubling times, supporting those in training in their respected fields, obtaining additional NeurOptimal Neurofeedback, and ISL equipment, public education, lectures and our operating cost for the “Drop In Centre”. Reach Out Niagara is looking for support from People and Organizations like you to strengthen our organizations core initiatives and Drop-in Centre for the treatment of Mental Health and Substance Abuse here in Niagara. We would not be able to do this work without the dedicated individuals of Reach Out Niagara, their gracious volunteers and the support and philanthropy of people and organizations like you. Our whole initiatives and motto can be simply summed up with three words. Engage, Educate and Empower. What we are looking for is a partnership that can be structured to be beneficial to the needs of all parties. What would be most beneficial to your organization? • Being a Corporate Sponsor • Supporting through Corporate Philanthropy • Becoming a Corporate and Employee Engagement Partner • Or a combination of a number of the above. Our Mission Statement reads: “To provide services that empower, engage and educate members of the community for better mental health and substance abuse services for all.” Reach Out Niagara Family Support Services has a projected annual budget goal of $230k. This budget is able to be such a low-cost organization as we are mainly reliant on our working relationships with area higher education facilities such as Brock University, McMaster Health Sciences, Wilfred Laurier University, Niagara College, their related programs, co-op initiatives, services of area therapists, volunteers, and the philanthropy of both public and Corporate Partners. Reach Out Niagara Family Support Services have five main objectives that will set us apart from all other organizations and advocacy. 1. 1: The Opening of a NIAGARA DROP IN CENTRE located in the downtown city core of St. Catharines working with in association with Play Therapy and with the discussion of a possible mobile crisis transport. This centers purpose is to be open to all ages with the focus of helping the community at attaining the services they need. This permanent Drop In Centre services will be free to the community. Starting temporarily in the somewhat central location of Niagara St. of St. Catharines two days a week, with plans for a fulltime 7 days a week central downtown St. Catharines location where clients and the public of all ages can access the centre and find a wide variety of services and eventually expand across the region. Currently thanks to an outpouring of community support we are 6 months ahead of projected schedule of opening and had opened in November of 2019. Some clients will want and need the assistance of “Trained Professionals” while others will only be looking for a “non-judgmental” open ear to hear their thoughts and concerns performed by trained volunteers (mainly trained co-op students from related course studies). While acknowledgement of the services being offered by the main medical institutions and agencies, we have identified many gaps in the system. Currently many individuals find it extremely hard to attain help for a number of reasons as there are long waiting lists for treatment. Many treatments are very costly and are subject to strict rules and guild lines. Many of these treatments are in the forms of group therapy and depending on the issues and circumstances many individuals find it difficult to open up in such forums. Treatments and services that will be offered are as follows: All services will be No fee professional care, Neurofeedback therapy (normally at a charge of $80-100.) this will be provided free of charge, Play therapy, , CBT, Muse and Therapy Tails (use of trained animals) group therapy and Volunteer based “Non-judgmental” private open ear sessions. Main hours of operation are tentatively scheduled for when main sources of help are not open but with sufficient funding can be extended to regular business hours and extended after hours. 2: The discussion of all aspects of issues with regards to Mental Health and Substance Abuse with professionals from all forms of front line workers, (Doctors, Nurses, Phycologist, Psychotherapist, Hospital Staff, Security, EMS, Firefighters, Police, Social Services, Educators, Mental Health Agency workers, Substance Abuse Agency workers, Social workers, other organizations dealing with these issues and all other drop in centre associations that have a daily interaction with Mental health or Substance abuse issues). Through surveys (these surveys are currently being conducted not only here in the Niagara Region but the net has been cast out to other regions across Ontario.) extraction of information from these surveys, discussions with the goal of some insight to how different regions deal with these issues and ideas as to how to mend the gaps and issues sufferers and their families have to deal with is receiving solid and value added insights and not widely shared information. The opportunity to make advancements in the care and treatment of these services should be received openly and with the respect to the humility it is submitted with. 3: Training and Support for our front line workers families (family members of Doctors, Nurses, Phycologist, Psychotherapist, Hospital Staff, Security, EMS, Firefighters, Police, Social Service, Educators and Veterans), supplemental training to Hospital Support Staff, Security, EMS, Firefighters, Police, Educators, Social Service workers and Veterans. Many of these support professionals whom support the front line professionals have little training or by over case loading all can feel burnt out. Some have support yet many are left to their own divides to find support and retraining in the help of providing compassionate care. It needs to be noted that these workers do have some training but their families are the ones that provide the majority of their support and without proper education no party receives the support and understanding they need. 4: Education for the public. We want to set up an ongoing regular monthly Seminar and Lecture series available to the general public, students and families of the pertaining issues. These Seminars would be conducted by Professionals specializing in specific fields of topics (i.e. Anxiety, Postpartum, PTSD, Suicide, Depression, Substance Abuse and etc. and their treatments,) . 5.Advocacy: Once we have assessed fully the discussions of the “Front Line Round Tables” and developed possible solutions to the crisis at hand, we can engage in respectful discussions with Health administrators, Healthcare governing bodies and those in local, regional, provincial and federal political officials. How can you help: Corporate Partners Corporate Sponsorship Permission will be given to the use of organizations logo, likeness, promotional photographs, public relations and fundraising activities. Your Corporate logo will appear on our web site, web site banners, social media, banners, posters and on promotional banners at fundraising events. Sponsors and Philanthropy will be allotted a number of tickets to events and fundraisers. • Five Diamond Founding Partner ($100,000. +) • Four Diamond Founding Partner ($ 50,000.) • Triple Diamond Founding Partner ($ 20,000.) • Double Diamond Founding Partner ($ 10,000.) • Single Diamond Founding Partner ($ 5,000.) Corporate Philanthropy *A Charitable Tax Receipt will be issued to your organization. • Five Diamond Partner ($100,000. +) • Four Diamond Partner ($ 50,000.) • Triple Diamond Partner ($ 20,000.) • Double Diamond Partner ($ 10,000.) • Diamond Partner ($ 5,000.) • Platinum Partner ($ 1,000.) • Gold Partner ($ 500.) • Silver Partner ($ 200.) • Bronze Partner ($ 100.) • Partner ($ 20.+) Corporate and Employee Engagement partnership. Time, Talent and Treasure. Strategically combining the resources of your organization, donating employees time and talent in support to the daily operation or fundraising activities. Support Matching. Allowing employees to conduct internal fundraising campaigns and or employee automatic payroll deductions and corporate matching of proceeds. *All activities in this partnership are given permission to publicize for your organizations use. Recognizing we are in Changing Times, support for these individuals couldn’t be needed more. Your Corporate Giving and Support couldn’t come at any better time than right now. The impact you’ll be having by supporting Reach Out Niagara Family Support Services will have far-reaching implications than one could ever imagine in the community. Creating a stronger and healthier community and partnering with other groups and organizations to be able to expand and support in realistic and scalable measures. Help us help so many in need that without your help would not be able to access therapy nor imagine breaking through the barriers of the illness being tirelessly fought on a daily basis. We would like to sincerely thank you for your time reviewing this information. We are confident that once you and your organization/board have contemplated the above information you will agree the services that Reach Out Niagara Family Support Services is undertaking is truly compelling and so worthy of your supportive measure being Sponsorship, Philanthropy, Employee Involvement, Employee/Corporation Match Giving Thank you for your consideration and support. Kindly W.Ruddle Board Chair.