AmbassadorProgram isLaunching

Sound Mental Health has expanded its presence at Together Center.

Anticipating the increase in those able to tap mental health services as a result of health care reform, Sound Mental Health moved into a larger and newly renovated suite A-6.

Each year Sound Mental Health serves thousands of individuals of all ages in King

County. Services are tailored to the diverse needs of each community. Some individuals seek only short-term counseling to address emotional, life crisis or relationship problems. Others have developmental disabilities and require specialized services. Still others require more complex, integrated care to address serious mental health, substance abuse or other issues.

Spring 2013 | THE LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS FROM TOGETHER CENTER

Do you have an interest in human services and strong

interpersonal skills? Do you like to network? We have a volunteer job for you: Together Center Ambassador. Ambassadors will participate in Together Center events, promote our mission and engage prospective supporters.

Want to learn more? Come for lunch on us, and we’ll tell you more about our program, give you a tour and tell you how you can get engaged. Just want lunch and a tour? Join us!

Child & Family Counseling and Adult Services Available

Sound Mental Health Expands

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Voices from our Front Door“The lobby is quiet in the morning, and that’s when I can organize my day. People here are friendly, and the calls are free: I can call my mom.”

“The lobby is a safe place. I am glad that they could help me find the police advocate for domestic violence. They connected me to people who could help me leave my abusive partner.” “The Cultural Navigator helped me define what I could do first after my accident. I went to the clinic, got help with food, and energy assistance. I am grateful that someone spoke my language and helped me.”

Theresa Winther

Join us May 22Noon - 1:30 pmLunch & TourRSVP: operations@ togethercenter.org, or (425) 869-6699

What does your gift mean? How does it impact people?On page one you can read

in the Voices from our Front Door how important even a simple phone can be to those looking for some help and stability. With the many services on campus, your gift is leveraged to significantly support families and individuals to get back on their feet.

Gifts help us with our own stability too, so we can help others year in and year out. Like our guests, stability allows us to dream and to do more.

Rotary Club of Redmond has supported Together Center yearly with gifts that have allowed us to develop, step by step, our Front Door Services program. Gifts too by fellow clubs in Bellevue and Issaquah are moving us forward in our vision of an entry point where people can find services, transportation or someone to provide guidance and other supports, whatever the language spoken.

Keep up with our journey on Facebook, or visit our new blog: www.togethercenter.org/blog.Consider a gift now. We are grateful for your partnership.

From the Executive Director Community Essential to our Efforts

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Redmond Rotary’s President Mike Nichols presented a check for Front Door Services to Pam Mauk

Sound Mental Health provides two major programs at Together

Center. Child and Family Counseling Services provides specialists in the treatment of early childhood mental health issues, childhood trauma, domestic violence, and attachment problems. Additionally, SMH offers support with behavior management and parenting.

“We believe that every family has strengths and expert knowledge about their lived experience,” noted Theresa Winther, Manager, Child and Family Counseling Services East. “Those resources have the power to heal wounds. We understand that individual change is promoted by the support of family members. We practice in a manner that facilitates the strengthening of healthy family bonds.” The other program at Together Center is Adult Services Redmond, which provides a broad range of services to clients between the ages of 20 and 60. For more information or to access services at Sound Mental Health, please contact: SMH Access Department at (206) 302-2300.

Other services on campus: NAMI Eastside in B-4 (425) 885-6265: Support groups, training and resources for those with mental illness and their families.

Youth Eastside Services in A-2 (425) 869-6036: Counseling for children, youth and families.

Where your Gift Goes$25 An hour of referral support to assist people to find the right community resources for their needs $150 A two-hour training arranged for a dozen agencies to better help domestic violence survivors $500 A year of critical fax, phone and friendly support to those that are homeless and applying for services or seeking jobs

$750 A month of easy access to advocates for veterans, homelessness, public health, food and state programs

$1,500 A day of one-stop human service campus availability, so people can find the help they need.

We have just a few more spaces available at low cost to nonprofit agencies. Early this year 93% of the campus was leased, almost all for providing direct health and human services to the community, a major milestone. Agencies: talk to us now about available space: 2,687 square feet (with additional storage if desired) and 1,275 sf (available, then gone, gone, gone!)

Business Sponsors & Grantmakers: Microsoft/Jim Stanton ($5,000), Rainier Welding ($1,000), Village Square (inkind), Costco Wholesale (inkind)

Civic Clubs: Rotary Club of Redmond ($2,150), Rotary Club of Issaquah ($2,150) to support Together Center Front Door Services tools.

Investors ($1,000 - ): Margaret & Bob Moore, Barb de Michele, Ron Sher/Sher Family Fund/The Seattle Foundation, Microsoft Matching Gifts

Collaborators ($500 - $999): Michael & Kristin Johnson, Bill & Maggie Blackburn, Don & Mary Fowler, Doug Wyatt & Maureen Stone, LICA & CCALL

Partners ($250 - $499): Paul & Michelle Winterstein, Hank Myers (in honor of Scott Harlan) & Friends of Hank Myers, Tina Butt, John Spangenberg, Bill

Thank you for your support!We are grateful for gifts received since our last newsletter. Contributions enable us to increase access to services, so people can find help when they need it. Thank you for your support.

Finnegan, Steve & Nancy Engstrom, Wells Fargo Anonymous, Kurt & Marie Geisel

Builders ($100 - $249): Mahbubul Islam, Lesley & Jim Austin, Teresa Pletcher, Norma Morris, Mary & Dick Kayser, Anne Heartsong, Allyn & Patricia Hebner, Merck Partnership, Randy & Diane Mertens, Grace Reamer, Puget Sound Energy Matching Gifts, Employees Community Fund of Boeing Northwest/Anonymous, Ralph Gorin, April Stevens & Paul Bruno, Dave & Karen Danielson, Gregory & Ann Oxrieder

Friends (up to $99): Milt & Donna Bronsdon, Jan Olson, Linda Smedes, Robin & Randy Callahan, Michelle McKeag, Mara Poliak in honor of Carol Poliak & Eric Smith, Richard Ruhland, GE Matching Gift, Salveo, Charles & Jean Cerar in honor of Barb de Michele, David Kappler, Pat Cleary, Judith Clibborn, Kristin Pitt, Debra Golden, Glenn & Bertha Eades, Elizabeth Bayley, Recognition Works/Theresa Chambers

News in Brief

Clockwise from top: Barret and Tom from Congregations for the Homeless pick up two of the many boxes filled with scarves, hats and gloves collected in our Warm for Winter drive. Hank Myers is now Chair of our Board of Directors. He is shown at December’s One Redmond presentation by Pam Mauk. Eastside Refugee & Immigrant Coalition (ERIC) recently gathered at Together Center.

MORE NEWS IN PICTURES

BBQ Chicken (Slow Cooker recipe)

½ cup water3 onions (optional)4 pounds chicken legs (not drumettes)14 oz. bottle barbecue sauce

1. Place water in the bottom of slow cooker and add onion. Place chicken over onions and pour barbecue sauce over all.2. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.3. Enjoy!

Conference Speaker: Executive Director Pam Mauk has been asked to speak at the biennial conference of Nonprofit Centers Network. The largest event in North America dedicated to creating and managing shared nonprofit workspace and programs will be held in Denver June 3- 5. Visit www.nonprofitcenters.org.

HealthPoint is growing: Last year, HealthPoint received a federal grant of $500,000 to grow their services at Together Center. This year, both the medical and dental clinics will be expanded by almost 3,000 sf, an increase of more than 1/3 of their current space. 90% of their patients are low to moderate income, 40% speak a language other than English in the home, and many are disabled, homeless, military veterans, and/or have other social and health needs that require special attention.

Six Agencies Support The LandingSix Together Center agencies providedinner regularly to Friends of Youth’sHomeless Youth Service Center (A1).A meal served by HealthPoint’s KimMcDermott was a huge hit. “It was a lot of fun, and the kids loved the food. They finished everything and raved about it.” The agencies served BBQ chicken with potatoes and corn. We thought you might enjoy it too! See the recipe below. If you are interested in providing dinner to 20 young people, call425-869-6490.

16225 NE 87th, Suite A-5Redmond, WA 98052

We create access to human services,so people can find help when they need it.

O ne of the first multi-tenant nonprofit centers in the nation, Together Center works collaboratively to improve

efficiencies and to lower barriers to finding help. We build partnerships to meet gaps in services and provide information, referral and other assistance to ensure all people can find help when they need it. Tens of thousands of people each year receive help from eighteen essential agencies and other critical resources, including shelter, medical and dental care, counseling,

child care, supports for the disabled, mental health services, and much more at our one-stop, three-building campus.

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Board of DirectorsHank Myers, Chair, Redmond City Council Mahbubul Islam, Vice Chair, US Environmental Protection AgencyNicola King, Secretary, Premera Blue Cross Tina Butt, Treasurer, Mukilteo & Issaquah School Districts, retired Barbara de Michele, Immediate Past Chair, Issaquah Community NetworkMargaret Moore, Issaquah School District, retiredJohn Rittenhouse, MicrosoftGrace Reamer, Friends of YouthChandra Roussell, The Bank of WashingtonJohn Spangenberg, Urban Connections

Chairs Emeriti J. Howard FinckJohn Spangenberg

Pam Mauk, Executive Director pamm@togethercenter.orgSondra Sciola, Operations Coordinator operations@togethercenter.org

A Regional Coalition for Housing (ARCH)Alliance of Eastside Agencies

Apprisen Child Care Resources

Eastside Cultural Navigator Program - Chinese Information & Service Center

Family Housing ConnectionFriends of Youth

Habitat for Humanity of East King CountyHealthPoint Dental & Medical

Leadership EastsideLearning Disabilities Association of Washington

LWSD Transition AcademyLifeSPAN

National Alliance on Mental Illness EastsidePublic Health Seattle & King County

Sound Mental HealthYoung Women Empowered

Youth Eastside Services

News in pictures - see more inside

Board Vice Chair Mahbubul Islam (second from r.) was honored with a SAMMI award. He is shown with

Sammamish Council Members Don Gerend, Tom Vance and Mayor Tom Odell.

Grace Reamer, formerly King County Council staff and now with Friends of Youth, joined our Board of Directors.

Mental Health Services Expand!

Together Center’s landscaping team from

AtWork! took a photo break. They are doing a great job for the Center. L to R: client/production workers Grant Nelson, Chris Buettner, Tor Peterson, and Robert Boyce and supervisor Martin Lopez.

Transition Academy student Ryan is very good at data entry. His job,

designed by Together Center’s Sondra Sciola, helps Ryan build his

resume and is a boon for the Center.

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