ASCEND Mental Wellness Annual Community Awards Fundraiser

Join us on Thursday, May 1st for our Annual Community Awards event at Heritage Hall at the Cool Insuring Arena from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM to celebrate Mental Health Month. Once again, our Annual Community Awards event will be a fundraiser as well with all ticket sales going to help support our programs and services.

This special event will not only recognize outstanding individuals and organizations, but also shine a spotlight on youth mental health and wellness—a crucial conversation that needs our collective support.

We will honor our award recipients for the Dorothea Dix Community Service Award, and for the Walter P. Reichert Award, and Amy Carpenter Scholarship Award.

The Dorothea Dix Community Service Award was established in 2001 to recognize an individual or organization not part of the mental health system, but whose efforts have contributed to improving mental health in our community. Ms. Dix lived in the mid-19th century and almost single-handedly influenced reforms that drastically changed the cruel “treatment” of the “insane” during this time.

The Walter P. Reichert Award was established in 1986 and named after the first Board President of the “Glens Falls Mental Hygiene Association” now ASCEND Mental Wellness. This award formally recognizes an individual, group or agency within the local mental health community that has significantly contributed to the promotion, development and/or betterment of mental health within Warren and Washington counties.

The Amy Carpenter Scholarship Award, established in 1989 in honor of a residential counselor at ASCEND Mental Wellness, full tuition is awarded annually to a second-year student enrolled in community mental health, criminal justice, or nursing at SUNY Adirondack/Adirondack Community College.

Light Refreshments will be served

Event Underwriters:

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Capital Region NY Chapter

Seeley Office Systems

We hope you will kick off Mental Health Awareness Month with us to help us continue our mission of fostering mental health awareness, accessibility, and advocacy. Let's change the narrative about Mental Health and Wellness together!

Host or Publisher ASCEND Mental Wellness