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MENTAL HEALTH PEER SUPPORT FOR SAN MATEO COUNTY
REAR (Standing): Ebony Carruthers, Program Manager; Darryl Stubblefield, Peer Support Specialist; Sunny Arora, CFO Consultant; Christopher Hoover, Peer Wellness Facilitator; Rocheall Pierre, Volunteer; Whitney Stalley, Volunteer; Amaal Greenwood-Goodwin, Wellness Director
MIDDLE (Standing): Luz Euceda, Executive Support Specialist; Yraes Guerrero, Peer Support Specialist; Liana Garza, Peer Wellness Facilitator; Kody Palmore, Youth Volunteer; Renee Ahmed, Volunteer; Ophelia Williams Mattox, Executive Director; Yvette Agua, Peer Support Outreach Specialist
FRONT: (Seated): Yoshie Hill, Program Support Specialist; Sara Eccleston, Peer Wellness Facilitator; Michael Dunn, Peer Support Specialist
NOT PICTURED: Patrice Massicotte, Peer Support Director; Brenda Nicholson, Peer Support Program Coordinator; Anna Marie Tantillo, Peer Support Specialist; Karen St. Leon, Peer Wellness Facilitator
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Our Annual Celebration of San Mateo County's Mental Wellness Community
Sunday, August 20, 2023 San Mateo Central Park
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This picnic marked a year of Heart & Soul embracing new leadership full of vision, passion, and authenticity.
We enjoyed healing in community with good food, games, prizes, and activities such as Art for Wellness and tie-dye shirt making. We celebrate being intergenerational, diverse, and active individuals
living OUR TRUTHS with various mental and physical challenges!
Our purpose is present in how we treat one another, our partners, and our peers.
WE ARE HEART & SOUL EVERYDAY and thank you to everyone who makes our organization whole.
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The College of San Mateo Student Nurse Service Learning Team provided Volunteer hospitality, muscle-power, and enthusiasm that guaranteed that this would be our best Picnic ever! With their valuable contributions to the success of our event, they demonstrated extraordinary levels of caring, initiative, teamwork, creativity, and exemplary commitment to community service.
Heart and Soul's Welcome Table offered resources, guest sign-in,
Door Prize Raffle tickets, and a turn of the Swag Spinning Wheel...
Everyone's a winner!
Partner Agencies lined the entranceway with resource tables, providing
information, support, and community connection.
In honor of her one-year anniversary, Ophelia Williams Mattox, Heart & Soul Executive Director, was presented with a surprise gift, a huge handmade card signed by dozens of well-wishers. Thank you for a year of visionary leadership, Ophelia!
Art for Wellness: "Picnic 'n’ Paint” for all ages
"Picnic 'n’ Paint” invited artists of all ages to create colorful masterpieces to take home
Grill Wizard Yvette Agua single-handedly grilled not only her famous Teriyaki Chicken, but also 14 Tri-Tips plus all the Picnic Hamburgers and Hot Dogs. Mahalo!
Mike Dunn, Iron Man of the Vegan Grill, prepared veggie-burgers and vegan franks for our food-inclusive picnic menu.
Kim Gariepy and Patrice Massicotte
Student Nurse Volunteers coordinated the popular Tie-Dye T-Shirt activity
Tie-Dye...a cool activity on a hot day!
Student Nurse Volunteers created fresh tossed salad for 100!
Lunch is served! Student Nurse Volunteers served food and hospitality
Sara Eccleston and Darryl Stubblefield called the BINGO game
Christina Leffmann and Amaal Greenwood-Goodwin
Our picnic's youngest guest...all ages are welcome!
Ruben R. and Waynette Brock
Heart & Soul peer participant Lin displayed her art
