WORKING TOGETHER IN TIMES OF CHANGE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Working Together in Times of Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Celebrating Community Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Stories of Impact Treading Water When Anxiety Floods His Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Customer Service Fuels His Passion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Overcoming a Rough Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 A Champion for Children’s Mental Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Moving on Mental Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Staff Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Generous Partners in Hope and Healing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Financials & Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Our Boards & Senior Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Lutherwood is a not-for-profit health and social service organization that supports youth with mental health issues, individuals looking for employment, people at risk of being homeless and people in need of counselling. Its services are accessed by more than 16,600 clients annually in Waterloo Region and Wellington County.
WORKING TOGETHER IN TIMES OF CHANGE At Lutherwood, we experience the considerable forces of change every day: an unpredictable funding environment, changing demographics and increasingly complex client needs to name just a few. While the challenges of change can be great, we believe the opportunities are even greater, particularly when you work with others. A few years ago while completing our strategic plan, for example, we invited our community partners to work with us. Their added perspectives not only gave us a better product, the process set the stage for a new level of collaboration. So we again asked others for help when our role expanded from being a service provider to the lead agency responsible to administer Waterloo Region’s children’s mental health system. Our Board saw this as an opportunity to bring the “core” children’s mental health service providers together in a Lead Agency Advisory Council that would advise and play an active role in transforming the system. As noted in this Community Report, our partners are making tremendous progress in developing a system that will offer children, youth and families the mental health supports they need, when and where they need them. Bill Allen We use the principal of working together when we work with our clients. In this report, you will read about Mike who turned his life around after working with our Safe Haven staff, Jeremy who turned a job loss into an opportunity to find a fulfilling career direction, and Brad who overcame severe anxiety to enjoy an active school life. Then there are champions like Tara who once hid her mental illness and now inspires others to stand up to the mental health stigma. In our work and in our personal lives, we all experience change. Leading through times of change means drawing inspiration and support from others. Because by working together with our clients, donors, funders and partners, we will achieve so much more. John Colangeli Bill Allen Chair, Board of Governors John Colangeli, PhD Chief Executive Officer www.lutherwood.ca
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Page 5 and 6: CELEBRATING COMMUNITY IMPACT Engagi
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Page 9 and 10: TREADING WATER WHEN ANXIETY FLOODS
Page 11 and 12: CUSTOMER SERVICE FUELS HIS PASSION
Page 13 and 14: OVERCOMING A ROUGH START Mike had a
Page 15 and 16: A CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN’S MENTAL
Page 17 and 18: MOVING ON MENTAL HEALTH Last summer
Page 19 and 20: STAFF PERSPECTIVES “I enjoy worki
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Page 23 and 24: OUR BOARDS & SENIOR LEADERSHIP Luth

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