Thank You - Northern Valley Catholic Social Service
Thank You - Northern Valley Catholic Social Service
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eing served has been huge. Participants are now referring<br />
their friends, family members and neighbors to the Butte<br />
Baby Steps program, which is the biggest compliment of all.<br />
Butte Baby Steps is currently<br />
serving families in the South<br />
Butte County communities of<br />
Oroville, Biggs, Gridley and the<br />
rural mountain communities.<br />
Parents must be under the age<br />
of 25 and deliver at Oroville<br />
Hospital. The program currently<br />
has 48 families enrolled in home<br />
visitation services and has<br />
provided over 275 home visits<br />
since October 2009.<br />
Butte Baby Steps recently held<br />
Summer 2010 • Page 6<br />
Butte Baby Steps: A Positive Step for <strong>You</strong>ng Families continued<br />
Connecting Circles of<br />
Care (CCOC ), a multiagency<br />
partnership with<br />
<strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Catholic</strong><br />
<strong>Social</strong> <strong>Service</strong>, Feather<br />
River Tribal Tribal Health and<br />
Butte County Dept.<br />
of Behavioral Health,<br />
celebrated Children’s<br />
Mental Health Awareness<br />
Day Day (CMHAD) in Oroville<br />
on May 6, 6, 2010. This<br />
community fair brought brought<br />
local agencies, businesses<br />
and families together to increase awareness and reduce<br />
the stigma of children’s mental health issues in Butte<br />
County. It’s estimated that approximately 300 people<br />
attended the fair, which was held at Martin Luther King<br />
Jr. Park in the Southside area of Oroville.<br />
Connecting Circles of Care<br />
a gathering in April with a tremendous turnout. Twentytwo<br />
families turned out and enjoyed crafts such as belly<br />
casting for the pregnant women and hand casting for the<br />
infants and toddlers. Food was donated by Fast Eddie’s in<br />
Chico and Raley’s in Oroville.<br />
Families really enjoyed meeting<br />
and making connections with<br />
one another.<br />
Butte Baby Baby Steps would<br />
like to thank Jim Wayne<br />
for for his his generous generous donation<br />
and and ongoing ongoing support support of our<br />
program and NVCSS. If you are<br />
interested in volunteering volunteering or<br />
donating donating please contact Erna<br />
Friedeberg, Program Manager, Manager,<br />
at 538-8221.<br />
Community agencies, such as the YMCA, the Boys and<br />
Girls Club, Butte Baby Steps and the Drug Prevention Task<br />
Force-Sherriff’s Department (just to name a few) provided<br />
information about their services as well as activities that<br />
focused on positive physical health and mental health.<br />
The fair also included food, face painting and a magic<br />
show. In addition, all eight CCOC cultural Wraparound<br />
teams offered physically active games for youth such<br />
as jump rope and football while others made available<br />
traditional games so youth could learn more about these<br />
cultures. There was a live remote with Radio Mexico - LA<br />
GRAN X radio station (donated by the station) offering<br />
Spanish music to the crowds. One of the highlights was a<br />
dunk tank where Butte County Supervisor Steve Lambert<br />
was an easy target.<br />
To learn more about children’s mental health, visit<br />
www.ourmentalhealthmatters.com
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