OUR FINANCIAL PLIGHT

Project Program for 1969

For the advancement of Mental Health Associations at the State and National level......... $2,133

Part time salary of Executive Secretary...... 2,400

Administrative cost of program......... 3, 467

______________ $8,000

Required Income-----

Allocated for United Fund for 1969...... $4,000

NEEDED FROM MEMBERSHIP FEES AND CONTRIBUTIONS......... 4,000 ------ $8,000

We ask you to consider the following membership categories and make the personal response you feel is in keeping with your ability and desire.

MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES

Regular.... $3.00

Family....... 5.00

Sustaining..... 10.00

Patron..... 100.00

In addition to offering our members an opportunity to serve our community in fighting mental illness, we offer each member: Regular mailing of our Quarterly Bulletin; Free adminssion to our Fall Study Program; Admission at one-half cost to all meetings for which charges are made; voting privilege at our Annual Meeting.

We are the only organization which offers to speak for the mentally ill. If our voice is silent their need will not be heard.

PROCLAMATION

State of FLorida

Executive Department

Tallahassee

WHEREAS, many of the social ills that afflict our contemporary civilization stem from poor mental health practices and facilities in our communities, and

WHEREAS, the problems of crime, juvenile delinquency, drug abuse and deterioration of the family unit are symptoms of poor mental health conditions, and

WHEREAS, the front line of the fight against these social disorders is in our invididual communities through positice action and local treatment centers, and

WHEREAS, these goals of local mental health associations everywhere are being emphasized throughout the nation during the month of May and

WHEREAS, these same associations also emphasize the structural stability imparted to our society by strong family units during a week of this period;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Claude R. Kirk, Jr., by virtue of the authority vested in my as Governor of the State of Florida, do hereby proclaim the month of May, 1969, as

MENTAL HEALTH MONTH

and, further, the period May 4-11, 1969, as

NATIONAL FAMILY WEEK

in Florida, and urge all citizens to heed the importance of good mental health practices and strong family ties for the future benefit of our society, our nation and our world.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Florida to be affixed in Tallahassee, the Capital, this 21 day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-nine and in the recorded history of Florida four hunred and fifty six.

[Signature] Claude R. Kirk, Governor

ATTEST

[Signature] Tom Adams

SECRETARY OF STATE

Leon County Mental Health Assocation 1969 Membership Campaign

Secretary of State

STATE OF FLORIDA

THE CAPITOL

TALLAHASSEE

32304

TOM ADAMS

SECRETARY OF STATE

Mental Health Month 1969

Dear Friend:

The Leon County Mental Health Assocation was organized in 1955 as a voluntary health agency devoted to the prevention of mental illness and the promotion of good mental health. It is doing an outstanding job in the fight against America's number one health problem. As chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Mental Health, I am proud to give my time and money to help this organizationa achieve its goals.

Because of the significance of mental health I thought  you would be interested in knowing more of the problems, what has been accomplished and plans for the futrue.

The LCMHA has made great strides in combating the problems in our area. You can be an important link in advancing the cause of the Mental Health Association by giving your time and money. Won't you please do your part in trying to prvental mental illness in your community?

Sincerely

[Signature] Tom Adams

Secretary of State

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Address - Room 216, County Court House

P. O. Box 1002 - Zip 32303

Telephone 224-0529... No answer dial 977-4032

Mrs. Karen Lambert, Executive Secretary

"Mental Illness Is America's Number One Health Problem" - American Medical Association

TWENTY MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U.S. ARE CONDEMNED TO SOME FORM OF MENTAL ILLNESS!

In 1953 this Bell was cast from the shackles and chains removed from patients in mental institutions. This bell has become a symbol a hope for the mentally ill.

A BOLD NEW APPROACH

EDUCATION- RESEARCH- IMPROVED SERVICES

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN MENTAL HOSPITALS IS DECLINING.

This progress has been made through:

1) Changed attitudes reducing fear and prejudice;

2) Significant increase in the contributions of time and money by individuals in local communities across the United States;

3) New facilities to treat patients in their home communitiesl

4_ New drugs and improved care.

OUR APPRECIATION TO THE FOLLOWING

Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr., for Proclamation; The Hon. Tom Adams, Honorary Chairman; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moor, Cochairmen, Patron Committee;

All Members of our Board and the many volunteers who work constantly in this fight against mental illness

Jack Anderson, Chairman of the Board.

SOME OF OUR LOCAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

With the cooperation of concerned citizens the following progressive steps have been taken:

1) Establishment of LEON COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC to provide care not previously available in our community.

Evidence of need for and progress of this institution: 1955- Number of patients, 212; hours treatment, 1,895.

1968- Number of patients, 1,072; hours treatment, 4,828.

The Clinic is to move into larger quarters this year to offer even greater services to our community.

2) The new addition to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital will have a PSYCHIATRIC WING, not previously available.

3) Mental ill patients are now accepted at T.M.H. rather than sent to the county jail which was previously the only solution.

SOME OF OUR PRESENT PROGRAM

ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH FAIR- In the past two years over 1,000 people have accepted the opportunity for study and discussion of vital, wide ranging topics, such as: Compatability in Marriage; Parent-Child Relationships; Self-acceptance and Self-understanding; Narcotic Addition; Racial Understanding. Third Annual Fair, April 29, Trinity Methodist Church.

CAREER FAIR- March 18, 19, 20- 5,000 Leon County Youth were challenged to consider a mental health career.

FALL STUDY PROGRAM- In the last two years over 100 people have participated in an extende study of our individual and community emotional problems.

PROJECT CHEER- At Christmas time every year over 1,000 gifts are sent to the State Hospital at Chattahoochee.

ANTICIPATED PROGRAMS

Provide a 24-hour Emergency Referral Service. Establsih a Phoenix Club for patients returning from State hospitals.

Support diagnostic special educational program in our school, with early referral of children for treatment.

Seek establishment of Alcoholic Treatment Center in Tallahassee Area

Provide resource speakers, on Mental Health. Your membership, interest, and financial support will enable us to respond quickl to some of these additional communtiy needs.

MEMBERSHIP PARTICIPATION

WE NEED CONCERNED PEOPLE to serve on standing committees which are the front line of advancing our fight against America's Number One Health Problem.

WE NEED RESOURCE PEOPLE for planning our total program, speakers who will represent us in the community, individuals all over the county who can recognize emotional disturbance and help prevent mental illness.

WE NEED YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT which is ESSENTIAL to the continued growth of the Mental Health Association in its daily services to the people in Leon County.

WE NEED YOU if you can cook, sew, baby-sit, type, or answer the telephone... and IF YOU CARE.

WE NEED INTERESTED MEMBERS of this community who can and will, by their financial support, make it posisble for us to meed the expanding needs of our community.

Join the One Organization Dedicated to Attacking Mental Illness on All Fronts!

IT DESERVES YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND PERSONAL PARTICIPATION