Right off the Jackie Robinson Highway on Cypress Ave. you can see a new towering brick-red apartment building.The building is WellLife Network’s newest addition to their housing program, a newly built 66-apartment unit building with its own parking lot. One can already see residents moving in from a distance. Leading the charge is Deputy Director of Mental Health, Marcel.

This week is National Drug & Alcohol Facts week. Here are some tips for reducing or eliminating your alcohol consumption:

Set a limit to drinking, for yourself, and commit.

Self-Portrait Project will be providing a photobooth for the event.

Access to healthy food is a cornerstone for wellness. According to Feeding American, 1 in 9 people struggle with food insecurity. Typically, food insecurity goes hand-in-hand with housing insecurity; many families are faced with the choice of either eating or losing their home. The US manufactures enough food to feed 10 billion people, the US alone has a population around 330 million, according the US Census. Some state laws mandate supermarkets to throw out their unbought food.

WellLife Network, one of the region's largest nonprofits, proudly announces that it is the recipient of the 2022 Platinum GuideStar Nonprofit Profile Seal of Transparency. This is the sixth consecutive year that WellLife Network has earned a platinum rating. This award is the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar (Candid), the world's largest source of nonprofit information.

Written by: Howell Shrage, MD

Suicide rates are highest during the spring and early summer months of April, May, and June. This may seem hard to believe, but statistics over the last many years bear this out.  It is a myth that the winter months lead to more suicides. In fact, December the darkest and one of the coldest months of the year has the lowest suicide rate.

Why do suicide rates rise in the Spring?

For Adults, Theories include: