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8th Annual Exploring Mental Health Event October 10, 2018

Hopewell presents the 8th Annual David Cutler Conservatory Exploring Mental Health lecture, “Public Perceptions of Mental Illness and Violence,” with Phillip J. Resnick, MD. The event will be held on Wednesday, October 10, at the Cleveland Racquet Club (29825 Chagrin Blvd. in Pepper Pike). A reception with hors d’oeuvres and wine begins at 5:30 pm and the program will begin promptly at 6:15 pm. The public is welcome to attend in celebration of Mental Health Awareness Week. Tickets are $25 per person and must be purchased in advance.

Dr. Phillip Resnick, is a professor of psychiatry and Director, Division of Forensic Psychiatry at Case School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Resnick served as a consultant on many high profile cases, including those of Jeffrey Dahmer, Susan Smith, Timothy McVeigh and Andrea Yates. He is a past president of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law and has published over 200 articles and book chapters. Internationally recognized, Dr. Resnick has lectured in 49 states and 24 countries.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call the Hopewell Development Office at 440-247-0912. Kindly RSVP by Monday, October 1.

Summer 2018: Christina’s Emotional Journey

Christina arrived at Hopewell in August 2016. She grew up in Syracuse, New York, and resided as a nun at the Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament on Cleveland’s west side for 18 years…

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Hopewell’s 2017 Annual Report Highlights 22 Years of Providing Care to Adults with Serious Mental Illness.

Hopewell’s 2017 Annual Report Traces 22 Years of Accomplishments at the Ohio Therapeutic Farm Community

Cleveland, Ohio—(July 9, 2018) Hopewell residential therapeutic farm community has just published its 2017 annual report featuring the therapeutic farm community’s twenty-second year of service to people with serious mental illness.

“In the life of a community such as Hopewell, continuity is just as important as positive change. The therapeutic community that Clara T. Rankin founded in 1993 stays true to the core mission that was adopted at that time,” said Chloe Rankin Seelbach, President of the Board of Directors. Hopewell’s beauty is reflected throughout the report with pictures of its landscape, buildings, people and animals.

Hopewell’s 2017 financials are included as well as a list of donors. Hopewell is a nonprofit, private-pay mental health facility. According to the report, philanthropic funding allows Hopewell to offer reduced fees to many residents and families each year.

This annual report captures Hopewell as a true working farm, one of only five residential therapeutic farm communities in the United States and the only one in Ohio. A wide range of therapies are featured at Hopewell including a nature studies group, equine-assisted learning, interpersonal relationship skills, spirituality, art, music and meditation.

Don Bernardo, Hopewell’s director of development, said, “In addition to celebrating our accomplishments, the 2017 Annual Report helps express our gratitude to our generous donors for supporting our mission, our work and Hopewell’s commitment to advances in mental health care.”

Download the annual report at www.hopewellcommunity.org/news/category/annual-report.

About Hopewell

Hopewell is a 300-arce residential therapeutic working farm located in Mesopotamia, Ohio, where adults with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder and major depression learn to manage their mental illness and return to independent life. Hopewell is the only therapeutic farm community in Ohio. It is ODMHAS-licensed and CARF-accredited. Hopewell is a member of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and the American Residential Treatment Association. Information, tours and assessments are available by contacting Laura Scarnecchia, LPCC, Clinical Manager, at 440.426.2009 or by email at admissions@hopewell.cc.

Visit www.hopewellcommunity.org for more information.

2017 Outcomes Report

Please read Hopewell’s 2017 Outcomes Report.

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Spring 2018: Capturing the Moments

Amanda spent her days in Texas feeling hopeless, watching TV and unable to take on the tasks of her everyday life. Her mom searched for answers on the internet and found Hopewell. They traveled to Mesopotamia and saw the many ways a therapeutic community could benefit Amanda. She knew this was her place, arriving at Hopewell in May 2017.

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