The Frank Ridge Memorial Foundation, Inc.
was established in December of 2013.
Our 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization is dedicated to
living well with mental health conditions through awareness and understanding. We endeavor to accomplish our mission by:
~ Delivering series of learning seminars to enhance greater understanding of various mental health disorders entitled Connecting Dots.
~ Offering meaningful part-time employment to individuals
managing mental health concerns.
~ Assisting in the sale of art created by people
living well with mental health issues.
~ Maintaining a user-friendly, resource-rich website which includes: recommendations for literature and films that accurately and compassionately portray mental health conditions; recommendations for up-to-date websites and referral sources; and reliable hotline numbers for those at risk of suicide.
Highlights of 2015:
By year's end we will have hosted:
several Connecting Dots 5-part seminar series,
seminars on Suicide Prevention and
our 1st Annual Symposium.
We became a State approved provider of
Continuing Education Credits for LMSWs and LCSWs.
We earned our first grant:
Thank you Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS!!
What's coming in 2016?
We will host several Connecting Dots seminar series.
To respond to popular demand, we will develop and offer a
Connecting Dots II seminar series for participants who have completed
Connecting Dots and have requested a sequel.
Plans for our 2nd Annual Symposium,
(tentatively scheduled for Sunday, August 7th)
are already underway!
Your contributions allow us to continue our work.
We thank you for your support!
www.frankridgememorialfoundation.org
[Back cover photos: Frank Ridge on his first set of wheels in 1926; Frank in Paris during WWII; Frank & Julie Ridge biking across America in 1990 (by Walter Calahan); Frank parachuting from an airplane at 89 years of age.]
