
A Message from our Board President
Greetings to our members and the community at large! 2022 was quite a remarkable year for achievements and change in our organization. Let's take a quick look back at some of our achievements from last year. In 2022, we…
- Fully transitioned to online meetings, now with participants from 16 states nationwide
- Built a complete presentation library of content including all 101 topics that presenters can use and customize, greatly reducing the burden to a speaker. In parallel, the Program Committee also revised and updated 100% of the Changes resource documents.
- Designed and shipped new, consolidated brochures and event flags
- Built and deployed a new website with an enhanced members-only section
- Participated in high-profile outreach events targeting professionals, including Utah Valley University Mental Health Fair and the Sky Valley Mental Health Fair and Family Fun Day (Monroe, WA)
- Increased our presence on LinkedIn, where we communicate with professionals working in fields aligned with our mission
- Trained 988 Mental Health hotline operators in WA and UT about Changes and how we can help parents
- Added social events such as the NAMI Walk (Kirkland, WA) and saw the return of our annual members' picnic, which had record-setting attendance
- Shifted our free cash to a green investment fund to increase ROI and reduce future fundraising needs
- Achieved our fundraising goals, thanks to the continued generosity of our members
- Continue existing outreach events and add additional events as opportunities arise
- Sponsor periodic "special events" with outside speakers that will be open to the general public
- Forge deeper collaborative alliances with aligned organizations such as NAMI, Dads MOVE, and PEPS (via their Adolescent and Teens Program)
- Create and place our first-ever advertisement for Changes that will run on Hulu and Social Media, narrowly targeting parents in active crisis with their teenage or adult children
- Collaborate with aligned organizations to create Changes info and content suitable for deployment on corporate internal HR sites, to ensure their employees are aware of parent-facing resources and to reduce the stigma associated with having an acting-out child
- Influence and help deploy the Parent Toolkit as part of the WA State 988 initiative, which will include Changes as a non-emergency resource