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6th ANNUAL BSF SUMMER GALA
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek, accompanied by Hennepin County Jail Commander Roberts, presented Mark Anderson, Executive Director of the Barbara Schneider Foundation, with a Sheriff's Award of Merit at the Gala. The award reads, "In recognition of your professional commitment, contribution to colleagues and to the residents of Hennepin County by improving mental health awareness and providing effective response training to the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office. Your efforts have improved the lives of people with mental illness and helped others better understand the challenges of mental illness so all people can be treated equally, with dignity and respect."
2009 Barbara Schneider Foundation Awards were presented:
- TRAINING: Sergeant Joann Springer, Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office
- EDUCATION: Tom Braun, Community Member
- COMMUNITY SERVICE : Rubén Rosario, St. Paul Pioneer Press
- CONSUMER: Charles Jensen, Barbara Schneider Foundation Board
- DONOR: Becky Barnes, LICSW, Family Member
- COLLABORATOR: Dick Embacher, South Central Community Based Initiative
The following door prizes were also given out to attendees:
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Stevie Ray's Comedy Cabaret |
8 Free tickets |
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Stevie Ray's School of Improv |
Two Month Improv Course |
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Minnesota Vikings |
8X10 of Adrian Peterson |
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Minnesota Timberwolves |
Timberwolves T-shirt and 2 tickets to game |
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Guthrie Theatre |
2 tickets to performance |
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Duluth Omnimax |
4 tickets |
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Walker Art Center |
2 tickets Gallery Admission |
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Minnesota Institute of Arts |
4 tickets to William Holman Exhibition |
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Grand Casino |
Overnight Stay, $20 off food, $20 Grand Play |
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Park Square Theatre |
2 Tickets to any show |
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ACME Comedy Co |
Admission for 10 People |
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Civitala Restaurant Corp |
Gift card |
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Old Log Theatre |
Two Theatre tickets |
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Renee Jenson |
1.75 Liter Christian Brothers Brandy |
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Renee Jenson |
Crystal Vase/Candleholder |
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Café Latté |
Whole Dessert |
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Cossetta's |
Gift Certificate |
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Bachman's |
Blooming European Basket |
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Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company |
Two Tickets |
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Bibelot |
Gift Certificate |
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Photographer's Guild |
Free Portrait Session and 11x14 Print |
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Wild Mountain |
Two Superday Passes |
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Joe's Garage Restaurant |
Gift card |
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Ordway Center for the Performing Arts |
Two Tickets to World Music Series |
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Mixed Blood Theatre |
2 Free Tickets |
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Lakeville 21 Theatre |
4 Free Tickets |
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Outback Steakhouse |
Gift Certificate |
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Minnesota Twins Mager’s & Quinn Booksellers Trade Winds International Bouquets by Carolyn Park Tavern Minnesota Lynx |
4 Ticket Vouchers / Reserved Seats Gift Certificate Sabaku T-shirt Gift Certificate Free Bowling Party for up to 40 8 tickets on Sept. 5th (Seattle Storm) |
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Also a big THANKS! to Prom Catering for the“Thank You” cakes for our Summer Gala. |
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And thanks to the four who contributed at a higher level as:
FRIENDS OF THE BARBARA SCHNEIDER FOUNDATION
Mark Anderson, Renée Jenson,
Susan McNellis and Paula Reed Nancarrow
The evening was be filled with delicious food, exciting prizes, great company, and the music of the nationally known Yolande Bruce, best known as a member of the award winning vocal jazz group Moore by Four. She has performed nationally and internationally, and opened for such legendary acts as Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Sara Vaughn, and BB King. |
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 - 11:00AM:
MENTAL ILLNESS:
Not So Far from Home As We May Think
This week, Truth to Tell’s ANDY DRISCOLL and LYNNELL MICKELSEN talk with three of the Barbara Schneider Foundation’s principals about where the movement is taking us.
GUESTS:
• MARK ANDERSON - Executive Director, Barbara Schneider Foundation and the Mental Health Crisis Response Institute
• CHARLES JENSEN - Mental health advocate with Barbara Schneider Foundation; 12 years homeless; arrested 89 times, including seven felony arrests
• PATTI KRESSLEY - police officer(13 years); MA, counseling psychology; Instructor, Argosy University
• "RUTH" - Mental Health Consumer
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In dealing with the mentally ill in jail, officials try a new way
By Rubén Rosario, St Paul Pioneer Press
I spent a few drama-filled hours in jail last week... a clearly agitated inmate named "Michael" held a physician hostage in a locked room.
"I'm not going to hurt him. I just need new medication," the hostage taker bellowed to a sweaty-palmed-but-composed jail negotiator on the other side of the locked door. Luckily, this was all theater.
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