Message from the President June 2000

President’s Message by Diana Wickowicz

I want to take this time to introduce myself as your new president. I am an RN and a Marriage Family Therapist in private practice. I also have a daughter with severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I thought I could study and work with mental disorders and I would learn everything I needed to know. Not!!! I get to embrace the gift of my own personal "practicum". A whole different dimension that we all know too well. Well, I'm here with the enhanced sensitivity and concern that we all share regarding mental illness. I come with much enthusiasm and energy to contribute to the board. We have a number of new members. They share one thing in common - an attitude of joy, energy, and enthusiasm.

As your energized board for the new century, we are uniting as a team. Our goals are to be MORE relevant to you and your problems. We want to be MORE available to the community, and to provide MORE education around local resources and opportunities and needs.

We certainly invite you to join us with as much involvement as you choose - from individual activities to committee members. We all want to enhance the quality of life for family members as well as their support team, US.

I am only one, but still I am one.

I cannot do everything,

but I can still do something.

I will not refuse to do the something

I can do.

Helen Keller

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